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Explosions in Tehran 00:24 - Oct 26 with 4964 viewsPerublue

Here we go then… gulp

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Explosions in Tehran on 09:16 - Oct 26 with 3437 viewsArmaghBlue

These terrorist dictatorships need to learn not to play with fire.
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Explosions in Tehran on 09:21 - Oct 26 with 3407 viewsGlasgowBlue

FAFO

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Explosions in Tehran on 09:23 - Oct 26 with 3373 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Explosions in Tehran on 09:21 - Oct 26 by GlasgowBlue

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Classy...what did the children do?

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Explosions in Tehran on 09:25 - Oct 26 with 3387 viewsDJR

Listening to the radio this morning, the suggestion is that Israel has limited its response as the US had wanted.

In the meantime, the US has given Israel further protection from attack.

Hopefully, Iran will not be so stupid as to respond, and things will not escalate.
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Explosions in Tehran on 09:52 - Oct 26 with 3309 viewsGuthrum

Explosions in Tehran on 09:25 - Oct 26 by DJR

Listening to the radio this morning, the suggestion is that Israel has limited its response as the US had wanted.

In the meantime, the US has given Israel further protection from attack.

Hopefully, Iran will not be so stupid as to respond, and things will not escalate.


Can Iran afford not to respond? The problem with tit-for-tat is there is no logical end to the process without someone climbing down and losing face. Which risks the standing, if not survival, of the government who decides to turn the other cheek.

Plus there are people involved who want to keep poking the situation.

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Explosions in Tehran on 09:55 - Oct 26 with 3285 viewsGlasgowBlue

Explosions in Tehran on 09:25 - Oct 26 by DJR

Listening to the radio this morning, the suggestion is that Israel has limited its response as the US had wanted.

In the meantime, the US has given Israel further protection from attack.

Hopefully, Iran will not be so stupid as to respond, and things will not escalate.


Indeed. After Iran launched over 400 missiles into Israel, their response could have gone for Iran's oil fields or nuclear facilities. So a reasonably restrained FAFO response which signals to Iran that the ball is in their court.
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Explosions in Tehran on 09:56 - Oct 26 with 3295 viewsblueasfook

Israel going mental ain't they. Is there anyone in the middle east they haven't attacked? I expect them to strike Jordan next. Even though Jordan haven't done anything, just for the lols

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Explosions in Tehran on 10:00 - Oct 26 with 3254 viewsGlasgowBlue

Explosions in Tehran on 09:56 - Oct 26 by blueasfook

Israel going mental ain't they. Is there anyone in the middle east they haven't attacked? I expect them to strike Jordan next. Even though Jordan haven't done anything, just for the lols


Iran attacked Israel first. Twice this year.

What response would you expect from our government if the French launched 400 missiles on sleepy suffolk in two separate attacks?


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Explosions in Tehran on 10:03 - Oct 26 with 3225 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Explosions in Tehran on 09:56 - Oct 26 by blueasfook

Israel going mental ain't they. Is there anyone in the middle east they haven't attacked? I expect them to strike Jordan next. Even though Jordan haven't done anything, just for the lols


Tbf Turkey have joined in recently too in Iraq and Syria...the place is an absolute powder keg.

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Explosions in Tehran on 10:04 - Oct 26 with 3232 viewsblueasfook

Explosions in Tehran on 10:00 - Oct 26 by GlasgowBlue

Iran attacked Israel first. Twice this year.

What response would you expect from our government if the French launched 400 missiles on sleepy suffolk in two separate attacks?



If it was Sudbury I wouldn't mind

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Explosions in Tehran on 10:06 - Oct 26 with 3219 viewsblueasfook

Explosions in Tehran on 10:03 - Oct 26 by BanksterDebtSlave

Tbf Turkey have joined in recently too in Iraq and Syria...the place is an absolute powder keg.


It's like a big tag team wrestling match. WWME.

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Explosions in Tehran on 10:12 - Oct 26 with 3136 viewsChurchman

Explosions in Tehran on 10:00 - Oct 26 by GlasgowBlue

Iran attacked Israel first. Twice this year.

What response would you expect from our government if the French launched 400 missiles on sleepy suffolk in two separate attacks?



Probably the launch of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (there’s not much else left) and a stiff telling off before Sir Kier heads to his next free Taylor Swift concert.

Despite my facetiousness, the point is that Iran attacked Israel with 400 missiles. They have responded. What did people expect them to do? Hopefully that’ll be that, though I doubt it. It feels like a war without end.
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Explosions in Tehran on 10:17 - Oct 26 with 3101 viewsGuthrum

Explosions in Tehran on 09:56 - Oct 26 by blueasfook

Israel going mental ain't they. Is there anyone in the middle east they haven't attacked? I expect them to strike Jordan next. Even though Jordan haven't done anything, just for the lols


To be fair to Israel, all of Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria play host (not necessarily willingly) to pro-Iranian or Iranian-backed militias and organisations. Frequently with direct co-ordination and supply by the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

It's what happens when you have two bitter enemies with no common border to fight across.

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Explosions in Tehran on 10:35 - Oct 26 with 3035 viewsKeno

Explosions in Tehran on 09:56 - Oct 26 by blueasfook

Israel going mental ain't they. Is there anyone in the middle east they haven't attacked? I expect them to strike Jordan next. Even though Jordan haven't done anything, just for the lols


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Explosions in Tehran on 10:41 - Oct 26 with 2992 viewsredrickstuhaart

Explosions in Tehran on 10:17 - Oct 26 by Guthrum

To be fair to Israel, all of Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria play host (not necessarily willingly) to pro-Iranian or Iranian-backed militias and organisations. Frequently with direct co-ordination and supply by the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

It's what happens when you have two bitter enemies with no common border to fight across.


I wonder what has fuellled the hatred that fuels those organisations?

And I wonder how long it will be before Israel start complaining about the next generation of martyrs with nothing to lose, that they have created by killing their parents.
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Explosions in Tehran on 10:44 - Oct 26 with 2978 viewsNthQldITFC

Explosions in Tehran on 10:35 - Oct 26 by Keno

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Nothing, just people in the press picking on her in an unbalanced way as usual. She has a lot of knockers, which explains the lack of balance and coverage.

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Explosions in Tehran on 10:47 - Oct 26 with 2965 viewsblueasfook

Explosions in Tehran on 10:35 - Oct 26 by Keno

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They've been attacking Gazza too. Like the poor guy doesn't have enough problems.

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Explosions in Tehran on 10:52 - Oct 26 with 2899 viewsGlasgowBlue

Explosions in Tehran on 10:41 - Oct 26 by redrickstuhaart

I wonder what has fuellled the hatred that fuels those organisations?

And I wonder how long it will be before Israel start complaining about the next generation of martyrs with nothing to lose, that they have created by killing their parents.


"I wonder what has fueled the hatred that fuels those organisations"?

The existence of Israel? Seeing as these people have been attacking the world's only Jewish state since day one.

You can trace it back to here.



When Al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti, met Hitler he started the conversation by declaring that the Germans and the Arabs had the same enemies: “the English, the Jews, and the Communists.”
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Explosions in Tehran on 10:58 - Oct 26 with 2847 viewsGlasgowBlue

Explosions in Tehran on 10:47 - Oct 26 by blueasfook

They've been attacking Gazza too. Like the poor guy doesn't have enough problems.


And the Lebanon. Obviously not fans of the Human League either.

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Explosions in Tehran on 11:19 - Oct 26 with 2744 viewsSuperKieranMcKenna

Explosions in Tehran on 10:41 - Oct 26 by redrickstuhaart

I wonder what has fuellled the hatred that fuels those organisations?

And I wonder how long it will be before Israel start complaining about the next generation of martyrs with nothing to lose, that they have created by killing their parents.


Hezbollah and the Houthi’s have killed many more Muslims than Jewish people so that’s a rather simplistic take as to what’s going on in the region. Iran’s proxies have killed thousands of mainly Sunni’s in their battle for regional dominance with Saudi. I’m not sure the existence of a Jewish state can be blamed for that.
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Explosions in Tehran on 11:30 - Oct 26 with 2690 viewsredrickstuhaart

Explosions in Tehran on 11:19 - Oct 26 by SuperKieranMcKenna

Hezbollah and the Houthi’s have killed many more Muslims than Jewish people so that’s a rather simplistic take as to what’s going on in the region. Iran’s proxies have killed thousands of mainly Sunni’s in their battle for regional dominance with Saudi. I’m not sure the existence of a Jewish state can be blamed for that.


Of course its more complicated, but the fundamental point remains...
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Explosions in Tehran on 11:40 - Oct 26 with 2644 viewsGlasgowBlue

Explosions in Tehran on 11:30 - Oct 26 by redrickstuhaart

Of course its more complicated, but the fundamental point remains...


Why did a jihadist terror group (Houthis) also take over Yemen?

Why did a jihadist terror group (IRGC) also take over Iran?

Why did a jihadist terror group (Taliban) take over Afghanistan?

Why did a jihadist terror group (ISIS) take over large parts of Iraq and Syria?

Why did a jihadist terror group (Boko Haram) take over parts of Nigeria?

Why did a jihadist terror group (Janjaweed) take over large parts of Sudan and Chad?

Why did a jihadist terror group (Al Shabaab) take over parts of Somalia?

Hamas and Hezbollah are part of a larger problem of jihadism that exists all across the Middle East. You can't keep blaming Israel for everything.

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Explosions in Tehran on 11:41 - Oct 26 with 2646 viewsSuperKieranMcKenna

Explosions in Tehran on 09:56 - Oct 26 by blueasfook

Israel going mental ain't they. Is there anyone in the middle east they haven't attacked? I expect them to strike Jordan next. Even though Jordan haven't done anything, just for the lols


Unlikely - last time Jordan was busy shooting down Iranian missiles that crossed through its airspace. Many of the Gulf states are also allied to the US and Saudi, and would be more than happy to see Iran weakened.

Domestically I don’t think there will be huge pressure for Iran to respond (other than the hardliners). The country is in economic crisis largely from Sanctions - the last time Iran responded with missiles its currency hit a record low. This means price increases for the people living in Iran, who would more likely see economic stability than any engagement with Israel.

Any conventional response (missiles etc) would be expensive, and likely ineffective. Their proxies in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen have been shattered. It might be Iran goes for more hybrid responses such as cyber attacks, or further attacks on shipping (perhaps oil tankers as they’ve done in the past). Time will tell…
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Explosions in Tehran on 11:54 - Oct 26 with 2603 viewsGlasgowBlue

Explosions in Tehran on 11:41 - Oct 26 by SuperKieranMcKenna

Unlikely - last time Jordan was busy shooting down Iranian missiles that crossed through its airspace. Many of the Gulf states are also allied to the US and Saudi, and would be more than happy to see Iran weakened.

Domestically I don’t think there will be huge pressure for Iran to respond (other than the hardliners). The country is in economic crisis largely from Sanctions - the last time Iran responded with missiles its currency hit a record low. This means price increases for the people living in Iran, who would more likely see economic stability than any engagement with Israel.

Any conventional response (missiles etc) would be expensive, and likely ineffective. Their proxies in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen have been shattered. It might be Iran goes for more hybrid responses such as cyber attacks, or further attacks on shipping (perhaps oil tankers as they’ve done in the past). Time will tell…


Israel crippled Iran’s defensive and offensive abilities last night. There oloy real direct threat will now be through drones, which are more difficult to intercept.

The Iranian state found out last night that it's substantially harder to take down an Israeli jet covering their airspace than it is to beat the crap out of a defenceless woman for not covering her hair.

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Explosions in Tehran on 13:02 - Oct 26 with 2491 viewsGuthrum

Explosions in Tehran on 10:41 - Oct 26 by redrickstuhaart

I wonder what has fuellled the hatred that fuels those organisations?

And I wonder how long it will be before Israel start complaining about the next generation of martyrs with nothing to lose, that they have created by killing their parents.


Hatred is only one element. There's also sectarian, political and tribal alignments, money, status, opportunities in regions with young populations and high youth unemployment.

Only a portion of these anti-Israeli organisations are Palestinian. The Iraqi* and Yemeni** ones derive entirely from local situations. Attacking Israel gets them funds and arms to pursue their own agendas.



* Formed in response to Saddam's sunni oppression of his shi'a population.

** Emerging from a civil war and factional seizure of power.

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