Steffan Watkins 🇨🇦

Long history of Canadians at Fort Bragg - now Fort Liberty - and that includes the 82nd Airborne.
Wonder if there are 🇨🇦 in the unit right now…

Independent analyst Steffan Watkins, who has been critical of the war, also has questioned the claim that Canadians were not involved in the strikes. He has said on social media it’s “unrealistic” to think Canada was not aware of the attack plans before they were executed.

Dylan Robertson and Alessia Passafiume, “The Little We Know about Canadian Troops Stationed in the Middle East,” The Canadian Press, March 5, 2026

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map of the world showing where the RCN is deployed (roughly)

🇨🇦⚓️ Royal Canadian Navy Media and Public Awareness Update (Week 9) showing the state of the RCN, and last reported locations of the fleet. Journalists should know at least this much info is publicly available.

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Blood in the water: Canadians implicated in Op. Southern Spear Exposing the flimsy legal shield protecting Canadians who are likely involved in the U.S. military’s Op. Southern Spear - and the hard questions Ottawa hasn’t answered.

"When it comes to Op. Southern Spear, the legal loopholes Ottawa hides behind may not be enough to wash the blood off our hands."

My latest: a long-form context and analysis piece.

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Lloyd Axworthy: Canadians deserve to know if our military is helping the U.S. attack on Iran You cannot embed Canadian officers in U.S. war-fighting headquarters, plug Canadian intelligence into targeting processes, then wash your hands when missiles fly.

I’ve been working on a story regarding this for weeks (months?) - stay tuned.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Members of Canada's military may have been involved in planning U.S. strikes on Iran, retired general says | CBC News A retired Canadian major-general says personnel on exchange with U.S. Central Command were likely involved in planning and targeting airstrikes on Iran unless Ottawa explicitly barred participation. A...

“It is highly likely that members of the Canadian military, on exchange with the United States, were involved in the planning and co-ordinating of airstrikes on Iran, says a former senior Canadian general.”

Glad CBC is waking up to what I’ve been yelling about

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

An E-3 Sentry appears parked at the eastern edge of a ramp. At least four E-3s have moved into the Middle East since Wednesday, according to flight data shared with CNN by research consultant Steffan Watkins. Two E-11 Battlefield Airborne Communications Nodes can also be seen nearby – another vital link in the US military’s tactical communications network. The modified Bombardier luxury jets enable American assets to communicate in complex environments. Flight data indicates at least two other E-11s are based out of Prince Sultan Air Base, for a total of four.

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A look at the military hardware the US has positioned for potential war with Iran | CNN Politics The US military has assembled a massive collection of weapons systems in the Middle East in the midst of ongoing diplomatic negotiations between the US and Iran, flooding ships and aircraft to nearby ...

"A look at the military hardware the US has positioned for potential war with Iran" by Avery Schmitz and Annette Choi for CNN, February 20, 2026.

www.cnn.com/2026/02/20/p...

Steffan Watkins, a researcher based in Canada and a member of the MATA, said he also has tracked support aircraft, like six of the military’s early-warning E-3 aircraft, head to a base in Saudi Arabia.

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US military builds up the largest force of warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades The Pentagon is building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades.

“US military builds up the largest force of warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades” by Konstantin Toropin and Ben Finley for The Associated Press, February 23, 2026.

apnews.com/article/us-m...

The U.S. has deployed more than a third of its active E-3G Sentry fleet to Europe and the Middle East in recent days, according to flight tracking data and an additional review by Steffan Watkins, an independent researcher who tracks aircraft. Equipped with a large rotating radar dome, the E-3G is an early warning aircraft capable of target detection and all-weather surveillance, providing a real-time picture of activity in the surrounding airspace.

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Satellite imagery shows rapid increase of U.S. military planes near Iran The buildup of more than 150 planes comes after nuclear talks between the two nations concluded last week without a deal.

“Satellite imagery shows rapid increase of U.S. military planes near Iran”
by Meg Kelly and Imogen Piper for The Washington Post, February 24, 2026.

www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

If you have it with milk it's breakfast. Cocoa Puffs taught me that.

Severely stupid, it's so stupid I have to wonder if it's some kind of MKUltra-esque trigger to activate a sleeper cell; you never know with the current admin 😂

On the brink: a brief timeline of U.S. military buildup near Iran The U.S. has mobilized major military assets in preparation for a possible sustained, weeks-long operation against Iran. How did we get here?

The U.S. has mobilized major military assets in preparation for a possible sustained, weeks-long operation against Iran.

How did we get here?

I've put together a recap for you: open.substack.com/pub/thestate...

I love this!

What did you think of AOC's speech at the Munich Security Conference?

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

Happy Birthday 🎈 😊

Thank you for your public service 🫡

map of the world showing where RCN warships are deployed on named operations.

🇨🇦⚓️ Royal Canadian Navy Media and Public Awareness Update (Week 6) showing the state of the RCN, and last reported locations of the fleet. Journalists should know at least this much info is publicly available.

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Anne Applebaum on Trump's betrayal of Europe "They’re bewildered we’ve allowed this to happen."

"The American media makes things that are abnormal seem normal. The European press doesn’t do that. So you’ll see when they report on Trump’s rambling Davos speech, they will say it made no sense. In the US press, you’ll just see excerpts and an attempt to sanitize it." — @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

IMHO, because I watch walk-around videos on YouTube, there's an audience there to funnel.

HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339) Halifax-class frigate coming into Mayport, Florida - February 5, 2026 SRC: INST- navalstationmayport

HMCS Regina (FFH 334) Halifax-class frigate off of Lantzville, British Columbia - February 3, 2026 SRC: FB- Hazer's Flightline

map of the world showing where Royal Canadian Navy warships are deployed on named operations.

🇨🇦⚓️ Royal Canadian Navy Media and Public Awareness Update (Week 5) showing the state of the RCN, and last reported locations of the fleet. Journalists should know at least this much info is publicly available.

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CLAIM: It's not a crime to party with mr. epstein

FACT CHECK: True! Many people who partied with epstein have escaped justice

HMCS Charlottetown (FFH 339) Halifax-class frigate leaving Halifax, Nova Scotia for deployment - February 1, 2026 SRC: NovaScotiaWebcams.com

Long shot but I’m desperate (ttc lost and found office is closed now)

Toronto, if you find my other mitten on Line 2 today, please reach out 🙏🏼