Israel vs Palestine/Lebanon/Iran/Yemen/Syria: a New Middle East War

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Press TV 🔻

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🔴 Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, offers condolences on martyrdom of head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization Major General Majid Khademi:

https://x.com/PressTV/status/2041204368825896972

🔺 Once again, the US-Israeli enemy—after repeated failures—resorted to terrorism and assassinated IRGC Major General Seyyed Majid Khademi, a senior intelligence and security commander.

🔺 But Iran’s armed forces remain united and steadfast, and such crimes will not weaken their resolve.

https://x.com/PressTV/status/2041204375989719335

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RT

Hegseth on pilot rescue op: Iran ‘EMBARRASSED’ AND ‘HUMILIATED’

Iranians asking ‘HOW DID THE AMERICANS DO THIS’

https://x.com/RT_com/status/2041209506168742343

Trump threatens outlet that first reported '2nd pilot missing' in Iran

'National security, give it up or go to jail

We have to find that leaker. Very sick person'

‘We were in EASTER TERRITORY, I GUESS. BUT GOD WAS WATCHING US’ — Trump on the rescue operation of airman shot down in Iran

https://x.com/RT_com/status/2041209192405504468

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Daniel Davis Deep Dive

This is not an example of strength. This is an ugly example of thuggery and brutishness. This humiliating display is beneath the dignity of what used to be the high office of the presidency of the United States of America.

But Trump is dragging it, and all of us down with him.

His claims and threats are against international law, it’s against American law, and it’s against any kind of morality, that you can just declare you’re going to steal the natural resources of another country, and somehow have it pass off as a positive.

But this will fail, because the Iranian state is not powerless, it has some powerful retaliatory capabilities, and if Trump makes good on his threats, we and others in the region will pay the price for it. This is anguishing to watch, like a slow motion car crash, right in front of you…

https://x.com/DanielLDavis1/status/2041199787404329239

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RT

‘THE ENTIRE COUNTRY COULD BE TAKEN OUT IN ONE NIGHT. AND THAT NIGHT MIGHT BE TOMORROW NIGHT’ — Trump on Iran

https://x.com/RT_com/status/2041203578346360894

https://x.com/JudgingFreedom/status/2041123953352331775

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Carl Zha

Iran's new Lego movie abt the US "pilot rescue op" just dropped:

https://x.com/CarlZha/status/2041150818808950874

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Al Mayadeen English

A failed #US raid in #Isfahan may have also aimed to steal #Iran’s enriched uranium, not just rescue a pilot; thus, a double slap in the face.

https://x.com/MayadeenEnglish/status...34942776627604

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RT

Iran gives Pakistan a 10-clause response to US plan to end hostilities — IRNA

Among them:
▪️Iran REJECTS ceasefire, citing 'past experiences'
▪️'PERMANENT end to war'
▪️END to conflicts in region
▪️Protocol for safe passage through Hormuz
▪️Lifting of sanctions

https://x.com/RT_com/status/2041171511898157244

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The Cradle

US-Israeli strikes hit Iran’s largest petrochemical complex

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2041200878720303505

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Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
This is not an example of strength. This is an ugly example of thuggery and brutishness. This humiliating display is beneath the dignity of what used to be the high office of the presidency of the United States of America.

But Trump is dragging it, and all of us down with him.

His claims and threats are against international law, it’s against American law, and it’s against any kind of morality, that you can just declare you’re going to steal the natural resources of another country, and somehow have it pass off as a positive.

It is the Beast Man of Fascism.

It is what all of recorded history is a struggle against, that which is "uncivilized", which is action contrary to the United Nations Charter, which this is.

Pure evil wrapped up in a big ball of Stupid.

I puke on America.

What a gang of liars and thieves, whose job is to make daily life unbearable for the rest of us, and have managed to throw us fifty years or more behind the times.

It's not going to work, and, yes, we probably will be dragged down to an unprecedented state.

Get rid of this regime with a quickness, and don't let anything that remotely sounds like it ever hold any office.

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The Cradle

Israel accumulates massive $15bn bill after five weeks of war

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2041209716555096295

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The Cradle

In a statement on 6 April, the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced that it carried out a joint operation on 6 April using cruise missiles and drones targeting multiple Israeli military and strategic sites in Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat), in coordination with Iran’s armed forces, the IRGC, and Hezbollah.

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2041215862376689907

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-- GEROMAN -- time will tell - 👀 -- reposted

Dimitri Lascaris

This is France’s only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle.

It’s now docked at the Souda Bay naval base on the Greek island of Crete, where I’m currently located.

The Charles de Gaulle is scheduled to depart on April 7 for the eastern Mediterranean, to conduct unspecified operations.

On April 2, French President Emmanuel Macron stated publicly that it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz, and that the only way to reopen the Strait was to engage in dialogue and cooperation with Iran.

Macron is of course correct, but that begs the question: why has he sent this aircraft carrier into the eastern Mediterranean?

Given their history of treachery and double-dealing, Western leaders have no credibility when they claim to be seeking peace with an official enemy of Washington.

Like the genocide in Gaza, the war of aggression on Iran is a de facto NATO operation.

#Iran #IranWar

https://x.com/alon_mizrahi/status/2041138598339387636

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Ryan Grim

We are about to see Trump’s promise to find and imprison whoever leaked the info about the second pilot vanish into the ether. It came from the Israeli government:

https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2041215068390437274

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Sputnik

🚨🇱🇧🇮🇱 Nearly 1,500 killed in Lebanon since early March in Israeli aggression — Health Ministry

March 2 – April 6 toll:

🔸 1,497 killed, including 130 children & 101 women

🔸 4,639 wounded

Earlier, Israel intensified strikes on Lebanon, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing the expansion of a "security zone" in the southern parts of the country

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/2041206468586656251

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NewRulesGeopolitics

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷Strategic Bombing: Always a Myth — And Iran Won't Be Different

On Easter Sunday, President Trump posted an extraordinary message threatening to target Iranian power plants and bridges if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened by Tuesday.

That threat sits at the center of a military debate that a retired US Air Force Colonel settled — and warned was doomed to fail — three decades ago.

In 1996, Colonel Everest E. Riccioni — a 30-year Air Force veteran, experimental test pilot, and Pentagon analyst — published a landmark paper titled "Strategic Bombing: Always a Myth." His thesis: every major U.S. bombing campaign in history had failed to break an enemy's will, destroy critical infrastructure permanently, or substitute for ground forces.

Four Wars. Four Failures:

🔸WWII Germany: The U.S. bombed ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt. Germany's own arms minister Albert Speer confirmed not a single tank went unbuilt as a result. Germany simply adapted. Bombers suffered 10–35% losses per mission.

🔸WWII Japan: General LeMay firebombed every major Japanese city. The Tokyo firestorm killed more than either atomic bomb. Japan still did not surrender. Invasion remained the plan until the Emperor personally overruled his generals after the nuclear drops.

🔸Vietnam: Three times more bombs fell on Vietnam than on all of Germany. The U.S. held complete air superiority for a decade. It still lost. Riccioni's verdict: "Bombing Hanoi had little effect other than raising the morale of the population."

🔸Gulf War 1991: Over 60% of Iraq's elite Republican Guard escaped the air campaign fully intact. Kuwait was ultimately liberated by ground forces.

Conclusion: The Myth Meets 2026

Riccioni warned in 1996 that without ground forces, strategic bombing cannot win wars — only prolong them.

In 2026, Trump hopes to bomb his way to victory in Iran. However, there’s a crucial difference this time: while past targets often lacked the means to strike back effectively under heavy bombardment, Iran does not.

Tehran has repeatedly warned that any attack on its critical infrastructure will be met with retaliation—by destroying equivalent infrastructure in neighboring countries. The past month has made clear that Iran has the capability to follow through on that threat

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/2041185413038030938

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Al Mayadeen English

A failed #US military operation in #Isfahan, Iran, to recuse the pilot of a downed F-15 fighter jet has raised a thought or two, and Tehran isn’t buying Washington’s version of events.

With reports of a complex plan to seize #Iran's enriched uranium and major inconsistencies in the US' official story, this may have been far more than a rescue mission.

Swipe through to see why the official US narrative is falling apart.

#IranWar #WarOnIran #Uranium

https://x.com/MayadeenEnglish/status...22245066932510

China pulse 🇨🇳

BREAKING

The U.S. landing operation in Isfahan was reportedly aimed at securing uranium.

Officially, the United States lost 12 aircraft while attempting to build a fortified site and an airstrip under the pretext of rescuing the downed pilot.

However, there are strong indications that the real objective was to seize enriched uranium extracted from Iran.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated:
It is likely that the U.S. “pilot rescue mission” was a cover to retrieve enriched uranium, as the location where American forces landed in southern Isfahan was far from the area where the pilot was allegedly downed.


https://x.com/Eng_china5/status/2041200583747780895

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NewRulesGeopolitics

🛰🇮🇷🇨🇳Iran Switched to Chinese BDS Navigation System — An End to the US Monopoly on Satellite Navigation

Thirty-one years ago, the United States switched off GPS signals to a Chinese ship bound for Iran, leaving it stranded at sea for 24 days.

The message was clear: control navigation, control the world. Today, Iran has switched off GPS itself—and switched on China's BeiDou.

The weapon once used to coerce has been rendered obsolete. This is not an upgrade. It is a full circle: from American leverage to American irrelevance.

🔸The Yinhe Incident: A Humiliation That Built a System

The Yinhe was not carrying weapons or spies. It carried ordinary cargo to Iran. Yet in 1993 the US accused it of transporting chemical weapons materials and cut its GPS signal—not as a military act, but as a message. For 24 days, the ship drifted without coordinates, unable to dock or navigate.

For Beijing, the lesson was clear. Within a decade, China had launched the first BeiDou satellites, determined to build a system no foreign power could disable.

🔸The Transition

By 2015, Iran had signed a memorandum with Beijing to integrate BeiDou. By 2021, Iranian missile guidance already embedded the system. The shift was quiet—a slow unraveling of GPS dependency.

Then came the catalyst. During last year's 12-day war, Israeli GPS jamming paralyzed Iranian vessels and aircraft. On June 23, 2025, Iran formally deactivated GPS nationwide, blocking American signals at the source. The switch to China's BeiDou-3 (BDS-3) was complete.

Unlike GPS, BDS-3's military-tier B3A signal proved resistant to interference, maintaining a reported 98% positioning success rate. With over 50 satellites—compared to 31 for GPS—BeiDou offers superior coverage over the Iranian plateau.

🔸A Game Changer

Before BDS, Iran relied on massive barrages—hundreds of rockets to overwhelm defenses, draining supplies for limited effect. Now, with BeiDou-enabled precision, Iran has shifted to a precision strike doctrine: guiding missiles and drones through complex maneuvers up to 2,000 kilometers. Surgical strikes have replaced supply-draining salvos.

Israeli jammers can no longer feed false coordinates. US electronic warfare has lost a key lever.

Conclusion: Full Circle

In 1993, the US flipped a switch to humble a ship bound for Iran. In 2025, Iran flipped its own switch—to make American signals irrelevant. What goes around, comes around

https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/2041117828699598999

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DD Geopolitics

Reporter: Are you willing to end this conflict with Iran charging tolls at the strait?

Trump: What about us charging tolls? I'd rather do that than let them have it. Why shouldn't we? We're the winner.

Really amazing stuff.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2041223103297245227

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The Patriot Voice
@TPV_John
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It’s not as simple to just say that Trump has gone absolutely MAD…He is clearly operating in the spirit of the Antichrist.

This is very much a SPIRITUAL problem we are seeing.

Trump PRETENDED to be a “peacemaker” to DECEIVE the world, now he is showing his TRUE colors as a destroyer.

The Bible warns us of a FALSE “peace and security before SUDDEN DESTRUCTION”.

In NO way can you conflate threatening to “take out” the entire country of Iran in one night using nuclear weapons and being “pro-peace”. They are diametrically opposed ideas.

This is demonic deception and trickery at the highest possible level, it takes someone TRULY EVIL TO THE CORE to carry this out.

https://x.com/TPV_John/status/2041214442113823216