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First direct att k on US forces, which means the US is entitled to respond….
Worth noting this is the first time the American DoD has admitted a US warship was the intended target of a Houthi drone/missile attack. They have studiously avoided doing so in previous attacks.
Worth noting this is the first time the American DoD has admitted a US warship was the intended target of a Houthi drone/missile attack. They have studiously avoided doing so in previous attacks.
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This afternoon in The Guardian.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say Israel “will pay” for killing one of its commanders, Iranian state TV reports
Reuters and Tasnim news agency said earlier that an airstrike killed Sayyed Razi Mousavi outside Syria’s capital, Damascus.
“Undoubtedly, the usurper and savage Zionist regime will pay for this crime,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said in a statement read on Iranian state TV.
Mousavi was an IRGC member responsible for coordinating the military alliance between Syria and Iran.
The IRGC described him as one of their oldest advisers in Syria, holding the rank of brigadier-general.
Iran’s state television reported that Mousavi had been “among those accompanying Qassem Soleimani”, the head of the Guards’ elite Quds Force, who had been killed in 2020 in a US drone attack in Iraq.
Reuters and Tasnim news agency said earlier that an airstrike killed Sayyed Razi Mousavi outside Syria’s capital, Damascus.
“Undoubtedly, the usurper and savage Zionist regime will pay for this crime,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said in a statement read on Iranian state TV.
Mousavi was an IRGC member responsible for coordinating the military alliance between Syria and Iran.
The IRGC described him as one of their oldest advisers in Syria, holding the rank of brigadier-general.
Iran’s state television reported that Mousavi had been “among those accompanying Qassem Soleimani”, the head of the Guards’ elite Quds Force, who had been killed in 2020 in a US drone attack in Iraq.
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Maybe it's long overdue the Emiratis dug a ship canal from Dubai to Fujairah to negate the requirement to transit the Straits of Hormuz! Not the complete solution but at least it'd undermine the Iranian grip in that area.
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Iran must be jealous of Egypt's Suez income.
Perhaps she sees the western Indian Ocean as hers, free to lob kamikaze drones on unsuspecting shipping, and hoping to collect tolls somehow, bypiracy boarding and detention if no other way.
Perhaps she sees the western Indian Ocean as hers, free to lob kamikaze drones on unsuspecting shipping, and hoping to collect tolls somehow, by
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That's a lot of mountains to move for a canal - and then you have to fill it with water - unless you put it through at Sea Level
And , of course, either end is easily attacked/disrupted................................................... ..
And , of course, either end is easily attacked/disrupted................................................... ..
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It certainly is, and there's enough wealth in those western Gulf nations to fund the solutions. There needs to be a long-term alternative as Iran will only get stronger and more aggressive.
Attacks/disruption - so are the Straits, but at least you move the playground 70-80 miles further away.
Attacks/disruption - so are the Straits, but at least you move the playground 70-80 miles further away.
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Iran is playing a dangerous game. Sooner or later one of its proxies are going to do something that can't be ignored and Iran is going to be in a position of guilt by association. It almost looks like the internal disfunction at the senior levels of the Iranian government has them sleep walking into catastrophe. Like the old saying goes, never ascribe malice to actions that can adequately be explained by mere incompetency....
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But fully agree - eventually something is going to go pear shaped in a big way, and the consequences will be dire.
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Interesting times.................
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there was a long article in the Economist before Christmas saying the Mad Mullahs are talking big but are seriously worried. The Grand Ayatollah is old and unsteady and there's a lot of jostling as to who will replace him. Meanwhile their proxies are stirring up trouble left right and centre. interestingly a couple Iranian pronouncements on Israel/Gaza have been somewhat less incendiary than usual. They even seem to have been close to mentioning a 2 state solution. They've had some success in getting some of their oil cash paid and are in no mood to start a full on war with the USA.
Interesting times.................
Interesting times.................
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Well I've always said that Yemen is like Afghanistan - it's not a place were the normal rules have ever run - I think Iran has "influence" but no control - bit like China & NOK
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