https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/03/hmmm-9/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:19:07 -0400<![CDATA[But there&#8217;s more than innuendo. On October 24, Israel and the United States held a large joint military exercise, known as Austere Challenge 2012, in which 3,500 U.S. troops took part. Austere Challenge involved the deployment of sophisticated US missile defense systems in Israel, but no aircraft, according to the US Department of Defense. Yet, just hours before the exercise began, four jets — widely believed to be Israeli — reportedly bombed a weapons depot tied to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.]]>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:30:15 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/03/hmmm-9-n97165