Warcrimes Correspondent Hollie McKay | Mike Drop Episode 227

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2025

⏱️ 125 minutes

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Hollie McKay is an Australian born journalist who formerly worked for Fox News. She is a national bureau correspondent covering national and international news from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Myanmar and Ukraine. She's also a return guest to the Mike Drop Podcast - previously Hollie joined the show on Episode 69 to talk about her time covering the war-torn Iraq/Syria region in the Middle East in her book 'Only Cry for the Living' along with Episode 81, where she walked us through daily happenings of the Taliban as they rapidly gained ground in the Middle East. But Hollie's latest travels have surfaced new world crises - since she last joined the program, she's traveled through Sudan covering U.S. involvement in a number of global conflicts, along with having covered new bioweapon threats through fentanyl-laced weapons in Iran. Subscribe to the Mike Drop Patreon Page to see Ad-Free Episodes Early + Bonus Content at https://www.patreon.com/mikedrop ---------- Support Hollie McKay - Check Out Hollie's First Appearance on the Podcast in Episode 69 at https://youtu.be/Z_e_WE-GWZk?si=1DBqjH7MoQAt8xzM Check out Hollie's Second Appearance on the Podcast in Episode 81 at https://youtu.be/Dijo6uEC6rY?si=B6PsXkdprRqlO9c- Get Your Copy of Hollie's Books, 'The Dictator's Wife', 'Words That Never Leave You', and more at https://holliemckay.com/books Website: https://holliemckay.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holliesmck YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@holliesmckaywriter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holliesmckay ---------- Sponsors: Helix Go to https://www.helixsleep.com/mikedrop for 27% Off Sitewide + 2 Free Dream Pillows with Mattress Purchase + Free Bedding Bundle (2 Dream Pillows, Sheet Set, and Mattress Protector) with any Luxe or Elite Mattress Order. That’s https://www.helixsleep.com/mikedrop for 27% Off Sitewide + 2 Free Dream Pillows with Mattress Purchase + Free Bedding Bundle with any Luxe or Elite Mattress Order! https://www.helixsleep.com/mikedrop ---------- 120Life Go to https://www.120life.com - that’s https://www.120life.com - and remember to use code, “DROP” D-R-O-P to support the show and save 15%! ---------- TEAM DOG FOOD, TREATS & SUPPLEMENTS Be Your Dog’s Hero: Veteran-owned by a former Navy SEAL and Special Operations K9 Trainer, Team Dog provides a complete diet of science-backed premium dog food, treats, and supplements to optimize your dog’s health, forged from rigorous standards and real-world expertise. https://www.teamdog.shop TEAM DOG ONLINE TRAINING Mike Ritland – a former Navy SEAL & Special Operations K9 trainer – shares his simple and effective dog training program to build trust and control with your dog. Based on Mike’s bestselling book “Team Dog, Train the Navy SEAL Way”, join tens of thousands of families that successfully trained their way to a better dog. https://www.teamdog.pet SHOP ALL THE MIKE RITLAND BRANDS Get all your Mike Ritland branded gear - Mike Drop | Trikos | Team Dog https://shop.mikeritland.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, I want to let you know real quick that the mic drop YouTube page now has a mic drop clips page.
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0:30.6	One of the big reasons I wanted to bring you on was talking about some of these fentanyl-based
0:35.6	weapons that Iran has been developing,
0:37.9	and you've gotten exposure or knowledge through different sources to that. I would love for you to kind of
0:42.2	talk about it because it's something that I've not seen really at all in the media.
0:45.4	Very little to be rid about it. It is very much a developing story. The potential, high potential,
0:51.6	of Iran having developed. So they dropped this fentanyl bomb in, and they thought, well, what will happen is these people go to sleep?
0:58.0	And they killed almost everybody.
1:00.0	The Department of Homeland Security may be considering classifying fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
1:06.0	High toxicity and increasing availability could make it an appealing option for a chemical weapons attack.
1:11.6	So very easy to get, very cheap to get.
1:13.6	Synthetic typically comes from factories in China.
1:17.6	You know, this is a legitimate pharmaceutical product, but that drug is different when it's used sort of in this context.
1:24.6	I think to me the most frightening part about that is getting
1:27.7	it into water supplies using drones, right? The mechanism with which it's deployed. You can aerosolize
1:35.1	or gas fattenile very easily. It opens up this Pandora's box of capability to administer it in ways
1:43.7	that really I don't think a lot of people understand.
1:46.3	Absolutely. And it's a very efficient, very in many ways, undetectable way to inflict a lot of damage.
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