Posted on 03/07/2026 9:11:52 PM PST by Words Matter
Israel Air Force strikes Iranian oil facilities, military source says. Earlier, Iranian state media had reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it had targeted the Haifa oil refinery in response.
By Yonah Jeremy Bob. March 7, 2026. IDF sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Saturday night that the air force has attacked significant oil resources in the Tehran region of Iran.
According to the sources, the oil resources being attacked are directly connected to Iran's military industrial complex. ... there was a clear effort by the sources to emphasize the military nature of the sites, which might otherwise be framed as harming Iran's economic power more broadly, even if a new regime might later take over..
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The price of oil spiked up before Israel’s attack on the Iranian military’s oil facilities.
Good job pricks. Let’s drive up oil prices extra high before the midterms.… Israel doesn’t give a damn about how this affects the US economy.
They probably shorted oil stocks like they did airlines before 9/11
Don’t forget we’re the #1 producer. High prices are actually good for our economy.
That is an interesting comment.
I would have thought Israel wants the U.S. to have a strong economy to help Republicans keep control of Congress after November.
Israel doesn't want antisemitic democrats to control Congress and U.S. purse strings.
Oil prices increased at the fastest rate in more than 40 years. We're going $5 gasoline and Biden-era inflation.
If the oil infrastructure of the middle east continues to be torn apart, the prices aren't coming down before the mid-terms. That means Democrats winning a landslide and impeaching Trump. And, there may not be the votes to save him.
We're killing Ayatollah and teaching those Iranians a lesson....while destroying this country.
No one voted for Trump to start an unnecessary foreign war and destroy our economy.
Time is quickly running out to prevent all that.
Trump needs to get us out of this mess by ANY MEANS NECESSARY ASAP.
Being a Russian supporter during these time sure must be frustrating ...
Kazan’s Putin is happy now?
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