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Al Arabiya
44 minutes ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Japan Hosts Coast Guard Drills With US and Philippines as Sea Tensions Rise
Japan's coast guard on Friday held a joint exercise with counterparts from the US and the Philippines as the three Pacific nations beef up defense cooperation in the face of China's expanding maritime activities. The exercise came after Japan confirmed that two Chinese aircraft carriers had operated together for the first time in the Pacific in June. Japan and China blamed each other after Tokyo complained that a Chinese fighter jet from one of the carriers flew dangerously close to Japanese reconnaissance aircraft. Friday's coast guard exercise just off Japan's southern prefecture of Kagoshima involved 350 personnel from the three countries and was based on a scenario of a collision between vessels at high seas, a fire, and crew members falling overboard. The three nations' leaders last year agreed to bolster maritime cooperation as they expressed concern over Beijing's military maneuvers in the region. Their first joint drills were held in the Philippines in 2023. 'The coast guard cooperation is part of an effort to secure a free and open Indo-Pacific by promoting mutual understanding and trust,' Japan coast guard commander Adm. Yoshio Seguchi told a news conference Wednesday. China routinely sends coast guard vessels, warships, and warplanes around disputed East China Sea islands and recently as far as Guam, a US Pacific territory with military bases. Beijing also sends coast guard vessels in the South China Sea, which it claims virtually in its entirety, clashing frequently with Philippine vessels.
American Military News
2 hours ago
- Politics
- American Military News
Fmr. Coast Guard lieutenant threatened to kill Trump, FBI says
A former U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant who has identified himself as a member of Antifa was arrested on Monday and charged for allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump. According to Fox News, charges have been filed against former Lieutenant Peter Stinson, a Virginia resident who served in the Coast Guard from 1988 to 2021. The outlet noted that Stinson was also a sharpshooter and a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) instructor. In the court documents obtained by Fox News, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) task force officer claimed that Stinson allegedly threatened on May 9 that Trump needed to be '[L]uigied,' in an apparent reference to Luigi Mangione, who allegedly assassinated United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December. According to court documents, Stinson allegedly posted violent threats against Trump on multiple social media platforms. The former Coast Guard lieutenant's threats included guns, knives, and poisoning against the 47th president. Court documents claim that Stinson issued a threat against Trump in April of 2020 in response to a social media user who tweeted, 'Somebody ought sue [Trump's] a– off.' Stinson allegedly answered the social media user, saying, 'Somebody ought to do more than sue the orange mf's a–.' Stinson allegedly added, 'It involves a rifle and a scope, but I can't talk about it here.' READ MORE: Pic: Assassination suspect arrested after 'largest manhunt' in Minnesota's history According to the court documents, Stinson allegedly issued another threatening statement on social media, saying, 'I'd be willing to pitch in $100 for a contract. Who wants to join me? We could solve the solvable part of this problem in a crack. Then, we can focus on the coronavirus itself.' The court documents also claim that Stinson referenced '8647' multiple times in his alleged threats against Trump. Officials claim that Stinson's use of '8647' is 'likely in reference to an Instagram post made by former FBI Director James Comey.' 'The post by Comey was interpreted in the news media as a violent threat to President Trump and prompted an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Secret Service,' court documents state. 'STINSON has since made 13 additional posts on Bluesky including the text, '8647'.' According to the court documents, Stinson's most recent threatening post was shared on June 11 on BlueSky when he allegedly wrote, 'When he dies, the party is going to be yuge.' In addition to Stinson's alleged threats against the 47th president, court documents claim that the former Coast Guard lieutenant has 'self-identified as a member of ANTIFA' and issued a February statement on social media, saying, 'Sure. This is war. Sides will be drawn. Antifa always wins in the end. Violence is inherently necessary.' According to Fox News, Stinson has been charged with threatening to kill Trump and is currently expected to appear in federal court on Wednesday.
Washington Post
3 hours ago
- Washington Post
British superyacht Bayesian resurfaces for 1st time since August sinking ahead of recovery
ROME — The British superyacht that sank off Sicily last August killing seven people resurfaced for the first time Friday as salvage recovery crews readied it to be hauled ashore for further investigation. The white top and blue hull of the 56-meter (184-foot) Bayesian emerged from the depths of the sea in a holding area of a yellow floating crane barge. The coast guard said the actual recovery was scheduled to begin Saturday morning.
Fox News
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
The Left's dehumanization of Trump is pushing people over the edge
Print Close By Douglas MacKinnon Published June 20, 2025 Occasionally, your eyes see something that your mind doesn't immediately comprehend or believes is based in reality. That just happened to me when I read that "A former Coast Guard lieutenant and sharpshooter has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly making threats to kill President Trump." The background which followed made it even harder for my mind to connect the informational dots to reality. A 19-page affidavit from the FBI further stated that the alleged wanna-be assassin not only served 33 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, but also served as a Federal Emergency Management Agency instructor. "Wait a minute," my mind screamed. "If this guy served our nation for over three decades in uniform while spending part of his life trying to help Americans devastated by various disasters, surely, he is a level-headed, bright, and compassionate individual who would never think of murdering a fellow human being. Least of all, the president of the United States." But as my mind flashed its neon "this is impossible" sign, the reporting told a different story. REPORT GIVES NEW DETAILS ON TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SUSPECT'S 'DESCENT INTO MADNESS' The FBI affidavit also revealed that the former Coast Guard sharpshooter made online statements that suggested using a gun, a knife and poison to assassinate President Trump. The FBI also reported that the would-be assassin "has self-identified as a member of ANTIFA." "But how," my confused mind went on, "could someone who seems like such a normal upstanding citizen flip into the persona of someone fantasizing and seemingly actually planning to kill the president of the United States? This makes no sense." But then, in but a nanosecond, my mind replayed a recent incident where a man with a PhD stood less than a foot away from me screaming so hard that his spittle descended upon my body like acid rain. What prompted the unhinged attack was that moments earlier, he had told me in a very loud voice that "Trump is dramatically worse and more dangerous than Putin." When I simply asked him what Trump policies made him come to such a conclusion, he snapped. After ten years of Donald Trump being on the political stage, most of us have run into one or multiple people whose minds have been turned to mush by "Trump Derangement Syndrome." The question being, how did such seemingly intelligent people get that way? Constant and escalating loud attacks upon Trump from the Left are the main answer. Indoctrination is a thing. Most especially when it is premeditated and exponentially amplified. Many on the Left have long accused the "Right" of using "Dog Whistles" to send hidden messages or beliefs. They generally make those accusations for three reasons. First, to have a majority of the mainstream media amplify the often vile and inflammatory meaning. Next, to first fundraise off the charge. And third, to provoke the far-Left to further fuel the hate machine. But if the "intelligentsia" on the Left believe some on the Right offer-up subtle, heavily muffled, often impossible to identify "dog whistles" to attack them or their policies, what instrument do they believe they use to smear Trump? A bullhorn? An array of rock concert loudspeakers? Or worst of all, the platforms of countless media, "news," and pundit sites blasting out false accusations against Trump 24/7? There are no "dog whistles" from the Left. No subtlety. No "I wonder what they really meant." No. Every attack against Trump is deafeningly loud. Every smear, every comparison to "Hitler," a "dictator," a "totalitarian," a "monster," is meant to dehumanize a very human man with a wife, children, and grandchildren. But wait, within that strategy there may be a "dog whistle" after all. The unspoken strategy within the strategy is that by continually dehumanizing Trump and categorically stating day after day that he is a "threat to Democracy" that an already sick or twisted mind will finally be pushed over the edge enough to literally take a shot at Trump. To assassinate him. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION In Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump came within a millimeter of having his head exploded by a would-be assassin's bullet. Then, almost exactly two months later, he came within seconds of potentially being gunned down. There is continual talk that the gunmen in both those cases had seemingly very troubled minds. Minds which could be triggered by a constant bombardment of incendiary rhetoric smearing and dehumanizing President Trump. Is the mind of the seemingly "normal" and "upstanding" former member of the Coast Guard arrested for threatening to kill President Trump also troubled? Could it have been triggered by years of non-stop hateful smears directed at Trump by the Left? CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP More importantly, how many more "normal" and "upstanding" minds across our nation – or the world – have been pushed over the edge into contemplating the assassination of our president? Words matter. Words trigger. And words are used to eulogize the assassinated. Enough with the dehumanizing indoctrination. Print Close URL
Int'l Business Times
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Japan-US-Philippines Hold Coast Guard Drills With Eye On China
Japan's coast guard will simulate a collision between vessels Friday during joint exercises with the United States and the Philippines seen as a show of unity against Chinese activity in disputed regional waters. It is the second time the countries' coast guards have held training drills together, following their first joint maritime exercise in the Philippines in 2023. Friday's simulation of a collision, fire and person overboard, which AFP reporters will observe, cap a week of exercises off Japan's southwest coast that began Monday. Dozens of personnel are taking part in the drills that officials say are not targeted at any one nation -- while using language often employed by Washington and its allies to indirectly refer to China. Hiroaki Odachi, the regional head of Japan's coast guard, said the exercises aimed to contribute "to the realisation of a free and open" Asia-Pacific region. Tensions between China and other claimants to parts of the East and South China Seas have driven Japan to deepen ties with the Philippines and the United States in recent years. In 2024, the three countries issued a joint statement that included stronger language towards Beijing. "We express our serious concerns about the People's Republic of China's (PRC) dangerous and aggressive behavior in the South China Sea," it said, describing "dangerous and coercive use of Coast Guard and maritime militia vessels". They also expressed "strong opposition to any attempts by the PRC to unilaterally change the status quo by force or coercion in the East China Sea". China and the Philippines have engaged in months of confrontations in the contested South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost entirely, despite an international ruling that the assertion has no legal basis. Chinese and Japanese patrol vessels in the East China Sea also routinely stage face-offs around disputed islands. Friday marks the 214th straight day that Chinese vessels have been spotted sailing near the Tokyo-administered disputed islets known as the Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The current record is 215 straight days in 2023-24. "Such persistent intrusion raises a risk of accidental collision or confrontation in the East China Sea," Daisuke Kawai, director of the University of Tokyo's economic security and policy innovation programme, told AFP. Meanwhile "the South China Sea is now regarded as one of the world's most volatile flashpoints, I would say, where any accident at sea could escalate into the border crisis." "A trilateral coast guard framework bolsters maritime domain awareness and law enforcement capacity, making it harder for any one nation, China, to pick off a smaller player in isolation," Kawai said. The three countries have also carried out joint military exercises to bolster regional cooperation. Last week Tokyo and Beijing traded barbs over close encounters between their military planes over the Pacific high seas. Japan says recent Chinese military activities in the Pacific -- where Beijing's two operating aircraft carriers were sighted simultaneously for the first time -- reveal its intent to improve operational capacity in remote areas.
