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Sunak accusing the Iranians of sowing chaos in the middle east...obviously he's not noticed the attack on the Iranian consulate yet. And the fact the pogroms happening in the West bank today.
 

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This feels like an obviously bad source. There is no reason this guy should have extra information about this, so if nobody else is reporting it it's safe to say it's bullshit - and should not be uncritically shared.

The same goes for this, honestly:



Someone who starts their tweet with "World War III" and frequently retweets the dire Visegrad account is not credible. He's posting "quotes" (with no attribution) about Israel attacking Tehran, and Lebanon initiating a "large scale attack on Israel". Come on.
Meh, honestly at what point does info spread along telegram/signal/discord rather than Reuters etc.

 

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Meh, honestly at what point does info spread along telegram/signal/discord rather than Reuters etc.

So might as well share anything? That's not a helpful approach. There are plenty of more reliable sources that have access to the kind of telegram/signal/discord information that you imagine Reuters can't get. Like this one: (Edit: I'm actually not sure this is a good one, it might be a bad one too, which just goes to show how hard it is to identify reliable ones)

 
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This is quite an intriguing, expensive exercise by Iran. Those drones cost a fecking tonne don't they? Doubt any of them land a single pound of warhead inside Israeli territory.
 

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This is quite an intriguing, expensive exercise by Iran. Those drones cost a fecking tonne don't they? Doubt any of them land a single pound of warhead inside Israeli territory.
Actually the shahed drones are pretty cheap and are probably their to try and overwhelm the iron dome and air defence systems for the coming missile attacks...

Russia have been using them to some limited success in Ukraine.
 

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Actually the shahed drones are pretty cheap and are probably their to try and overwhelm the iron dome and air defence systems for the coming missile attacks...

Russia have been using them to some limited success in Ukraine.
Very interesting, thank you.
 

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It will be interesting to see the reaction of the USA in this.
Is it though? The US and Israel are pretty much extensions of one another. Gaza is as much their genocide as it is the Israelis, and they will consider this Iranian retaliation as an attack on them as much as it is one on Israel.
 

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Crazy for Iran to launch this unprovoked attack.

We fully support Israel's right to defend itself against anyone and absolutely do not respect anyone else's right to defend themselves against Israel. Nothing to see here.

@Amir @ScholesyTheWise hope you both stay safe.
 

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It will be interesting to see the reaction of the USA in this.
You can be virtually certain the US will have been briefed about this retaliation. Iran won't want to spook them into responding.
 

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Crazy for Iran to launch this unprovoked attack.

We fully support Israel's right to defend itself against anyone and absolutely do not respect anyone else's right to defend themselves against Israel. Nothing to see here.

@Amir @ScholesyTheWise hope you both stay safe.
It's all because of some "country" that has been a terrorists country for decades!
 

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This is quite an intriguing, expensive exercise by Iran. Those drones cost a fecking tonne don't they? Doubt any of them land a single pound of warhead inside Israeli territory.
I don't know anything about geo-political-economy and the likes,
but don't Iran make a shit-tones of money- probably tens of millions of dollars a day- from selling oil barrels to China?

I would guess they will have enough money directed to their military projects, while their economy is in the tatters and their citizens are poor as feck.

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This is quite an intriguing, expensive exercise by Iran. Those drones cost a fecking tonne don't they? Doubt any of them land a single pound of warhead inside Israeli territory.
Not exactly. Shahed drone costs 500k. In military terms very cheap. Like dropping 100 Weghorsts.
 

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Sunak accusing the Iranians of sowing chaos in the middle east...obviously he's not noticed the attack on the Iranian consulate yet. And the fact the pogroms happening in the West bank today.
Like October 7th, the US, UK and others start the clock at the convenient time of their choosing. In this instance this all 'began' with Iran launching an 'unprovoked' attack on Israeli soil.

The usual media and diplomatic lackies will lap it up and propagate it as yet another example of unprovoked Iranian aggression, and we'll see a ramped up narrative honing in on stopping Iran, all the while conveniently forgetting or sidelining the US sponsored Israeli crimes in Gaza.

This was the Israeli plan all along and it feels like the Iranians walked straight into the trap.
 

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Sunak accusing the Iranians of sowing chaos in the middle east...obviously he's not noticed the attack on the Iranian consulate yet. And the fact the pogroms happening in the West bank today.
Israel can nuke Iran and they will still be backed by US and UK.
 

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Not exactly. Shahed drone costs 500k. In military terms very cheap. Like dropping 100 Weghorsts.
I'd love to see 100 Weghorsts dropped onto nuttyahoo.

I don't know anything about geo-political-economy and the likes,
but don't Iran make a shit-tones of money- probably tens of millions of dollars a day- from selling oil barrels to China?

I would guess they will have enough money directed to their military projects, while their economy is in the tatters and their citizens are poor as feck.

@africanspur and all the rest who sent their wishes, thank you
Fair points, stupid 'leaders' all around. Some chosen, some self installed and the rest, puppets of the first two types.
 

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Iran would be dumb to take the Israeli bait. Their military is no match for the US, no one is.

I'm hoping this is all just a show and the iron dome cancels it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Israel allows some of them to get through.

The result? A no fly zone over Iran and a repeat of Libya, Iraq etc. Many Zionists in the west have been frothing at the mouth for attacking Iran. Look at Rachel Riley. One in four of her posts on twitter are some anti-Iran propaganda (the rest being something anti-muslim, Anti- pro Palestinian protestors, or crying about something deemed antisemitic).
 

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Omg. I didnt know that it was happening. I hope for the best for civlians. One drone on netanyahu's head would be nice though. @Amir And @ScholesyTheWise stay safe
 

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Iran would be dumb to take the Israeli bait. Their military is no match for the US, no one is.

I'm hoping this is all just a show and the iron dome cancels it, but I wouldn't be surprised if Israel allows some of them to get through.

The result? A no fly zone over Iran and a repeat of Libya, Iraq etc. Many Zionists in the west have been frothing at the mouth for attacking Iran. Look at Rachel Riley. One in four of her posts on twitter are some anti-Iran propaganda (the rest being something anti-muslim, Anti- pro Palestinian protestors, or crying about something deemed antisemitic).
Vile little dog with selective morality.
 

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Lil Marko always has the gossip right on time. I'm shocked when he's briefed that no one tells him to wait. I guess he's seen as a "friendly" conduit to get this stuff out.