Posted on 04/18/2024 6:08:40 PM PDT by hardspunned
Explosions were heard in Isfahan in central Iran, in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria, and in the Baghdad area and Babil Governorate of Iraq early Friday morning, according to initial reports.
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Scary times. I got a son flying back from Dubai to Newark. Everything delayed two days due to the man-made flooding in Dubai.
It appears from the tracker site that international flights are still be routed over the war zone. Plenty of planes over Iran right now.
All we can do is pray for the next two hours.
https://www.flightradar24.com/UAL163/34d5b3cc
Yup. Still not much up anywhere else.
Report:
israel attacked a high level meeting and high level members of IRGC in Baghdad. Speculating they were disrupting a meeting where they were planning retaliation against Israel
Where is that from? Eyebrows raised over 'Defender'.
That is the current NATO military war-games simulation, started in January, and goes thru May. 90,000 troops, 31 nations, simulation of hostilities with a "near-peer adversary".
Covering events in the Middle East now. Currently, at around 40 min into the stream, the hosts suggested US aircraft are engaging targets in Iraq, NOT CONFIRMED.
If true, and that's a big if right now, that would mean both the US and Iraq are involved. Iraq giving permission and the US engaging Iranian assets in Iraq.
Again, NOT confirmed.
Saudis reported weeks ago that they knew Israeli F-35s had flown in and out of Iran airspace seemingly undetected.
That's some real-time intelligence - driven strikes, right there - unless said meeting has been scheduled for some time...
(Nobody is afraid of Brandon.)
Yep.
It’s weakness and incoherence.
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It appears their plane for Newark is not following the other planes committed to the flight plans.
His plane is headed due west, taking a longer, but safer route.
BIDEN: “I made it clear to the Israelis — don’t move on Haifa!”
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/18/biden-warns-the-israelis-not-to-m
I guess they listened to Joe!
Oil is up to $85.
Well, the Russian S-300 and S-400 are likely no match for Israel’s F-35s (which they’ve significantly modified and improved). Despite the skepticism and outright hate for the F-35 around here, it actually is a complete game changer, especially in significant numbers, and Russia’s SAMs are overrated. Soon after beginning to take delivery of them several years ago, Israel reportedly flew two F-35s over Tehran without the Iranians even knowing they were there, and with no anti-air response.
That said, at this point we don’t know much, so Israel could have used missiles instead of aircraft, but I don’t know if they have missiles with the deep penetrating capability that would be required to reach Iran’s buried nuclear facilities (though some facilities are on the surface).
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#BREAKING Iran state TV says reports of ‘big explosions’ heard near Isfahan
Gold is up about $40 after hours.
Yes, yes. But the important news is the Trump trial about paying off a prostitute.
It’s almost daybreak in Iran now. I would think we would have already had more evidence of additional strikes if they had happened.
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Israeli Channel 13 reporter: “Alertness in Israel for an Iranian response”
Now on Fox and CNN. Msnbc still talking about Trump. 🤣
I certainly hope they’re are hitting Hezebollah missles in Lebanon.
Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA) tells passengers that all flights have been canceled and that they should exit the airport.
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