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Kuwait reports damage at oil facilities, power stations after Iranian drone attack
Middle East Eye ^ | 4-8-26 | Gregor Hassan

Posted on 04/08/2026 10:13:08 AM PDT by MarlonRando

Kuwait's interior ministry reported "severe material damage" at several vital facilities of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and the energy and water resources ministry after an Iranian drone attack on Wednesday.

The ministry said fires broke out in some of the attacked sites, which it said include oil facilities and three power stations and water desalination plants.

(Excerpt) Read more at middleeasteye.net ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iran
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Who didn’t see this coming. Raise hand please
1 posted on 04/08/2026 10:13:08 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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2 posted on 04/08/2026 10:18:05 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: MarlonRando

“Who didn’t see this coming.”

The people buying stocks and selling oil.


3 posted on 04/08/2026 10:20:21 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: Sicon

Rumors of war.


4 posted on 04/08/2026 10:20:29 AM PDT by angrymarine (I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself.)
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To: angrymarine

Ok, so we make a deal with Iran and leave. Oil importing countries patrol the strait and other gulf nations deal with a defanged Iran. Make it so they have no choice.


5 posted on 04/08/2026 10:28:20 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: MarlonRando

Where’s that picture of Iranian missiles being launched in all directions , now make 1 for drones


6 posted on 04/08/2026 10:32:22 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Defanged is not enough, they need to be toothless.


7 posted on 04/08/2026 10:32:25 AM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: MarlonRando

Somebody didn’t read the fine print. The cease fire only applies to the US and not any other country. It is also effective only on days that do not end with “day”. It is also a “two-way” cease fire meaning that Iran can fire both drones and missiles.


8 posted on 04/08/2026 10:40:35 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: Sequoyah101

what a fuster cluck


9 posted on 04/08/2026 10:41:34 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: alternatives?

Say what, a KGB client state doesn’t keep its agreements?

Btw, I bought stock this morning anticipating the ‘ceasefire’ being violated immediately.

Took a huge hit from the ‘ceasefire’ but that’ll reverse with oil facilities bombed, SAU pipleline bombed, UAE facilities bombed, and strait still closed (”we’ll drone anything we can crossing the strait”). It’s not like they have a toll gate across it.


10 posted on 04/08/2026 10:41:45 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: MarlonRando

At the end of the day, this cease fire thing may actually work out well for President Trump.


11 posted on 04/08/2026 10:42:08 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: Sicon

Only the US is observing the ceasefire.

Been this way since the Korean war.


12 posted on 04/08/2026 10:44:50 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: angrymarine

“There will always be wars and rumors of war.” Matthew 24.


13 posted on 04/08/2026 10:45:58 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: MarlonRando

You’re just being an anti-Trumper. Shame, shame, shame on you.

Don’t you know that victory has been declared and we can all just go home now? Those are the rules of Double Cranko 4D Chess, you get to declare you won and instantly things are all better.


14 posted on 04/08/2026 10:49:12 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: Justa
I made a little coin on buying SPY puts this morning, expecting a pull back. Sold those, then made a little on calls going back up. Sold those, and count it as a day (overall 6.6% gain in my Roth IRA options trading account, which includes the cash portion I left sitting on the side).

Don't call me a professional options trader yet. Just started a few thousand to play with in my quasi-retirement free time.

15 posted on 04/08/2026 10:54:48 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: MarlonRando

Iran hates everyone, Shia or Sunni.

Shia-majority countries: Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Azerbaijan
Countries with significant Shia populations: Lebanon, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
Sunni-majority countries: Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Global distribution: Sunni Muslims dominate most of the Muslim world, while Shia Muslims are concentrated in a few countries,


16 posted on 04/08/2026 10:55:49 AM PDT by Fungi
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To: MarlonRando
Kuwait does have its own air force to respond the Iran's attacks. Its small, but experienced as they recently shot down 3 F-15's.


17 posted on 04/08/2026 11:01:50 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Sequoyah101

I know! I keep waiting for people to post that I’m a communist plant from democrat underground


18 posted on 04/08/2026 11:02:21 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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How’s that ceasefire working out?


19 posted on 04/08/2026 11:08:52 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: Justa

AT WHAT POINT WILL OTHER ARAB NATIONS SAY “ENOUGH” & GO AFTER IRAN.


20 posted on 04/08/2026 11:14:17 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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