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🇺🇸🇮🇱 Emergency declared at Ben Gurion Airport after incoming aircraft reports malfunction.
Israeli channels claim a hydraulic failure. Iraqi channels report the aircraft was engaged over Iraq and forced to return to Tel Aviv.
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Iran attacks Baghdad's "Green Zone": EU embassy burns, US forces try to repel the attack
▪️Explosions rocked the US embassy in Baghdad, sirens blared.
▪️An attack drone attacked the upper floors of the Al-Rashid Hotel in the Iraqi capital's "Green Zone," which houses military facilities, the US embassy, and the EU mission in the Iraqi capital.
▪️Footage shows an explosion and a fire in the building.
▪️Footage has also emerged of the US C-RAM air defense system engaging the Iranian kamikaze drones that attacked the US embassy in Baghdad.
▪️The C-RAM system fires several thousand rounds per minute.
Footage in https://t.me/Slavyangrad/158834
🇺🇸🇮🇶| NOW: Shahed-136 drone struck inside the US embassy complex in Baghdad.
US security officials confirm to Reuters 2 drones blasted the embassy complex.
Video in https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20195
🇺🇸| +600 US navy soldiers on the USS Gerald R Ford have to sleep… on the floor!
They lost their beds to “laundry room fires.”
Imagine the morale there …
Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20194
Another source on the topic:
🇺🇸 SHOCKER!! CENTCOM LIED AGAIN!!!
The fire aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford last week burned for more than 30 hours, sailors say, not the contained incident CENTCOM described in its statement.
Over 600 sailors lost their bunks and have been sleeping on floors and tables ever since. Dozens suffered smoke inhalation, though Central Command reported only two non-life-threatening injuries. The ship's laundry has been offline since the fire started in a dryer vent.
The Ford is now in its 10th month of deployment. It was in the Mediterranean last October when Hegseth ordered it to the Caribbean for Trump's Venezuela pressure campaign, then rushed it to the Middle East for the Iran war. Crew have been told their deployment will likely extend into May, this would be a full year at sea, twice the normal length. If still deployed by mid-April it breaks the post-Vietnam War record.
The carrier has been conducting around-the-clock flight operations throughout. A major maintenance and refitting period scheduled for early this year at Newport News has been indefinitely postponed.
The USS George H.W. Bush is reportedly preparing to deploy as relief.
Ten months at sea. Broken toilets. Sailors sleeping on floors. A 30-hour fire. Around-the-clock combat operations. Trump says the war is won.
Source -> https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/177970
So are the storm troopers gonna start sabatoging the war effort more or continue taking it while gaining nothing in return.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 An acute gas shortage has begun in South Asia due to the war in the Middle East, — FT
In India, crematoriums have stopped using gas to incinerate the bodies of the deceased, and restaurants have stopped deep-frying food.
The government has allowed the use of more "polluting" fuels — coal, firewood, and kerosene.
In Mumbai, about a fifth of restaurants have already closed, and up to half of establishments may cease operations if the situation does not improve.
In Pakistan, government employees have switched to a 4-day workweek, schools are closed until the end of the month, and university classes are being held online.
In Bangladesh, a supply shock has triggered large-scale gas rationing across the economy. Universities have closed, exams have been canceled, and all government institutions are conserving electricity.
In Sri Lanka, long queues have formed at gas stations, and the country can only store a supply of LNG for about a week.
Source -> https://t.me/c/1567469683/3007124
I'm sorry what? Wouldn't you use cooking oil to fry stuff? What do you need LNG or petroleum for to cook with?
Edit : I am an idiot. Of course. Gas stoves.
❗️NEW: According to the WP, more than 200 US Army soldiers/personnel have been injured from Iranian attacks, with some in serious condition.
Injuries from Iranian attacks in:
• Israel.
• Iraq.
• Bahrain.
• Jordan.
• Kuwait.
• Saudi Arabia.
• UAE.
The fact that US soldiers have been injured in ‘ISRAEL’ is a clear indication that there have been succesful hits on sites and locations that have NO footage and NO visual confirmation with full censorship.
Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20186
Trump: “No one expected them[Iran] to attack the gulf states. We were shocked”
Video link -> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2033604200513343489/vid/avc1/1920x1080/r6ysBLUYtGUR99hd.mp4
Source -> https://xcancel.com/s_m_marandi/status/2033641217204924686#m
How the fuck would you not expect it, Iran has said this for years.
🇮🇶/🇮🇱🇺🇸 — A constellation of martyrs from the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and the Popular Mobilization Forces, within the battle to avenge the martyred leaders.
@SimurghRes
❗️According to Lebanese sources, Israeli occupation forces are attempting to advance into the village of Aita al-Shaab under the cover of airstrikes.
❗️Senior spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi:
• "If they attack Kharg Island, we will turn the oil and gas facilities of the aggressor country into ashes."
• "The world witnesses that Iran has powerfully dealt very heavy blows to the US and the Zionists."
• "US officials and the US military keep repeating that they want to attack Kharg Island."
• "We warn that if the criminal US commits aggression and attacks Kharg Island, its facilities, and its oil terminal, we will decisively turn all the oil and gas facilities of the country of origin of the aggression into ashes."
we will decisively turn all the oil and gas facilities of the country of origin of the aggression into ashes.
Kuwait are you listening?
🇱🇧/🇮🇱 — Hezbollah:
16- The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted a Merkava tank in the Taybeh Project area with a guided missile and hit it directly.
17- A second Merkava tank in the Taybeh project area was hit by a guided missile and received a direct hit.
18- Following the two previous statements 16 and 17, and after the targeting and destruction of two Merkava tanks in the Taybeh project with guided missiles—achieving direct hits—the Israeli enemy army brought helicopters to the operation area to evacuate casualties under heavy fire and smoke cover. The Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted the evacuation area in two rounds at 21:00 and 21:20 with missile salvos.
@SimurghRes
@SimurghRes
So far the U.S has carried out a lot of attacks in Iraq, murdering dozens of soldiers from the PMF while the Iraqi government stayed silent
The recent murdered a high ranking Kataeb Hezbullah leader, the famous Abu Ali al-Askari
"Commander Abu Ali al-Ameri, who served as the head of military security, is the same person as Hajj Mujahid Abu Ali al-Askari.
Al-Askari was killed in the American attack a few days ago in the capital, Baghdad."
Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20180
🇮🇷| The IRGC Navy says it carried out a combined missile & adrone strike on US fighter jet shelters at Sheikh Isa and Al Dhafra air bases, with high-explosive cruise missiles.
The statement says it damaged repair/logistics areas and reduced Al Dhafra’s operational capacity, and says it will keep attacking until those bases are evacuated/destroyed.
@FotrosResistancee
Source -> https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/20177
Khatm al-Anbiya HQ has a message for Trump in English.
“The outcome of war cannot be determined by tweets, the results of war is determined in the field. The very place where you and your forces do not dare to approach.”
“It’s better to name this war “Epic fear” instead of “Epic fury.”
Video link -> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2033594955168354304/vid/avc1/1280x720/hUVFkGgBDDm7pyJD.mp4
Source -> https://xcancel.com/iwasnevrhere_/status/2033595009060970770#m
Kuwaiti Air Force C-17 comes back from Rzeszòw, Ukraine's military hub, most likely carrying Ukrainian military personel promised by Zelensky
What does he think? A hand full of nazi drone pilots are going to turn the tide of the war and then the oil starved nations of the world will come to the rescue in his country? Zeleneski, if they can't beat Iran how can they help you against Russia?
Honestly I think it's more accurate to say that this was a demand by Washington rather than a choice made by Zelensky.
On the vessel priority list Ukraine is below Israel by a wide margin.
I don't believe a word of what Trump says here. The US saying they don't need Ukranian drones is just to further mask the fact they are losing this war, and Zelensky acting like this is an act of autonomy is probably meant to keep up the charade against Russia winning his own conflict.
Yes while your loosing a war of attretion to Russia send some of your military away, the tactical genus is stunning
The tactics of a belligerent that is completely cucked.
France worried about stockpile of MICA air-to-air missiles following several drone interception in the UAE & likely, even if never mentioned, over Jordan-& Iraq, to protect Israel, as they quietly did in 2024 & 2025.
From HB news mega (post body):
spoiler
While there are still major debates raging about how badly things are actually going right now and what the post-conflict map may look like, as we blaze past the two week mark on this conflict, it’s becoming ever more obvious to almost everybody involved that this war is not going according to plan, if there ever was one. US airstrikes are, from what I can best determine, still mostly done with relatively less powerful (but still very dangerous!) and much less plentiful standoff munitions launched from bombers, though certain border and coastal areas are being struck with more powerful and more plentiful short-range guided bombs. This indicates that Iranian air defense is still sufficiently functional throughout most of Iran that the kinds of true carpet bombing done against Korea and Vietnam in the past (and Gaza very recently) is still too risky, though their airspace is still very much under assault, as we appear to have images of small groups of Western fighters breaching relatively deep into the country. Under some kind of Iranian pressure (drones? missiles? speedboats?) one aircraft carrier has retreated to a thousand kilometers from Iran, hiding behind the mountains of Oman; the other is sitting in the Red Sea, rather pointedly out of range of Yemen. As such, the ranges that Western aircraft must travel to bombard Iran is increasing, which reduces their frequency and increases strain on maintenance and logistics in the medium and long term.
While there is tons to say about the current social, economic, and military state of Iran, I don’t think I have a reliable enough picture to give a good summary beyond “they aren’t close to defeat or regime change”. What has instead captured much of the world’s attention is the continuing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which has inspired some of the most delusional statements I have seen so far in my life, which is sincerely a profound achievement. For those out of the loop: the strait is currently closed to all shipping except those going to very particular countries (I’ve seen China and Bangladesh mentioned, and apparently India is in the process of working something out and may succeed or fail). This is because most ships are not risking the trip due to the ~20 tankers and container ships that Iran has already struck and disabled in the strait and in the Persian Gulf. Additionally, the threat from Iran’s military to Navy ships is such that attempting to create a convoy to guide tankers through it is suicidal to both the Navy and merchant ships. Right now it cannot be done, and it very well might be the case that it could never be done, simply due to the combination of Iran’s naval forces (hundreds, perhaps thousands, of armed, specialized speedboats designed for exactly this purpose), their drones (in the tens of thousands), their torpedoes, and if all else fails, their naval mines.
The Western reaction to this has been so moronic that it has almost integer underflowed into being philosophical: what does it truly mean for a passage to be “closed”? Has Iran truly “closed” the strait, or is the risk of traversing it simply too high for these cowardly sailors (who, for some strange reason, seem to care about their “lives” and “families”)? How is it possible for Iran to have closed the strait if, according to the West, Iran’s military has been totally obliterated? All these questions and more plague the minds of those who cannot accept the now-proven fact that there are indeed military forces on this planet that the US Navy with all its aircraft carriers and destroyers and submarines cannot defeat; and one of those minds is, rather hilariously, Trump himself. His thrice-daily positive affirmations that Iran has been defeated are taking on an increasingly deranged and almost pitiable tone; the lamentations of a man who has finally found a situation where him merely stating that something is true is insufficient to change the situation one iota. Despite stating that some kind of naval compact or alliance is being established to protect shipping, every Western country so far - from the UK, to France, to Japan, to Australia - has publicly stated that they will not risk their ships to do so. All this as the continued blockade yet further guarantees a worldwide energy, production, transportation, and food crisis that will have major global ramifications for at least the rest of the decade and almost certainly beyond.
If the anti-imperialists play their cards right, the US could lose much from this crisis, and others, like China and Russia, could gain a great deal. To quote Nia Frome (co-founder of Red Sails): “An effective Marxist has to be enough of an accelerationist/pervert to treat the obviously bad things that are going to happen as the political opportunities they are.”
Source: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/11044774 (post body)
this war is not going according to plan
Not for the aggressors, The Iranians seem to have planned this all out in detail.
⚡️🚨 Message from Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran's National Security Council, to the Islamic world.
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
To Muslims around the world and to the governments of Islamic nations:
Iran was subjected to a deceptive American-Zionist aggression that took place during negotiations, the goal of which was to dismantle Iran. This aggression led to the martyrdom of the great and devoted leader of the Islamic Revolution, along with a number of civilians and military commanders. However, the aggressors faced solid national and Islamic resistance from the Iranian people.
You know that, with the exception of rare cases and within the limits of political positions only, no Islamic state stood by the Iranian people. Yet the Iranian people, through their strong will, were able to suppress the aggressive enemy until it became today incapable of finding a way out of this strategic deadlock.
Iran is proceeding on the path of resistance in confronting the Great Satan and the Lesser Satan — America and Israel. But is the position of some Islamic governments not contradictory to the saying of the Prophet ﷺ: "Whoever hears a man calling out: O Muslims! and does not respond, is not a Muslim"? What kind of Islam is this?
Some countries went even further, saying that Iran has become an enemy to them because it targeted American bases and American and Israeli interests on their soil. Should Iran be asked to stand with its hands tied while American bases on your lands are used to attack it? These are hollow pretexts. The confrontation today is between America and Israel on one side, and Iran, the Muslim nations, and the resistance forces on the other. Which side do you stand on?
Think about the future of the Islamic world. You know that America has no loyalty to you and that Israel is your enemy. Stop for a moment and reflect on yourselves and on the future of the region. Iran is a sincere advisor to you and does not seek dominance over you.
The unity of the Islamic Ummah, if achieved in full force, is capable of guaranteeing security, progress, and independence for all its nations.
And peace be upon you.
A servant of God, Ali Larijani
Original: https://xcancel.com/alilarijani_ir/status/2033552693759787104#m
Translation by Midde East Observer
See this is how you call for regime change.
🇺🇸The oil tankers seized by Trump are costing the US tens of millions of dollars, - NYT
The US campaign to seize oil tankers transporting oil from countries under US sanctions has turned out to be much more expensive than expected.
The maintenance of just one tanker, Skipper, has already cost the US 47 million dollars over three months, with the cost of the ship itself estimated at around 10 million dollars.
Source -> https://t.me/Slavyangrad/158776
It really says something when you are losing money by committing piracy
Blackbeard rolling in his grave rn.
I'm actually cackling at this 💀
One of the most controversial parameters discussed in the context of an attack on Iran remains the reduction in the number of ballistic missile and drone launches.
📢 Even major and well-known analysts, observing a decrease in the number of launches, conclude that Iran is supposedly running out of missiles. However, in such conflicts, a reduction in the volume of strikes often means a change in tactics, not an exhaustion of resources. Supplies do not disappear overnight. The scheme of attacks changes.
📡 This may indicate a transition from demonstrative and intensive strikes to a more selective use of strike means. At the first stage of the conflict, missiles and drones are often used to overload air defense systems and test the enemy's reaction. When the main parameters of defense become clear, strikes may become less frequent, but more accurate and targeted. Satellite data, which Iran, obviously, receives from somewhere, also play a significant role in this.
📍In addition, another possibility cannot be ruled out. Iran may deliberately accumulate strike means for a more large-scale phase of the campaign or to synchronize strikes with the actions of allied formations in the region. In this case, pauses between waves of attacks become part of the planning, not a sign of weakening.
Moreover, Iran's opponents, primarily the USA, have a limited number of modern interception systems in the region. Each interceptor missile costs orders of magnitude more than the launched drones and missiles. Therefore, less frequent but combined strikes may be more economically and tactically advantageous than constant mass launches.
📝 In other words, a reduction in the number of launches in itself says almost nothing about the real state of the arsenals. It is much more important to observe the change in the structure of strikes, the choice of targets, and how these attacks fit into the overall strategy of the conflict. In such wars, it is often the evolution of tactics that is more indicative than the statistics of launches.
Source -> https://t.me/Slavyangrad/158766
Imagine watching a fighter kick his opponent in the ribs while he is down and saying "He threw more punches at the start of the fight. He must be exhausted because he is only kicking once every three seconds."
I think this is also missing a critical piece - the interaction between force projection and intelligence.
Iran went hard out of the gate to disable significant portions of enemy military installations, and the US pulled a lot of materiel out in response. If the high value assets are moved out of reach, and Iran knows it, then there's fewer high value targets to hit.
But also, by lulling the enemy into a false sense of security, the enemy can be induced to engage in activities that otherwise they would not. Things like repair, recovery, or even potential cases of hardened underground facilities becoming activated and thus revealing themselves. Iran may be observing the enemy to see where they move their attention when the threat is reduced, which provides them with invaluable intelligence.
Even major and well-known analysts, observing a decrease in the number of launches, conclude that Iran is supposedly running out of missiles.
The west has spread positivism to the level of a plague.
(Thank you so much rainpizza for the updates here on lemmygrad)
It's unbelievable, but true. Trump refused to say he'd defeated Iran.
"Are you ready to officially declare victory?"
"No, I don't want to do that. There's no need. I'm simply saying they've been routed, but I wouldn't declare victory."
Video in -> https://t.me/Slavyangrad/158780