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Reports: U.S. Tells Middle East Allies to Prepare for ‘Virtually Certain’ Iran Strike – ‘Only Question Is When’
Breitbart ^ | 30 Jan 2026 | JOSHUA KLEIN

Posted on 01/31/2026 5:35:13 AM PST by Mr. Mojo

Senior U.S. military officials warned key Middle East allies on Friday to prepare for a possible strike on Iran as multiple reports said Washington and Jerusalem now view military action as decided, with one source saying the only remaining question is timing, not whether an attack will occur.

According to an exclusive report published Friday by Drop Site News, senior U.S. military officials informed the leadership of a key U.S. ally in the Middle East that President Donald Trump could authorize strikes on Iran as early as this weekend, and the ally was told operations could begin as soon as Sunday if Washington moves forward.

The report said U.S. war planners are considering attacks not only on Iran’s nuclear, ballistic-missile, and conventional military infrastructure, but also strikes aimed at senior leadership — particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — as part of a broader effort to weaken or collapse the regime.

A former senior U.S. intelligence official cited by the outlet said the thinking inside the Trump administration is that a successful strike on Iran’s leadership could be followed by Iranians returning to the streets, potentially accelerating the overthrow of the Islamic Republic.

A separate exclusive report published Friday by Iran International reinforced that assessment, citing a Western source familiar with U.S.-Israeli coordination who said decision-making circles in Washington and Tel Aviv have moved past diplomacy and now view military action as effectively inevitable.

“The decision has been made. This will happen,” the source told the outlet, adding that the only unresolved issue is when an appropriate operational and political window opens — a window that could emerge in the coming days or over the next several weeks.

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1 posted on 01/31/2026 5:35:13 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo
Please don't blow up any Baby Milk Factories.

Do drop the ordnance on the Mullahs and ragheads.

2 posted on 01/31/2026 5:40:48 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Mr. Mojo

The time element is lost.

We can’t Marshall enough forces fast enough to support a random uprising.

The mullahs deserve any bombing they get. But the Persians are already cowed back into their apartments, possibly starving and dehydrated.

Sad.


3 posted on 01/31/2026 5:41:09 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (No American Blood for censorious socialist islamophiles!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

I really don’t understand the purpose of leaking this type of information, especially in regards to Iran. They don’t respond to threats and scare tactics the way a normal government would.


4 posted on 01/31/2026 5:43:13 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Too late. Tens of thousands died and think the uprising is dead and momentum is gone. Trump has blood on his hands.

Trump dropped the ball. The United States failed to keep their word again.


5 posted on 01/31/2026 5:46:43 AM PST by moviefan8
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To: Mr. Mojo; All

Should that be public information?


6 posted on 01/31/2026 5:49:27 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: moviefan8

As always, cowardly conservatives desert the cause because they fear being associated with something they so not comprehend


7 posted on 01/31/2026 5:58:54 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Nonsense.


8 posted on 01/31/2026 6:02:40 AM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: moviefan8

Every other post from you is a Trump-bashing screed. Your posting history says a lot about your TDS. Maybe you should try your hand at DU for more positive affirmation of your obvious anti-Trump bias.


9 posted on 01/31/2026 6:04:55 AM PST by paulcissa (The left hates you and wants you dead.)
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To: moviefan8

Some of you are so full of crap it’s sad. Remind me of every arm chair quarterback that calls into the sports shows crying and complaining about everything.

No the president isn’t “too late” we didn’t have the forces in place yet, nor does he have “blood on his hands” for what happens in friggin Iran.


10 posted on 01/31/2026 6:05:36 AM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

“But the Persians are already cowed back into their apartments, possibly starving and dehydrated.”

The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising comes to my mind.

Never underestimate how fierce people with nothing to lose can be.

L


11 posted on 01/31/2026 6:07:29 AM PST by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: bert

I trust Trump to do the right thing. He has been as good as gold in the past.


12 posted on 01/31/2026 6:12:54 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

LOL! Loser thread of the day!

Trump 🇺🇸👍


13 posted on 01/31/2026 6:13:59 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal !)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Of course.

Yahoos here aways overlook the fact they don’t know what they don’t know. What’s more, they lack the need to know because they can’t be trusted.


15 posted on 01/31/2026 6:17:18 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: nuconvert

Trump should meet with the Crown Prince at Mir-a-Lago, Help him set up an army in exile and with Marines land him in Iran to march on the capital. Many will rally to his banner. Once he takes over—Iran will be pulled from the Axis of Evil. Strike now while the iron is hot. If the Republican Guards get lucky and hit our ships—the it will be time to go full force and take em out once and for all. When the Shah is in power—send Linsey G. ambassador.


16 posted on 01/31/2026 6:30:18 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell, War IS a Crime.)
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To: MotorCityBuck

You’re going to be a sad little boy when Trump takes out your mullah bedfellows.


17 posted on 01/31/2026 6:33:37 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Uncle Miltie

“But the Persians are already cowed back into their apartments, possibly starving and dehydrated.”

Not exactly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUNCXvoBxgY


18 posted on 01/31/2026 6:49:51 AM PST by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

We should have just finished them off when we had them on the ropes the first time.


19 posted on 01/31/2026 6:58:41 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: moviefan8

What word? We have to think of America First.
Trump campaigned on ending wars, not starting them. That should be, and is, a major concern for the people who voted for him.


20 posted on 01/31/2026 7:02:24 AM PST by dforest
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