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  • in reply to: West Asia front Thread, 04 April 2024 #28852
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    💠 @Strategika51:
    ⭕️ Israeli Media:

    “Over the past six months, we have witnessed two important dates: October 7, 2023 and April 14, 2024.

    – The first date is a black day in Israel’s history, during which 1,200 soldiers and settlers were killed and 230 captured. The war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip claimed more and more officers and soldiers.

    The second date, when an unprecedented sabotage attack by Iran against Israel took place, had in common the failure of Israeli deterrence and a total strategic surprise.

    Hardly anyone thought that Hamas would attack Israel by the thousands, take over settlements and kill hundreds of officers, soldiers and settlers, and hardly anyone thought that Iran would attack Israel directly. The abject failure of political and military leaders on October 7 was compounded by the mistaken assessment that the liquidation of Al-Quds Force Commander Zahedi in Syria would not lead to a direct Iranian response.

    October 7 opened the gates of hell: a war in Gaza, Hezbollah attacks, over 100,000 people displaced from the south and north, a boiling arena in the West Bank and many other attacks.

    The Iranian attack only adds to our despair, because we have a bankrupt government and a prime minister busy from morning to night pursuing frivolous, divisive policies.” [at which point are drugs, including adrenochrome and abominations, or the spiritual ecstasy of waiting for the Birth, insufficient?? They are surrounded by loss, led by incompetence, nurtured on despair. Something’s gotta give]

    💠 @Hamas/Tsahal:
    ⭕ For the first time, the Swiss ambassador in Tehran was summoned to the IRGC and not the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    After the end of the Iranian strikes against Israel, the Swiss ambassador was summoned for the first time to the IRGC and not to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

    “They gave him the necessary warnings that if America took the slightest action, we would destroy the entire region on his head,” an Iranian official said.
    ⭕ The US assessment is that Iran would respond to any significant and overt Israeli attack on Iranian soil with a new round of missile and drone attacks, a US official said.
    ⭕ The Iranian president during a call to the Emir of Qatar: We firmly declare that the slightest action against Iran’s interests will surely result in a severe, widespread and painful response against all its actors[among them is potentially the weak occupied recipient of that call! Al Udeid is the CentCom HQs of the region. Used to refuel bombers of Yemen and Gaza.. The death of the abject desert Bedouins draws closer]

    ⭕ “The United States will continue to work to integrate air and missile defense systems across the Middle East to weaken Iran’s capabilities,” the White House said.
    🔹️@Intel Slava Z: 🇦🇪🇸🇦🇺🇲 UAE and Saudi officials conveyed a message to the US: “If you want our role in the regional security alliance to increase – we want US guarantees for our security, as Israel received” – Kann
    [And all those could (would?) be targeted. Iran is not patient like Russia to endure dastardly ISR working against it from neighboring countries]
    Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip: “the number of deaths following Israeli attacks has exceeded 34 thousand people”

    The UN also said that since the start of the war in Gaza, “more than 10,000 women have been killed, including 6,000 mothers, leaving behind 19,000 orphans.”
    ⭕ Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has adopted emergency measures for its installations across Syria, says a Syrian government adviser and Syrian activist from Deir Ezzor. Some IRGC members have evacuated their bases in Syria.
    ⭕ “After Iran’s attacks on Israel, expanding sanctions against Tehran is the duty of the European Union,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.

    “We are in favor of sanctions, which could also be directed against all those who contribute to the production of the missiles and drones used during the attack on Saturday evening,” Macron said in Brussels, on the eve of the extraordinary summit of the EU which addresses the agenda of the situation in the Middle East today. East. .

    “Our duty is to extend these sanctions,” stressed the French president.

    -Interfax
    ⭕ An Egyptian source told the London-based Arab newspaper “Al-Araby Al-Jadeed” that the United States had accepted the military action plan in Rafah in exchange for a limited attack on “Iran.” Haaretz reported this, but at the moment there is no confirmation in Israel.
    [The circle-jerk amongst the abject criminals continues, as if their agreements and internal decisions have the slightest weight or legality among Iran, the Axes of Resistance, or indeed among any men of honor with a spine and means to defend themselves. All that follows is the moment they are put out of their misery draws closer, as the demented resolutely stride deeper onto the seabed of the parted Red Sea]

    in reply to: West Asia front Thread, 04 April 2024 #28847
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    In addition to the huge cost, and inadequacy seen through leakers, Mercouris said last night the zionazis used up 50% of the interceptors in their launchers (!!!) . This is unsustainable on so many levels. Bunch of panicky entitled amateurs

    Modern “Shakespearen/Baconian” English! A satanic snake tongue, carefully constructed on innuendo, punning and cryptic meanings, giving preeminence to thalassocratic Admiralty law


    (1) if my eyes see true, at 0:10, we can see the hero of the hour, General Rocketman Hajizadeh, standing at second spot to Raisi’s right or our left.
    (2) note Perfide Albion! As the buffoon BoJo rushed at critical hours to Kiev, to ensure the Conflagration was NOT called off, so this serial warcriminal Cameron does now! This piece of art was drawn by the unique Steve Bell as a condom head during the era of his premiership:

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    💠@Fotros Resistance:
    ⭕ Following Hezbollah’s attack which injured 18 israeli soldiers today, including 6 seriously, the IOF started bombing areas of Baalbek, where civilians live & work. 

    💠@kuluary_zaliva:
    ⭕ Negotiations between Israel and Hamas stalled
    🔸The Qatari Prime Minister provided new details on the progress of negotiations between Israel and Hamas to secure a truce in Gaza and the release of hostages. According to him, the parties have reached an impasse.
    🔸“ At this stage, the process is delayed , and we are trying to resolve this problem as much as possible,” said Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. He also noted that Doha “has warned from the very beginning of the war against the expansion of the conflict, and today the conflict has indeed spread to different fronts .”
    🔸Qatar, along with Egypt and the United States, has been holding behind-the-scenes talks for weeks to secure a truce in Gaza and an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. Following the end of Ramadan and Iran’s first-ever direct attack on Israel , fears grew that the long war in Gaza would escalate into a regional conflict .

    💠@Strategika51:
    ⭕ Benny Gantz, member of Israel’s war cabinet with British Foreign Minister David Cameron and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock…Israel is tired and its supporters are even more so.
    [the looks those two criminals give Frau 360°! Reminds of the Big Man before he leans over the children’s hair… Degeneracy Inc.!]
    ⭕ The Lebanese Hezbollah is steadily expanding its military operations against Israeli military sites, and promises to expand its military activities proportionately if Israel decides to escalate. |video|
    ⭕ The Salaheddine (Saladin) brigades in the Gaza Strip pay tribute to the Islamic Republic of Iran by targeting the Sikkim military command center with rockets.
    Gantz and Eisenkot were in favor of an immediate attack on Iran at the Israeli war cabinet meeting after April 14, 2024. This proposal was deemed too dangerous and rejected.
    [these are the nuts considered less nutty than Nutty!]
    ⭕ The Israeli army withdraws from the Nuseirat refugee camp. The operation is a failure.
    The war is far from over.
    ⭕ Jewish intellectuals have predicted that the day will come when Israel will have to reflect on the post-Zionist period in the same way as the Soviets did at the end of the Bolshevik era. They emphasized that the transition would be far from peaceful, as Israel would have to face demons that no one in the Jewish world has dared to identify, for complex reasons linked to Israel’s genesis and history.
    The majority of the world’s most extreme Zionists are not Jewish.

    💠@Middle East Spectator:
    ⭕ For the record:
    This is a satellite photo of an Iranian ballistic missile storage / production facility. There are HUNDREDS of such warehouses and production facilities in Iran.

    Practically every cent of Iran’s defense budget has been spent on the mass production of ballistic missiles since the early 2000’s.

    The situation has now reached a point where the problem is not production capacity, but storage capacity. There are literally too many missiles to store. One commander famously said: ‘We produce them like cigars’. Let this be clear. 
    [who was it that said “quantity is a quality all its own?? Persians take this dictum seriously! And with Big Brother’s ISR and precision, they can level Lil Cancer even if nuked and decapitated]

    ⭕ When Iran attacked Israel, the country’s military officials had already assumed that an Israeli retaliation would take place, and they had even prepared for a limited war that they assumed would last anywhere between 1-3 months; the assessment was that at some point, a risk had to be taken to restore deterrence, regardless of the outcome – Iranian Official
    ⭕ IRGC Aerospace Commander, General Amirali Hajizadeh:
    Media: ‘What will you do if Israel responds?’
    Hajizadeh: ‘We will strike them 100%’ |video|

    in reply to: West Asia front Thread, 04 April 2024 #28812
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    💠 @Middle East Spectator:
    ⭕ ⚡🇵🇸🇱🇧 The scene of when a Hezbollah suicide drone struck a building with soldiers of the IDF in Arab Al-Aramsha. |video|
    ⭕ ⚡🇵🇸🇱🇧 The number of casualties as a result of the attack carried out by Hezbollah on a building with IDF soldiers in Arab Al-Aramsha has risen to 11.
    Hezbollah is ramping up the attacks.
    ⭕ The number of wounded has risen to 14, with 1 in critical condition and four in serious condition, following a suicide drone attack from southern Lebanon – Israeli Media
    @MilitaryPOV
    ⭕️The number of wounded has increased to 18 – Kann
    A car is also seen engulfed in flames in Arab al-Aramshe.
    @MilitaryPOV

    💠 @Yemen | Bab-el-Mandeb:
    ⭕ ⭕️ Praise be to Allah who has granted us the strength and courage.
    Praise be to Allah who has given us patience and steadfastness.

    Praise be to Allah who has guided us and placed it in our hands to make America, Israel, and the West humiliated, broken, and defeated, and made their weapons, ships, and armies worthless. Nothing can stand before the will of the Yemeni people.
    ⭕ 🌐 To the Enemies of Yemen and Islam, and the Axis of Evil Led by the Aggressor Alliance

    By✍ Channel manager of Yemen Bab el-Mandeb on Telegram
    16 April 2024

    A thunderous roar reverberates from the heartland of Yemen, a testament to our unwavering resolve and unyielding spirit. We, the people of Yemen, have endured years of relentless bombardment, indiscriminate violence, and untold suffering at the hands of your evil alliance. But know this, our determination remains unshaken, our faith in Allah unyielding.
    We have weathered your storms, and emerged stronger. The flames of our revolution burn brighter with each passing day, fueled by the blood of our martyrs and the cries of our children. We will not be cowed by your threats, nor will we surrender to your oppression. We are a nation of warriors, imbued with the spirit of our forefathers who fought valiantly for their land and their faith.
    Your relentless airstrikes have razed our cities to the ground, leaving nothing but rubble and despair. Your economic blockade has brought starvation and disease to our people. But you have failed, and you will continue to fail. For we are a nation united, a people of unwavering faith. We have learned to survive under the harshest of conditions, to find hope in the darkest of times.
    Our hearts bleed for the innocent civilians who have fallen victim to your indiscriminate violence. But know this, their blood will not be in vain. Their sacrifice will ignite a fire that will consume your evil alliance. We will not rest until justice is done, until the perpetrators of these crimes are held accountable.
    We stand defiant against the forces of darkness that seek to extinguish the light of Islam. We are the gatekeepers of the Holy Land, the birthplace of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). We will defend our faith and our nation with every ounce of our strength.
    To the traitorous rulers of our neighboring lands, who have betrayed their people and joined the ranks of our enemies, your days are numbered. The people of Yemen will rise up and cast you out, just as we have cast out your foreign masters. We will not tolerate your treachery or your complicity in the crimes against our nation.
    To the cowards who hide behind their keyboards, spewing venom and spreading lies, your time will come. The people of Yemen will not forget your treachery. We will expose your lies and hold you accountable for your crimes.
    We call upon all Muslims, wherever they may be, to join us in our struggle against this evil alliance. The future of Islam is at stake. The fate of our children hangs in the balance. Together, we will defeat our enemies and establish a just and equitable world.
    We are the people of Yemen, a nation of faith, a land of indomitable spirit. We will not be broken, we will not surrender. We will fight on, until victory is ours, until our enemies are vanquished, until Islam reigns supreme.
    And remember the words of Allah (SWT):
    “And fight against them until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion, all of it, is for Allah.” [Qur’an 8:39]
    Allah is with us, and we will prevail!
    ⭕ 🇾🇪🔻 We have not forgotten our brothers in Gaza, and we have not been distracted by any other matters. We continue our religious, moral, and humanitarian jihad to support them.

    Yemen is still carrying out operations.

    Support and solidarity with the Palestinian people and fighters in Gaza.

    💠 @Intel Slava Z:
    ⭕ 🇺🇲🇮🇷 The United States will restrict the freedom of movement of Iran’s foreign minister, who arrives in New York this week to attend the UN General Assembly.

    According to the report, the minister and his entourage will be limited to only a few streets near the UN headquarters in Manhattan and the Iranian mission to the UN, as well as access to and from JFK Airport.
    [LOL. Isn’t this measure sufficiently eloquent of the epochal impact of the Iranian retaliation?! Vindictive low-blows, among the proven toolkit of the impotent dastardly who poke out their own eyes to spite the enemy. Think! What use does Iran’s FM have for USA outside the UN grounds during an existential war to the finish?!]
    ⭕ 🇬🇪 In Georgia, despite protests from the pro-Western opposition, the law on foreign agents was adopted in the first reading, which will limit the ability of Western funds to act in Georgia.

    A similar law adopted in Kyrgyzstan has already led to the closure of the Soros Foundation’s representative office there, which is an excellent marker of the usefulness of the law.
    ⭕ Lebanese al-Mayadeen: two “heavy” rockets hit an Israeli target in the Arab al-Aramsha area (border area with Lebanon – Israel).
    ⭕ ⚡Hezbollah: We carried out an attack with missiles and drones on the headquarters of the new military reconnaissance company in Arab Al-Aramsha.

    💠 @Sputnik Africa:
    ⭕ 🇺🇳🇵🇸 UNSC to vote Thursday on Palestine’s membership in UN, reports say

    The United Nations Security Council will vote Thursday on Palestine’s bid to become a full member state of the UN, the French media reported on Wednesday, citing multiple diplomatic sources.

    In early April, Palestine submitted a letter requesting that the consideration of its application to become a full member state of the UN be renewed.

    On April 8, the UN Security Council referred a renewed consideration of Palestine’s 2011 application for UN membership to its Committee on the Admission of New Members.
    [I have mixed feelings. Even if they get it, and West may let it “to claw back” some soft power (ha!) — so what? It’s like being upgraded from a bunk bed in the cargo hold to D-class of the Titanic, AFTER it hit the iceberg]
    ⭕ Houthis to continue attack Israel until hostilities in Gaza сease, political office member says
    🔸️The Houthi movement in Yemen intends to continue attacking Israeli-linked ships and carry on with military operations until Israel stops its actions in Gaza and lifts the blockade, as stated by Houthi official Hezam al-Asad.
    🔸️Yemeni military operations are a response to Israeli attacks and the Gaza blockade, supported by the US, and are set to persist until these issues are resolved.
    💥 Attacks on US and UK ships will also continue, justified by Houthi as a right to respond to attacks on Yemen. The Houthis’ actions are not conditional on Iran’s stance against Israel.

    in reply to: West Asia front Thread, 04 April 2024 #28810
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    Listen to the determination of the female teacher! A point is reached against rabid Satanists that their defeat is the sole raison for existence for entire opposing civilizations. The region has reached this point. Even risible use of nukes will not save their coming Annihilation, and all their imperial hangerons

    We’ve seen sea cables cut recently in red Sea and off west Africa. Qui bono? Who anticipates total chaos worldwide, of losing sea lanes and thalassocratic means of control, including sea cables? And helps juice along the budding new remote means of influence. Too bad Rooskies learned a ton of how to deal with the dastardly satellite tech in 404! And Africa appears to be coordinating with CIS countries of how to block and deny this new western ploy, often using lawfare and simple policing measures

    in reply to: West Asia front Thread, 04 April 2024 #28803
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    “Do unto others…” The future is absolutely horrific for the satanic West. Armageddon is de rigueur for crimes of such scale. Absolute annihilation for absolute annihilation. Karma. The only remaining Question is when.

    https://youtu.be/Z9adoqm9px8
    What shall western families soon eat, as recompense for such satanic mockery? To drive a people off their land, to imprison a portion like livestock in a cramped corner, to besiege them for generations, then destroy their farms, wells& water, fishing boats, import avenues, keeping the cruelest blockade, reducing them to slaves.. then toying with insufficient means of rotten aid relief.. all carefully designed Systems Analysis work of over a century… what is the recompense to such a lawless and accursed people, a plague on the Rest of mankind????


    This is misleading. It doesn’t say what BRICS are saying to the lost desert Bedouins of the GCC. The latter are de facto lined up with Anglo-Zio-NATO-Jordan, suiciding themselves. 500 M Arabs and Persians will ensure it. The age of monarchies, like their satanic western suzerain, is ending. That is inevitable. Will be interesting to see how Russia-China process the process.

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    💠 @Strategika51:
    ⭕️ A Knesset commission of inquiry into the attack of 07/10/2023 revealed that 50 survivors of the Nova (suqqut) festival had committed suicide.
    Another report states that 13 survivors of the festival were victims of unsolved homicides, and a group of associations openly accuses the secret services of having assassinated inconvenient witnesses who could have challenged the official narrative of the attack. [how many hundreds of loose ends were tied off at Dealey Plaza, per the MO?]
    The greatest political, economic and social crisis in Israel’s history. In addition to the total political stalemate, a 21% drop in production was recorded in the last quarter of 2023, and the trend is continuing.
    Tourism revenues are plummeting and tens of thousands of start-ups have been dissolved.
    Imports have also been hit hard, leading to price rises exacerbated by rampant speculation and black-market trafficking.
    Opposition leader Yair Lapid declared that Netanyahu was leading Israel not only to ruin, but to annihilation.
    ⭕ Incidentally, France is militarily engaged in Ukraine and the Middle East…
    ⭕ Overheard today on a radio station broadcast from a sub-Saharan African country: “Every time France is in bad shape or has no more money, it goes to war”.
    It’s badly put, but it’s not wrong either.
    ⭕️ Ancient writings speak of powerful, totally unknown civilizations that disappeared beneath thousands of meters of sand in various parts of the Arabian Peninsula. Ophir could be one of these kingdoms lost forever. Not all natural phenomena are known, and 99% of history remains unknown or terra incognita.
    The storm currently battering Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is just one small reminder of nature’s mysteries.

    💠 @Middle East Spectator:
    ⭕ — 🇷🇺/🇮🇷 Vladimir Putin: ‘In response to Israel’s criminal act, and in light of the failure of the UN Security Council to condemn this act, Iran appropriately punished the aggressor in a way that shows the tact and rationality of its leadership’
    ⭕ U.S. intelligence suggests that Israel is weighing a ‘narrow and limited strike’ inside Iran – Sources to CNN
    @MilitaryPOV
    Well, Iran’s response won’t be narrow and limited.
    ⭕ Senior Biden Administration Official to CNN: ‘We would hope that they [Israel] would give us some warning [before any aggression against Iran] so that we’re prepared to protect our personnel, not just military but diplomatic throughout the region’
    @MilitaryPOV
    More than half of the Iranian drones and missiles that were downed were in fact shot down by the U.S. Navy and Air Force, and Israel would likely have struggled tremendously without direct U.S. intervention – U.S. Officials
    ⭕ ‘The U.S. relied too much on the misguided conception that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, was considered too cautious to ever order a direct attack on Israel’ – U.S. Officials to ABC News
    [This is par for the course. The possessed and drugged-up Pirates strut the planet on bluff and whimsy. One cannot be normal and engage in such mass criminality and delusion for so long]
    ⭕ BREAKING: The Israeli War Cabinet meeting has ended, with the final decision to strike targets inside Iran, as soon as possible – Hebrew Media
    ⭕ — 🇱🇧 NEW: Earlier today, Hezbollah targeted an Iron Dome defense system with two batches of suicide drones, destroying it and leaving its crew dead and wounded  [the daily work of Hezbollah is astounding. True heroes. And the killing of the precious trained crew is a compounded blow]

    💠 @Fotros Resistance:
    ⭕ Every Iranian ballistic missile that impacted Nevatim and Ramon airbase hit their intended targets head-on.

    But, for “some reason”, they evidently carefully avoided hitting obviously high-priority targets (such as the 50 odd hardened shelters and ammunition revetments) and C4ISR structures.

    Of the confirmed hits, the IRGC impacted: 1x Guard Tower2x ground vehicle repair depots1x transportation aircraft maintenance facility (probably where the one C-130 was dinged up)

    They also dropped a ballistic missile on top of the base’s officer’s swimming pool/rec center. You can see  screenshots close-ups of what was hit prior to the attack via google maps attached here. |media|
    (Repost from Analytica Camillus)
    ⭕ It shows that Iran hit its intended targets ‘head-on’ while avoiding highly valued assets to send a message to israel – “we can hit anywhere we want, we gave you a warning shot, next time we won’t spare you.”

    The objective of this attack was the humiliation of US/israel’s “sophisticated” (air) defenses. Iran’s attack wasn’t its best offensive, israel’s defensive was its maximum defensive.

    💠 @kuluary_zaliva:
    ⭕ Why could Lebanon become a new target for Israel?

    After Saturday’s Iranian attack on Israel, which caused relatively little damage, the Middle East froze in anticipation of Tel Aviv’s response . Israel’s new target could be not only Iran, but also neighboring Lebanon, namely Hezbollah .

    Iran’s aggression did not seem to involve a serious blow, but rather to preserve its own reputation after the Israeli strike on the consulate in Damascus. Israel’s response to the pro-Iranian Hezbollah may look justified to the public, and most importantly, become a strategic step in the still ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

    The group represents the most powerful direct threat to Israel and has extremely high armed potential. A retaliatory attack would allow the arsenal and infrastructure to be destroyed in a short time. The territorial issue of South Lebanon is also important for Tel Aviv.

    While the answer lies with Israel, the outcome of events may be different. It also depends on the participation of the United States. It was Washington that for a long time kept Israeli leaders from attacking Hezbollah, will it do it again?
    [This is one way to embroil US and Iran in catastrophic war. Attack Hezbollah in such a manner, forcing Iran to get involved. Don’t ask how. I am not Strangelove or Breedhate!]

    💠 @Intel Slava Z:
    ⭕ A senior Iranian official said the US had asked Iran to accept a symbolic Israeli strike on its territory to allow the Jewish state to save face.
    [LOL. “Help us stay a living Empire with a relevant feared proxy!” !! Well, they’ve at least progressed on Kübler-Ross to a whining bargaining stage]
    ⭕ 🇺🇸😂 The head of the US Department of Justice said that there are no deviations in Biden’s mental abilities

    “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… I will have full confidence in the president. The president is not abnormal in any way, and I categorically reject your characterization of him,” Garland said at a congressional hearing on the budget for the FY 2025.
    ⭕ 🇪🇺🇺🇲🇺🇦🇷🇺 The US cannot shoot down missiles over Ukraine, as in Israel, because there are no US military bases there that would be threatened by these missiles – Borrell
    [LOL. Fibbing to the sad dregs, Exceptionalista-style]

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    💠 @Fotros Resistance:
    Iran’s missile attacks had two [additional] very important points:
    1. This was not the maximum offensive power of Iran;
    2. But this was the maximum defensive power of #Israel; Of course, with the help of the world’s first military power, that is, U.S., as well as the UK & France!
    (Repost from IWN)

    💠 @Strategika51:
    ⭕ The chosen people see their messiah coming and prepare the ground for the purification of mankind. According to this rabbi, there are a few billion idolaters, which is contrary to the Torah, and therefore undeserving of life. |video|
    [How’s the putative “Judeo-Christian” civilizational-alliance working out? It apppears a divorce to match that of Anglo and Zionist elites]  
    ⭕ International hackers have hacked into the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the Dimona nuclear complex.

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    Little noticed, just after Niger officially kicked out US troops (turning on the ticking clock), and right after Russian advance troops arrived in town, China swooped in to provide sanctions-busting liquidity and lucrative deals. This effectively seals off Plunder Inc from one of most stupendous resource-rich regions on earth, easily to rival Russia itself. And Niger is projected to be Africa’s top growth economy this year….

    💠 @Arab_Africa:   
    The day after Russian troops arrived, Niger signed a $400 million oil deal with China. China asked for $400 million for the sale of crude oil. The official signing ceremony of the agreement between Niger and CNPC took place on April 12. It was attended by the Prime Minister of Niger, Mahamane Zein Lamin, and the Chinese Ambassador to Niamey. |video[LOL! Welcome to the tag teams of Multipolarity] 

    ☝️☝️ Oh, the Chinese fan the flames. And the key Junta leaders were trained in the famous USA torture academy AKA “School of the Americas,” located in Georgia, LOL!!!! 😁 🫡

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    This Iranian retaliation was most cruel. Not only to shape next coming attacks on occupied Palestine, but to expose and prepare the destruction of the local satanic arab compradores.

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    Pray. Demented West decided to commit suicide tonight

    💠 @Middle East Spectator:

    ⭕ BREAKING: Israel’s response to Iran’s attack may be ‘imminent,’ according to an Israeli Official – NBC News

    ⭕ At the end of the war cabinet meeting, it was decided to respond to Iran; the Israeli Air Force has completed the preparations for a strike – Israeli Channel 12

    ⭕ Iran’s Foreign Ministry repeats: ‘In case of any aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran, our response will be immediate, overwhelming and decisive’

    ⭕ Spokesman for the Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament: ‘We have several advanced weapons that we have not used before. We ask the Zionists to not be retarded, and to act rationally’

    ⭕ — 🇨🇳/🇮🇷 NEW: The Foreign Minister of China held a phone call with Iran’s Foreign Minister, Amir Abdollahian, who informed China that any Zionist aggression would be met with a decisive and immediate response

    ⭕ ‘Israel must know that bullying does not work with a country like Iran; we do not seek war, but we will not shy away from going to war if it is imposed on us’ – Iranian Officials to Al Jazeera

    💠 @Strategika51: 

    ⭕ Unsurprisingly and logically, London and Paris have sided with Washington and intervened militarily alongside Israel. The UK and France are therefore de facto direct belligerents in the Middle East conflict, as well as in Ukraine. This posture will be identical in the event of conflict on the Korean peninsula or in Taiwan. [hence why Global Majority joins hands to bury the possessed psychos in the Holy Land and 404]

    Iranian air defense on high alert.

    The Iranian air force is on alert III.

    Iran is expecting an imminent attack.

    ⭕ How did the Zionist media report the fallout from the Iranian attack?

    We have failed and the truth must be told

    – dangerous

    – Daring attack

    – an unprecedented attack

    – We are threatened

    – major rupture

    – threatens our national security

    -Citizens must pay close attention to safety instructions

    – Red alert.

    – Maximum alert.

    – The missiles are precise.

    – The strike is devastating.

    – It threatens the entire region.

    – Iran is a threat to us.

    – Our defenses failed to repel the attack on the Nevatim base.

    – 60 tons of explosives hit us.

    – They caused considerable damage.

    – We called on France, Germany, America, Jordan and Great Britain to repel the attack.

    – Iran is a regional power.

    -Nine missiles hit two Israeli air bases in the Negev during the Iranian attack.

    – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates shared intelligence with the United States prior to the Iranian attack.

    – 5 missiles hit the Nevatim base, damaging a C-130 transport aircraft, a runway and storage facilities.

    There will be action against Iran.

    ⭕ Jamming of GPS signals throughout the Middle East.

    Intel sources claim that the decision to attack Iran has been taken.

    Second round return… [en route]

    ⭕ First wave to be confirmed.

    ⭕ Combat aircraft are transferred from Israel to Jordan.

    Two US B1B strategic bombers are in Inçirlik, Türkiye.

    The British PM’s plane is in the air, escorted by Eurofighter Typhoon fighters.

    Fighter jets have taken off from Cyprus.

    Radio silence from all CentCom units. This is extremely rare.

    ⭕ Zionist forces forced their way into a Jerusalem synagogue and beat up anti-Zionist rabbis. |video|

    💠 @Fotros Resistance:

    ⭕ 🇮🇷 Iran’s deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri:

    Israel needs to know that in case of another mistake they will not have 12 days, the response will be given in matter of seconds not in days or hours.

    💠 @Intel Slava Z:

    ⭕ ⚡ Channel 12: The Israeli political and security leadership decided to respond clearly and decisively to the Iranian attack

    The response will be in a way that Washington accepts and will not likely lead to the region being dragged into war

    ⭕ 🇺🇲🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️The American administration has actually ruled out the possibility of using the US Armed Forces to intercept Russian missiles and drones used during a special military operation in Ukraine, despite Washington’s participation in repelling Iran’s strike on Israel.

    “I knew this question would come up. Look, we’re talking about different conflicts, different airspace, different threat landscapes,” John Kirby, the White House National Security Council’s strategic communications coordinator, said at a regular briefing for reporters when asked. , why doesn’t the United States start intercepting Russian missiles and drones used during the SMO

    [Lunatics! They will clash, but in the Holy Land. A repeat of the British Charge of the Light Brigade]

    💠 @Yemen | Bab-el-Mandeb: 

    Sunni scholars in the southern Yemeni provinces are blessing the strikes carried out by Iran on the Zionist entity.

    6 Shawwal 1445 AH

    https://t.me/BABalMANDAB/4237

    Sunni scholars in the southern provinces have blessed the strikes carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran with missiles and drones on Israeli military targets in the occupied Palestinian territories.

    The Sunni scholars affirmed in a statement received by the Yemeni news agency (Saba) that this strike represents all Muslims and seeks revenge for the oppressed brothers in the besieged Gaza Strip, and is part of the legitimate response to the Zionist enemy’s crimes against the Palestinians.

    The statement praised this heroic act, calling on Islamic countries to fulfill their duty towards the Palestinian cause and not to stand as indifferent spectators as it is forbidden and exposes the nation to divine punishment.

    The statement condemned anyone who supports the Zionist occupation or attempts to downplay the significance of these blessed strikes in favor of the Zionists.

    President Mahdi Al-Mashat [of Yemen] congratulates during a phone call with Iranian President on the success of the “Sincere Promise” operation.

    🔸️President Al-Mashat affirmed Yemen’s support for the “Sincere Promise” operation in deterring the Zionist enemy, and the right of the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to the entity.

    🔸️The President criticized the international positions after Iran defended its sovereignty, considering those positions as a shameful disgrace, reflecting blind obedience to global Zionism.

    Why did the Israeli government issue a warning to Iran?

    Because they’re still traumatized from the 10 days of anxiety and sleepless nights Iran inflicted on them after the assassination of their top general in Syria.

    The Israelis were so terrified that they resorted to hiding in sewers, sleeping in bomb shelters, and wearing adult diapers. So don’t worry, Israel, there’s no need for all the bluster. Just respond if you’re feeling brave. Otherwise, you’ll be facing the same fate as you did on that unforgettable October 7th.

    ⭕ In a game of chicken, Israel’s incessant threats against Iran are like a toddler waving a plastic spoon. While Iran has them trembling in their sewage drains, the Zionists continue to bluster like blowhards, oblivious to their own absurdity.

    Their empty threats are like a cardboard tiger, rustling in a strong breeze. The once-dreaded IDF is now reduced to acting out pant-wetting scenes in air raid shelters, their morale flushing down the proverbial toilet.

    Oh, mighty Israel, you who claim to wield the power of “the chosen ones”? Your threats make even the weakest cockroach seem like a formidable foe.

    Spare us your pathetic posturing. If you have the guts, let’s see you put your threats into action. You’ll find that Iran is not a pushover like your Arab neighbors.

    So let’s end this farce, Zionists. Either shut up or send in your “mighty” military. We’re waiting with bated breath, but don’t be surprised if we’re rolling on the floor laughing when you finally decide to make a move.

    ⭕ Our message from Yemen to the powerful Israel, the lion of the Middle East, the defender of the free world. Your threats are empty like your streets on Saturday.

    ⭕ Host: What will happen if the Zionists decide to respond to Iran?

    Yemeni political analyst: They will have to train their soldiers on how to squat in shelters for at least two weeks.

    Dear humiliated Zionists,

    You have been licking your wounds for ten days after just one display of force from Iran. And now you are pretending to be big wolves, issuing loud threats? What nonsense is this?

    Do you really think Iran will be intimidated by your modest war record? Even we in the Arab world feel sorry for you.

    You used to boast about your immense military capabilities, then you were defeated. What a joke!

    So stop the tantrums and theatrics. Either respond to Iran in a meaningful way, or continue hiding in your holes as usual.

    And as you do so, make sure to stock up on plenty of adult diapers, because you’ll need them.

    We advise Iran to make the right of retaliation for the reckless crime committed by the Zionists in the bombing of the Iranian consulate in Syria and the martyrdom of some of its leaders. This right should be immediate and not end until revenge is taken from these Zionist terrorists. [yemenis don’t care – including potential of Armageddon. They’re telling Persians to keep the pain flowing to rabid Zionazis]

    Iraqi resistance and Syrian resistance, you must prepare and direct a thousand Katyusha rockets towards the American bases.

    Each of you is executing your mission on your front, and carry out your mission when you receive the news.

    These bases will stop the Patriot system, in case of any Zionist aggression to allow missiles and aircraft to pass.

    Therefore, as soon as you hear the roar of missiles and aircraft, and receive notifications about it, activate the missile and artillery batteries towards the American bases.

    This will make it easier for you to capture them. [as I mentioned last Fall, those 45-50k  USUK troops are goners. From tripewires into live feedstock. But Zionists in control of Empire could care less, like Ukies, they’re considered dumb expendable chips]

    ⭕ Marineschepen website specializing in maritime affairs: The Belgian Ministry of Defense postpones the deployment of the frigate “Louise Marie” in the Red Sea indefinitely, citing its failure to fend off a drone attack and technical tests needing completion.

    ⭕ You have no right to criticize the actions of others unless your own actions are stronger. If you have no action or stance, then you should not speak at all. And for your information, your words have no value. For example, if you were to say that the Iranian response is strong, what benefit would we gain if you have no value and no stance at all? And if you were to call it a theater, what is your worth and weight? You are just a zero without weight or value.

    ⭕ Our hearts are with our brothers and sisters in Oman. We pray for their safety.

    [Have they and Algeria both been threatened after they congratulated and celebrated Iran’s feat? The criminality against the entire region is coming to a head]

    Leader of Ansar Allah Abdul-Malik al-Houthi – Yemen:

    🔸️ In the past years, we used to say and we still say today that if our dear people had a land route to reach Palestine, our brave and free mujahideen would move in the hundreds of thousands. We hope and request from the countries that separate us geographically from Palestine, even if they only allow for the testing and proof of our credibility and the credibility of our people, to open a land route for passage only. A route for passing, only for passing, through which our people can flow in the hundreds of thousands of mujahideen to go to Palestine for direct confrontation with the Zionist enemy directly.

    🔸️ 🇾🇪📹 Our hearts have been bleeding, saddened, angered, and deeply regretful of what the Saudi regime has done, coinciding with the great tragedy and terrible crimes committed by the Zionist enemy in Gaza, and the great tragedy of the Palestinian people. The Saudi regime announced the Riyadh Season, a season of dancing and madness, hosting a large number of Western bands from all over America and Europe that promote deviance, obscenity, and debauchery.

    It hosts Jewish singers with a lot of money in dollars. A Jewish singer opens the season with a song that insults Allah in explicit terms and ridicules Allah , in her songs in explicit terms. Thousands of people who attended and thousands of people who have been deceived to attend from the sons of the kingdom dance and sing for the Jewish singer. Opening that season with her song in which she ridicules and insults Allah

    Concurrently, the Zionist Jews are killing the children of Palestine in Gaza; they are killing children, women, adults, and the young, all the while the American bombs and missiles, with which the Zionist entity and the Israeli enemy have been provisioned, are tearing the children of Gaza to pieces. And those are dancing in the Riyadh season and the singer is singing and mocking God? What scene is this? A catastrophe of moral, ethical, and humanitarian apostasy; a renunciation of even the tribal norms; a renunciation of even the natural human values.

    [This was last winter, during the very height of Gaza bombing. UAE had similar festivals. They’ve made their beds]

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    We’re all waiting for next round against Iran by a crazed west reduced to kamikaze maniacs on a last global Drang

    💠 @Strategika51:
    ⭕ The USA has an advanced AN/TPY-2 X-band radar stationed at Har Qeren in the Negev desert.
    Its mission is to detect Iranian missile launches and transmit targeting data to the Israeli Arrow and David’s Sling batteries and to the American THAAD ABM batteries deployed to protect sensitive Israeli sites, including Dimona, nuclear weapons storage sites and the Nevatim and Ramon air bases, where F-35I and F15 fighter jets are stationed.
    Great Britain, France and other countries directly protect Israeli military sites.
    Israel has always been defended by the United States and its allies, including in 1948, 1956 (France and Great Britain attacking Egypt), 1967 (Lyndon Johnson mobilizing the entire US Armada to wage war under Israeli disguise), 1973 (with a changeover because Nixon, being a shrewd man, didn’t want to follow suit), 1982 (US/France). Without the Empire, Israel cannot survive more than 48 hours.
    [Like everything in 404, this radar will be scrap metal soon too]
    ⭕ Zionist war propaganda has been at an increasingly distressing level since 07/10/2023 (it never shone before that date, but the level keeps dropping): the supposed impact of an Iranian missile is a hole whose backfill can be seen, i.e. it was dug with a backhoe.
    They’re far too degenerate to survive without outside help.
    ⭕ Even the Wall Street Journal reports on primitive behavior outside the empire’s schools, with parents racing around armed with tasers, baseball bats, easy insults and a willingness to fight to get to school on time in what seems to be an artificial, alienating life. It’s no longer the hamster running in the cage syndrome, it’s the decline and the final fall. The next step is anthropophagy, accepted as a valued norm, but this step will soon be taken unknown to us.
    What a world of morons!

    💠 @Middle East Spectator:
    ⭕ BREAKING: The IDF has reportedly prepared attack plans for a ‘substantial’ strike inside Iran, and the War Cabinet will convene today to discuss the options – Hebrew Media
    ⭕ Israel violated international law by attacking the Iranian consulate. Iran reacted and exercised its legal right (c) China’s representative to the UN.
    ⭕️ — NOTE: There are signs that the Israelis and Americans are vastly overstating the amount of missiles Iran actually used

    This is to make the Iron Dome, Arrow & David Sling seem more effective than they actually are, and to paint Iranian missiles as ineffective.

    Today, they claimed that more than 50% of Iran’s missiles failed to launch, or landed in territories outside of Israel. This is merely a weak excuse to hide the fact that they deliberately overstated the numbers.

    In reality, Iran likely only launched dozens of ballistic missiles, the vast majority of which were low-cost and old models without MaRV capability, used mainly as decoys to distract Israeli defenses.

    The small amount of more advanced missiles which Iran did launch, almost all of them penentrated the Israeli defenses and struck their targets in the Negev and Golan.

    It will all become clearer when the IRGC releases the official details of Operation True Promise.

    💠 @Fotros Resistance:
    ⭕ The Grand Mufti of Oman expresses his support for Iran and appreciates Tehran for striking “the Zionist regime”. [This is top cleric in this strategic land on other side of Hormuz and located between Iran and Yemen.]
    ⭕ JUST IN: Slowly lies are exposed and the truth is surfacing:

    A senior US official told ABC News that at least 9 Iranian missiles penetrated Israeli air defenses & hit 2 Israeli air bases. He added that 5 ballistic missiles hit the Nevatim Air Base, causing damage to a C-130 transport plane, a runway, and storage facilities.

    The official said that 4 additional ballistic missiles hit the Nevatim Air Base.
    ⭕ Israeli media admits that 4 IOF soldiers were wounded, including one seriously, as a result of a blast on the border with Lebanon, overnight.

    They belong to the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance & elite Yahalom combat engineering unit.

    The IOF is investigating the cause of the blast.

    💠 @Hamas/Tsahal:
    ⭕ Tehran urges Western countries to ‘appreciate Iran’s restraint’ towards Israel after it attacked its regional foe in response to deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Damascus
    Iranian Foreign Minister:

    If the Israeli entity wants to continue its adventures, we will respond in kind immediately and broadly

    Our objective in response was to warn the Israeli entity of the consequences of crossing the red lines
    Air India has canceled all its flights to Israel for the next three weeks.
    ⭕ Israeli Defense Minister at Pentagon: No choice but to retaliate against Iran

    🔶️ Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday that Israel had no choice but to respond to Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack this weekend, a U.S. official and another source briefed on the call told Axios.

    🔶️Israel will not accept an equation in which Iran responds with a direct attack every time Israel strikes targets in Syria, Gallant added.

    🔶️ The sources said Austin delivered a similar message to the one President Biden sent to Netanyahu on Saturday evening, emphasizing the need to do everything possible to avoid further escalation.

    🔶️ The Pentagon and the Israeli Defense Ministry said Austin and Gallant also discussed efforts to establish an international and regional coalition against Iran.

    💠 @Intel Slava Z:
    ⭕ ❗️Israel has postponed plans to launch an operation in Rafah in Gaza amid an Iranian attack, CNN reports, citing Israeli sources.
    ⭕ The Wall Street Journal from senior officials in the West: We expect Israel to respond soon to the Iranian attack . We expect the response to be today.

    💠 @DDGeopolitics:
    ⭕ ❗️Yuri Lyamin rightly pointed out that Pave cruise missiles, the simplest and most cost-effective option with a non-folding wing, are regularly used by the Houthis in their attacks, and some were launched at Israel.

    This supports the idea that during the recent IRGC attack on Israeli territory, predominantly cheap or outdated weapons were utilized (with the possible exception of the Khyber Shikan).

    Surplus weaponry that needed to be disposed of was put into action. The Israeli command and coalition expended their limited anti-missile arsenal, marking a success for the Iranians.
    ⭕ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the army to propose targets in Iran, attacks on which would “send a signal,” but without casualties, this could be a target in Tehran or a cyber attack, writes the Washington Post
    ⭕ The Italian consulate in Tehran has notified that it is closed for visits from April 14 until further notice.

    The Italian Foreign Ministry has not yet clarified the reasons for the consulate’s closure.

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    💠 @Strategika51:
    Maria Zakharova, 14 April.

    Israeli Ambassador to Russia Simone Galperin: Israel expects Russia to condemn Iran’s massive missile attack on the country.

    Simone, remind me, when did Israel condemn at least one strike by the Kiev regime on Russian regions? Don’t remember?

    On the other hand, I remember regular statements in support of Zelensky’s actions by Israeli officials, those very criminal, terrorist actions of bastards on Bankova Street, as a result of which civilians are killed and civilian infrastructure is destroyed from year to year.
    ⭕ Zionist media broadcast images showing machines repairing damage to Nevatim air base, targeted yesterday by Iranian missiles.  |video|
    ⭕️ Parts and even entire stages of the Iranian ballistic missiles used in the Iranian attack on Israel are on sale on Jordanian trading sites.
    They are offered for sale at between €3.5 and €4 per kilogram.
    ⭕️ France is currently the second most “Zionized” country in the world after the United States, ahead of Great Britain, the stronghold of all the secret movements and organizations that have contributed to carrying out the objectives of international Zionism
    [Keep that in mind, as France leads the nuclear war efforts on European theater.. it informs they will escalate to Armageddon on other fronts too]

    💠 @Yemen | Bab-el-Mandeb:
    ⭕ 🇩🇿 It is likely and certain that the Zionists are planning a conspiracy targeting the security of Algeria and its dear people. Therefore, we would like to alert Algeria and its great people and army to raise their security awareness and be at the highest level of vigilance.
    ⭕ 🔴 Yemen will have a story towards the Strait of Hormuz soon.
    ⭕ 🔴 Yemen will speak its word and not a Zionist or supporter of them will hold their head high. For the sake of Palestine and their victory, the Yemeni leadership will exert all efforts, and even if the whole world gathers against us, we will not abandon the Palestinian people and the fighters in Gaza.

    💠 @Ibn Riad:
    ⭕ 🧵🇮🇷 THE IRANIAN RETALIATION
    PART 1

    The Iranian retaliation to the occupation’s flagrant, illegal aggression against the Iranian consulate in Damascus came last night, and it was resoundingly successful across multiple layers, not only militarily but also strategically.

    This success is evident across multiple sectors, as we will explore.

    All the noise trying to deny this success is manufactured damage-control by the US, the entity and Arab/Gulf normalizers.

    The attack was layered, not just functionally, but also in its aims & goals:
    🔻Military: The first real-world trial of Iran’s new ballistic paradigm
    🔻Popular: Iran & Axis of Resistance as champions of Arab-Muslim world
    🔻Economic: Immense cost to enemy
    🔻Strategic: New direct phase, zugzwang

    Militarily, the most sophisticated and concentrated air defenses — not only of the entity but also its US master throughout the entire region — abjectly failed to deal with what was ultimately a limited attack, relative to Iran’s fullest capabilities.

    Middle East Observer:
    The Iranian attack was huge and successful. Their target was the airbase that struck the embassy. It required 300+ projectiles because Israel has the most protected airspace in the world:

    🔻It’s own air defense layers
    🔻It’s own airforce which participated to hunt missiles & drones manually
    🔻US airforce
    🔻Jordanian airforce
    🔻UK Royal Aircorce
    🔻Jordanian air defenses
    🔻American air defenses
    🔻American radars in the entire region
    🔻American navy

    The vulnerability of the entity has been exposed.

    For the second time since October 7th — and for all the myths of IOF ‘military might’ — it is painfully obvious they are unable to defend themselves alone, and even unable to defend themselves with full US support:

    Scott Ritter:
    Eye for an eye.

    Iran struck Nevatim air base with at least seven of its new hypersonic missiles.

    Nevatim is home to the F-35 fighters that attacked the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

    Not a single Iranian missile [that was intended* to make impact] was intercepted.

    Let that sink in.

    Israel is defenseless.

    (*As opposed to the decoy drones and missiles meant to distract the Iron Dome while the ballistic missiles hit their targets)

    For all the screams from both US/Occupation as well as Gulf/Normalizer voices, the Iranian attack not only was successful, but exceeded all expectations:

    Long-standing IOF/US doctrine is to deny all losses unless indubitably exposed.

    The resistance records operations because it’s the only way the IOF admit their losses, so it’s no surprise that they claimed “no losses” through the gritted teeth of their military censorship.

    It’s been said that ‘you can tell a lie from its enormity’, and their claim of a ludicrous 99% success rate in interceptions tells you they are lying through their teeth, as does the endless footage we have of failed interceptions and direct hits.

    The fact that they had to resort to manual fighter jet shootdowns is another huge point of failure: in the case of a full-blown open war, this is not a feasible nor sustainable way to conduct defense.

    CONTINUED ⤵️
    THE IRANIAN RETALIATION
    PART 2

    Indeed, in addition to trying to salvage the reputation of western military technology and doctrine while also reassuring disillusioned, terrified settlers; a major goal of downplaying the Iranian success may well be the intention to avoid further escalation.

    The drawn-out build-up to this response served the purpose of extending the state of hysteria among settlers in the entity, but it also may have been intentional in allowing the US and the occupation to prepare all the air defenses they could muster.

    Rania Khalek:

    THE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THE IRANIAN RETALIATION ON ISRAEL:

    This is a deterrence win for Iran.

    Had Israel been taken by surprise and not had the days long preparation to mitigate the impact of an Iranian attack this large, the damage would have been huge.
    There is no way Israel could have intercepted hundreds of Iranian missiles without a week of its allies putting defenses in place and Iran intentionally taking its time.

    A real war would NOT be telegraphed in advance so Israel can prepare with a symphony of air defenses from its allies.

    Biden understands the risks posed by further escalation, especially to US forces, which is why he told Netanyahu he will not back an Israeli counterstrike.

    The equation in the region has changed and Iran did it masterfully and responsibly without igniting the big war.

    The goals for this would be threefold:

    1️⃣ As Rania Khalek says above, it allowed for a huge strike without igniting a full war.

    Thus, it remains a message, saying: “in case of real war, you will not have this amount of notice” — leaving the results of that to their imagination.

    2️⃣ This message is then made all the more powerful when we see that, even with all their preparation, their full extent of air defenses were overwhelmed.

    This would be the second goal of the delay: it allowed Iran to go up against the full extent of air defenses amd beat them.

    3️⃣ It allowed Iran to test the full defensive capabilities of the US and occupation, to their greatest extent.

    The data recorded last night will be invaluable for any wider war, without Iran having revealed anything of its own.

    Strategically, yesterday signalled a new paradigm amongst the entire Axis of Resistance: All members are now actively, directly involved against the entity.

    The floodgates that cannot be closed.

    The bind that the occupation has been in for months becomes still tighter:

    Amal Saad:

    The region is entering uncharted territory where the previous strategic paradigm and rules of engagement no longer apply. From now on, any Israeli action will be met with a direct and collective response by the Axis.

    Regardless of what Israel does next, there is no going back to the status quo ante. This is no longer the Iran that just supports resistance movements with weapons and training. This is the Iran that directly engages in strikes against Israel.
    This is a new proactive phase of the Resistance Axis’ “offensive defense” strategy, which was officially launched  on October 8 when Hizbullah and later other Resistance Axis allies directly intervened in the conflict against Israel.

    The US and other Western and Arab allies have also taken the unprecedented step of directly defending Israel. Yesterday night proved that Israel’s self-sufficiency in security and defense matters is limited. Israel will not be fighting any of its future wars independently.

    Iran’s masterful performance puts the enemy in yet another impossible bind.

    Iran demonstrated some of their capabilities, showing the enemy that it cannot stop even a long-telegraphed, limited attack — never mind an extensive surprise attack.

    Ben Amer, Yemeni Armed Forces:

    Biden asked Netanyahu not to respond to Iran. In fact, the Israelis will not be able to swallow the blow and act as if nothing had happened because what happened will affect Israel’s status and dominance in the region and the world. As for Iran, this strike moved it to the stage of direct confrontation, and this has its importance in the future conflict.

    CONTINUED ⤵️
    THE IRANIAN RETALIATION
    PART 3

    Indeed, the non-response of the enemy was fully baked into the attack, the manner it was conducted, what it revealed, and the position it put the enemy in.

    The fact that even the 1st wave of missiles hit, the fact that enemy air defenses were depleted…

    The strike was just limited enough that it gave the US — who absolutely does not want a regional war — just enough room to force the entity to swallow it up and not respond.

    The enemy is thus once more in the same place as the past year, except even more intensely: zugzwang

    ‘Zugzwang’ (from German ‘compulsion to move’) is a situation found in chess and other turn-based games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because of their obligation to make a move; a player is said to be “in zugzwang” when any legal move will worsen their position.

    Part of the intent of alarmist reports from the US over past weeks was to raise the ceiling of expectations, to make it impossible for Iran to act without seeming either (a.) underwhelming or (b.) unreasonably aggressive; and therefore at fault for any escalation.

    The Iranians turned this on its head and caught the world off-guard.

    The attack was massive in scope — much bigger than what the US actually expected, despite their words — and though the actual sites hit were limited in quantity, they were qualitatively of incredible significance.

    In particular, the heavy-hitting Khayber-Shekan ballistic missiles were aimed at the IOF airbase from which the attack on the consulate was launched and out of which raids on Gaza are launched — a highly symbolic goal, a show of power, and meaningful retaliation.

    By combining this with the literal biggest drone attack in history, setting up hours of looming dread for the hysterical settlers, setting off red alerts across the entity, the attack was anything but underwhelming while still avoiding an irresponsible escalation.

    A master-stroke.

    The occupation comes out more vulnerable, weak and helpless than they have ever been in history, and all the more so if they are forced — by US pressure, but above all by Iranian design — to refrain from responding.

    Escalating brings the Zionist entity destruction; deescalating brings them implosion.

    And as for the hordes of settlers, imperialists, sectarians and normalizers barking at the tops of their little canine lungs…

    The louder they bark, the more you realize just how bad the events of last night have been for them.
    •••

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    💠 @Africa Intel: 

    ⭕ 🇳🇪 Hundreds rally in Niger’s capital to push for U.S. military departure

    Hundreds took to the streets of Niger’s capital on Saturday to demand the departure of U.S. troops, after the ruling junta further shifted its strategy by ending a military accord with the United States and welcoming Russian military instructors.

    Marching arm in arm through central Niamey, the crowd waved Nigerien flags in a demonstration that recalled anti-French protests that spurred the withdrawal of France’s forces from Niger last year after the army seized power in a coup. |media|

    #Niger

    The heat remains on. In every region and front on Earth. More metrics of enforced retreat… Simply unsustainable.

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    💠 @Middle East Spectator:
    At least 9 Iranian ballistic missiles hit Israeli strategic airbases

    The Nevatim airbase in the Negev was struck by 5 ballistic missiles, damaging the main runway, a C-130 transport aircraft, and several storage facilities.

    Ramon airbase, also located in the Negev, was struck by at least 4 ballistic missiles, causing unspecified damage.

    – U.S. Officials to ABC News
    ⭕ The heaviest damage of Iran’s ballistic missile attack occurred on a secret intelligence base in the Golan Heights, for which the IDF has imposed a media ban, so the damage cannot be assessed – Hebrew Sources

    💠 @Fotros Resistance:
    ⭕ 🇮🇷 Iran’s Chief of Staff:

    The operation included targeting the israeli intelligence HQ on Mount Hermon [Trump’s Golan & original intro to Paramount movies..], this base was involved in the attack on our consulate in Damascus.

    The operation also targeted the “Nevatim” airbase from which IOF warplanes launched attacks on our consulate in Damascus.

    We have pounded both headquarters.
    ⭕ UAE, KSA, Egypt, China and ofc Russia have not condemned Iran’s self defence.

    The one and only loser here is Jordan.
    ⭕ Don’t believe the Zionists for one bit when they say minimal damage was done to their bases (Negev and Mount Hermon). Remember when Ein Al Assad was hit by Iranian missiles and the US claimed nothing happend “all is well”? It was only after a week when they allowed reporters inside that we got to see the damage impacts.

    Lying is in their blood, they are lying bastards.
    ⭕ The IOF has lifted the Home Front Command restrictions. This means that there likely won’t be any israeli response (for now at least).
    ⭕ AJ quoting an israeli official telling the Financial Times:

    “Iran has learned a lot about Israel in this attack, and we have only learned little about them.”
    [The real utility of this Round One appears to burst the deranged bubble of assumed impunity, demonstrate capability, waste enemy AD interceptors, and work out locations and tactics of Zio-US allies air defenses for the next rounds. Russia will fund their SOPs useful too when going into NATO proper]
    ⭕ Pictures circulating online showing israeli settlers fleeing the occupied lands en masse, following the massive aerial attack by Iran last night.
    [Cue Ole Blue Eyes: “New York, New York” baby..]

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