Explosions heard in Iran

Iran so far away

Hold me, Mohammed!

Has Betty Mahmoody or Mahtob commented yet?

No, don't link a reputable news source!

I don't hear anything.

CNN (on TV, not online yet) that flights are being diverted over Iranian airspace...

Now CNN is back to talking about Speaker Johnson. Ugh!

OK, now they're covering it for real. CNN.

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Israel, early Friday morning local time, launched missiles in a retaliatory strike against Iran, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

Repent!! The end is nigh!!

This will end well.

God, I hope I own oil and gold.

ABC is pushing a WWIII narrative.

They should just kill each other. I'm sick of war.

r4, I've now linked several. When I started the thread, it was just news accounts on social media. I rarely pull the trigger before reliable links show up, but this seemed legit and turns out it was!

The media desperately wants it to escalate so people will be glued to the TV and news websites.

R14 = Scarlett O’Hara

Israel better not hit Iran's nukes.

Fiddle-dee-dee! War, war, war; this war talk's spoiling all the fun on every thread this spring. I get so bored I could scream. Besides... there isn't going to be any war.

Today (Iranian time) is Khameni's birthday..

lol, r19

I'll think about it tomorrow!

Obliterate Iran!

R13 Oh Shit - we’re screwed

[quote]Obliterate Israel!

Israel and Iran - we don't care who has the bigger dick, just knock it off.

R26, actually the one with bigger dick can come see me.

I was molested by the Shah.

How would this turn into WWIII? Is … China going to go to war with Israel to protect Iran? lol Not fucking likely.

Is Russia? Russia is totally caught in the Ukraine bear trap.

R29 everyone will have to pick sides.

Israel has US, UK, etc

Iran has Russia, China, North Korea…

You’re an idiot.

If every politician, bureaucrat, and religious leaders inside the territories of Iran, Syria, Russia, and North Korea were to drop dead tomorrow, the rest of the world would breath a sigh of relief.

R31 no response. Ok.

The Middle East gives me a headache.

“You’re an idiot” IS a response — if you think every country has to choose a side and go to war over a regional conflict.

R34 go visit, you’ll get more than a headache

The Shah should have written an autobiography called "Why I ran from Iran."

R35 a “regional” conflict between nuclear powers

This war Israel? I’m not sure this war Israel.

[quote][R35] a “regional” conflict between nuclear powers

And? By the way, how many nukes does Iran have? What delivery systems do they have?

Pakistan and India are nuclear powers. Are you saying that if the go to war every country needs to join in?

You’re just proving my initial point for me.

The SkyNews reporter looks like a landscaper

Are we all dead yet?

[quote]Iran has Russia, China, North Korea…

An alliance of total garbage countries.

MSNBC saying reports of explosions in Syria and Iraq also.

I keep thinking God, what if Trump were in the White House?

It has a good beat and you can dance to it.

Israel was able to shoot down all of Iran's rockets - looks like Iran doesn't have that capability.

[quote]MSNBC saying reports of explosions in Syria and Iraq also.

That can't be Israel. That would be suicidal.

How many civilians have those total garbage countries murdered in the past six months, r43?

U.S. confirms it

Bam!

[quote] I keep thinking God, what if Trump were in the White House?

if he had slithered his way back in, US warplanes would be bombing Gazan civilians right now.

[quote]Israel was able to shoot down all of Iran's rockets - looks like Iran doesn't have that capability.

Iran doesn't have much advanced technology. Due to decades of international sanctions against them, they have to rely on inferior technology from Russia and China.

US says it was a non-nuclear target and CNN says Iran state media is downplaying the impact of the attack.

Yet r53, Iran’s drones cause Israel to expend expensive iron dome missiles to shoot down their cheap Shaheed drones.

Israel doesn’t have an endless supply of iron dome missiles.

It's nonsense if you don't think US and the UK aren't 100% standing behind Israel in these strikes. Israel isn't some rogue entity, It just doesn't happen. Israel does nothing and is nothing if not an extension of the West.

[quote]It's nonsense if you don't think US and the UK aren't 100% standing behind Israel in these strikes. Israel isn't some rogue entity, It just doesn't happen.

Netanyahu is kind of a loose cannon though.

[quote]It's nonsense if you don't think US and the UK aren't 100% standing behind Israel in these strikes.

And you actually think China and/or Russia are going to attack the USA or Israel over this? You can’t be serious.

Sleepy Joe has started World War III! Mah President Trump would've never let those ragheads start a war.

If I were still recognized as the rightful President none of this would be happening. I have a very good relationship with the Ayatollah- he's a great guy- and I would end this disagreement within 24 hours.

Seems Iran is downplaying this, which means no immediate retaliation unlike what they had literally just said would happen. Anyway, guess whatever Israel attacked will be the end of it for now.

[Quote] Sirens sounded in northern Israel - military

[Quote] Reuters is reporting that sirens have sounded in northern Israel, citing the Israeli military.

[Quote] There are no further details currently and the Israeli military says it is not commenting "at this time".

[quote]And you actually think China and/or Russia are going to attack the USA or Israel over this?

The same China who unleashed Covid on the world? They don’t have to fight with nukes.

Don't be dense R63. No one won with covid, especially not China.

Thanks for proving my point for me, r63.

[quote] The same China who unleashed Covid on the world?

Hi Aaron Rodgers!

Telling r63 not to be dense is like telling La Metz not to bring her snack purse.

"Three Iranian officials confirmed that a strike had hit a military air base near the city of Isfahan, in central Iran, early on Friday, but did not say which country had mounted the attack."

It was Australia, obviously. Fuckin' drop bear bombers.

I'm going to bed, bitches. If nuclear war wipes us all out by morning, it was nice knowing you!

Will Iran let it go and call it even? Let's hope so.

[quote] It's nonsense if you don't think US and the UK aren't 100% standing behind Israel in these strikes.

R56, Biden's administration had, in fact, advised Israel not to counterattack and not to play into the hands of Iran and its allies, especially in light of the fact that Israel was able to contain the damage from Iran to practically nothing and to successfully avert anything from happening to it from Iran.

Also, R56, this just now from the NY times:

"President Biden’s team sought again on Thursday to put the brakes on Israeli plans for a major military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, prompting the Israelis to agree to rethink their approach and come back for further consultations, the White House said in a statement."

So Israel bombed three countries? That should help calm things down.

The coincided the missile strike with the release of Taylor Swift's new album.

R72 America is the one who has paid for Israel's defense since 1949. So if the breaks were applied there would be no attack.

[quote]Will Iran let it go and call it even? Let's hope so.

Yes, they're always so measured and even-handed.

Now would be the time for Putin to make a move in Ukraine, you know he's thinking or is planning it now. Can his cancer come back again please?

[quote]So if the breaks were applied there would be no attack.

Oh, dear.

[quote] I keep thinking God, what if Trump were in the White House?

How many new wars did Trump get us into ? Not enough to suit us.

YAY IDF!

What’s happening?

Nothing. Iran is claiming that it intercepted all three drones from Israel (accounting for the explosions heard) and that there were no missile attacks. Israel is saying nothing.

R75, we're not talking since 1949, we're talking right now. The US has been saying consistently for months that Israel needs to back off.

And yes, R78 is right: it's "brakes."

Chrissy Metz is there filming, "Not Without My Daughter II: Escape From Quchan".

R80 cheered on the SS soldiers in the Warsaw ghetto too.

The explosions weren't just from drone interceptions. That's probably the excuse by Iran for their own people since they don't want to escalate. Israel hit something at that base, but intentionally not much. Maybe Iran got a drone or two during it, maybe not, but I doubt it. Israel is sending a message of our toys are better than yours, so don't do that again. Now back to the other situation. Israeli forces have deployed more troops to areas adjacent to Rafah...

R47, there are grumblings that most of Iran’s missiles and drones were taken out by the U.S., not Israel.

[quote]How many civilians have those total garbage countries murdered in the past six months, [R43]?

I'm not R43 but I imagine Russia has killed more than a few civilians and China and NK kill theirs all the time.

US and UK intelligence services estimate that more than 300,000 Russians have been killed in its illegal invasion of Ukraine, the vast majority of them civilians strong-armed into service.

[quote] US and UK intelligence services estimate that more than 300,000 Russians have been killed in its illegal invasion of Ukraine, the vast majority of them civilians strong-armed into service.

So what ?

Browse Russian military history.

Trump should just fart on Iran. That'll wipe them out.

And now, a "huge explosion" at a pro-Iran military base in Iraq.

[quote]America is the one who has paid for Israel's defense since 1949. So if the breaks were applied there would be no attack.

Not true. Until the Six Days' War, any money the U.S. gave Israel was in the form of a loan which was paid back. LBJ felt sorry for "poor little Israel" being attacked by multiple nations at one time and gave aid. I'm not sure when the Middle East conflict became a theater of the Cold War, but the USSR tended to fund Arab interests and the USA funded Israeli interests.

TRUTH: Bibi doesn't give a SHIT about what Biden, U.S., or the International Community think of him. He is now making this his personal apocalypse.

[quote] Until the Six Days' War, any money the U.S. gave Israel was in the form of a loan which was paid back.

Prior to that France was Israeli's primary military supplier. Including its nuclear capability.

[quote] a "huge explosion" at a pro-Iran military base in Iraq

NY Times says Israel took out a S-300 air defense site. A demonstration the IAF can fly in any time and strike without fear of the Iranian defenses.

The UK has a huge airbase in southern Cyprus which is about an hour's flight time from Israel. The RAF shot down about 200 of the Iranian drones/missiles.

Those weren't no explosions -- that was just Shohreh Aghdashloo clearing her throat.

[quote]The RAF shot down about 200 of the Iranian drones/missiles.

Yes, and the US shot down a large number as well. Yet the media credits Iron Dome for all of them.

Iran’s military capability is shit.