Attack on Iran underway ...

[Del191229]

Multiple explosions and attacks on facilities on Iran underway.

Details unclear so far but this seems to be bigger than anything we've ever seen so far.

 

[Del191229]

Confirmed attacks happened.

 

[rank and file]

Israel deciding to give Iran a bit of a touch up.

 

[Sydney Kicker]

Drones target Iranian weapons factory in central city of Isfahan

Attack appears to fit a pattern of strikes against strategic sites that have been attributed to Israel

www.theguardian.com

 

[Zidane98]

Iranian drone factories targeted. Iran can't have any complaints when they supply the things to a fascist maniac who uses them to terrorise Ukranian civilians.

 

[1990crow]

Iranian drone factories targeted. Iran can't have any complaints when they supply the things to a fascist maniac who uses them to terrorise Ukranian civilians.

Exactly. An Israeli/Iran war with US involvement wouldn't surprise though

 

[Zidane98]

Exactly. An Israeli/Iran war with US involvement wouldn't surprise though

While they hate each other I don't ever see a direct confrontation. Iran are happy to stoke the fire with their proxy neighbors to Israel. With a large Jewish population in Ukraine this attack seems retribution for Iran supplying the Russian drones to attack Ukranian civilians. Infact I am sure I remember talk going on that Iran had been advised to stop supplying drones or their factories would be no more.

 

[Mofra]

While they hate each other I don't ever see a direct confrontation. Iran are happy to stoke the fire with their proxy neighbors to Israel. With a large Jewish population in Ukraine this attack seems retribution for Iran supplying the Russian drones to attack Ukranian civilians. Infact I am sure I remember talk going on that Iran had been advised to stop supplying drones or their factories would be no more.

Or... being Hezbollah's main source of weapons. The US wouldn't have cared about Syria apart from the threat of a Shia militant supply line running uninterrupted from Tehran to Palestine.

 

[Del191229]

LOL, seems the Iranians largely thwarted an attack using weapons they pioneered (small scale low flying drones) by using defences they've also developed.

 

[Del191229]

Or... being Hezbollah's main source of weapons. The US wouldn't have cared about Syria apart from the threat of a Shia militant supply line running uninterrupted from Tehran to Palestine.

I'm old enough to remember when the US was happily "renditioning" Al Qaeda suspects to Damascus to be tortured.

Then Al Qaeda became the good guys in Syria and are now "brave anti-Putin" Chechens fighting in Ukraine.

And it isn't that long ago that a US President signed a binding deal with Iran. That the next US President unilaterally walked away from because the last President made fun of his TV show.

You know, I'm getting the sense the Americans might not be reliable and trustworthy actors on the international stage and those countries opposing them like Iran and Russia may have a point.

 

[Mofra]

I'm old enough to remember when the US was happily "renditioning" Al Qaeda suspects to Damascus to be tortured.

Then Al Qaeda became the good guys in Syria and are now "brave anti-Putin" Chechens fighting in Ukraine.

And it isn't that long ago that a US President signed a binding deal with Iran. That the next US President unilaterally walked away from because the last President made fun of his TV show.

You know, I'm getting the sense the Americans might not be reliable and trustworthy actors on the international stage and those countries opposing them like Iran and Russia may have a point.

It's not about who is 'best', it's about who is 'least bad' these days.
Trump was a disaster for US-ME relations. Centuries old hostilities between Russian and Persian empires evaporating overnight due to his buffoonery and refusal to stick to a deal that was actually working.

And the less said about the US cozying up to the Hause of Saud, the better.

 

[Freomaniac]

Confirmed attacks happened.

that is nuts

 

[tangolikelama]

Multiple explosions and attacks on facilities on Iran underway.

Details unclear so far but this seems to be bigger than anything we've ever seen so far.

Fuark - how about the date of OP's post and what could potentially unfold in coming hours.

 

[Gethelred]

I'm getting very sick of people catastrophizing just because Australia lost the cricket.

I'll unlock this if anything eventuates.