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The Secret Service experienced some more bad optics. It was tasked with protecting the President of Iran, a national sponsor of state terrorism who was implicated in a plot to kill former President Trump. Because of this, Donald Trump announced that he had to downgrade his venue in Wisconsin because there wasn't enough protection available. Protecting THE head of a state sponsor of terrorism while former President Donald Trump complains about reduced resources? Former Navy SEAL Erik Prince joins in to break down this mess.
OAN Staff Sophia Flores
10:22 AM – Monday, October 1, 2024
Iran has launched an estimated 100 ballistic missiles towards Israel and Israeli officials say a second wave of missiles is now underway.
The missiles cover over the entirety of the Jewish State.
The White House warned that an attack against the Jewish State will have “severe consequences.”
“We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran,” a senior White House official said prior to the attack.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.
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OAN Staff James Meyers
7:33 AM – Wednesday, September 25, 2024
SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-says-iran-has-made-multiple-attempts-to-assassinate-him-claims-they-will-try-again/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
Former President Donald Trump stated early Wednesday that he has been briefed by intelligence officials on Iran’s efforts to assassinate him and that he believes that Tehran “will try again.”
Big threat to my life by Iran. The entire U.S. military is watching and waiting. Moves were already made by Iran that didn’t work out, but they will try again. It's not a good situation for anyone. I am surrounded by more men, guns, and weapons than I have ever seen before. Thank you…
“Moves were already made by Iran that didn’t work out, but they will try again. "It's not a good situation for anyone,” he continued.
“I am surrounded by more men, guns, and weapons than I have ever seen before. Thank you to Congress for unanimously approving far more money to Secret Service – Zero ‘NO’ Votes, strictly bipartisan.”
“Nice to see Republicans and Democrats get together on something. An attack on a former President is a death wish for the attacker!”
The announcement by the Trump campaign comes after the 45th president has had two assassination attempts against his life just in 2024.
On July 13th, he had a bullet graze his ear from a bullet fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Crooks, 20, was immediately shot and killed by the Secret Service.
Additionally, on September 15th, a Secret Service agent spotted Ryan Wesley Routh in the hedges near Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course while he was playing golf.
Routh, who fled the scene, was apprehended a few hours later and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Meanwhile, Iran has previously denied U.S. claims of interfering in American affairs.
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CBN NEWS: Amid talk of a broader war in the Middle East, there is also news that a Jesus Revolution may be underway. An unprecedented number of Muslims are choosing to follow Christ, especially in Iran as people search for a better life. Iranians are growing tired of the ayatollahs and a nation led by the empty promises of their Islamic theocracy. An anonymous internal poll found that 80% now prefer a democratic government, and many are leaving Islam.
Iran rejected calls from three European nations urging it to refrain from further retaliatory attacks against Israel. One America’s Chief White House Correspondent Monica Paige has the details.
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With headlines like “Harris Surges Ahead: A New Era of Democratic Enthusiasm and Opportunity” and “Former Friend Exposes JD Vance’s Radical Transformation: A Study in Political Opportunism”, you might mistake NioThinker for another mainstream media outlet.
Only the occasional odd word choice and convoluted bit of grammar hint that the digital media site flows with enthusiasm for Kamala and contempt for Trump isn’t really American.
Classified as part of Iran’s ‘Storm-2035’ network: NioThinker is an enemy operation.
Why is an Islamic terrorist state spending its time putting up articles like “Trump Silent After Fox News Poll Favors Harris in Swing States” and “Pelosi Can’t Stop Laughing At Trump’s Choice’ Of J.D. Vance For VP”. Like everything else Iran does, it’s a strategic choice.
Iran has been boosting Biden-Harris while doing everything possible to undermine Trump.
Last month, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, held a briefing for the media during which “officials alluded to but stopped short of directly stating Tehran’s opposition to Trump” while falsely claiming that the “U.S. The government has not detected any foreign hacking, interference or tampering with election machines and websites”. The month before, an Iranian team had compromised a user account of a “county-level government in a swing state.”
And, much more seriously, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) revealed that “a group run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence unit—sent a spear-phishing email to a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign from a compromised email account of a former senior advisor.”
It was the Trump campaign.
The IRGC, the hub of Iran’s Islamic terrorist operations, stole the vetting file for J.D. Vance and began contacting media outlets. The Iranians offered Politico a “variety of documents from [Trump’s] legal and court documents to internal campaign discussions.” An agent told the Washington Post to, “consider me as an anonymous resource who has access to djtfp24 campaign.”
Around the same time that Iran’s intelligence operatives were trying to help the Biden-Kamala campaign, Iran was also plotting an even more direct intervention in the presidential election.
In late June, federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies learned of a plot by Iran to allegedly assassinate former President Trump. Earlier this month, Asif Merchant, a Pakistani Muslim, was charged with a plot to “recruit individuals to carry out his plot to assassinate U.S. government officials.” Acting on behalf of Iran, Merchant met in New York and discussed plans to kill those who are hurting the “Muslim world.”
The Muslim agent claimed that “there would be ‘security all around’ the person” and suggested using a political protest as a cover for the killing. The Iranian plan would have moved forward in September, putting it on track for a pre-election assassination.
But if Iran is still struggling to carry out a successful assassination, its character assassinations are improving. From launching a digital media site as the “go-to destination for insightful, progressive news” to hacking the Trump campaign and feeding the results to the media, Iran has come to understand that its best odds of stopping Trump are by allying with the Left.
From Hamas to Qatar, Iran’s allies have effectively made our media their own.
Politico and other media outlets did not report on their contacts with the Iranian regime agents who warned the media outlet, “Don’t be curious about where I got them from." Any answer to this question will compromise me and also legally restrict you from publishing them.”
Did the media make use of any material from the vetting file in the hit piece on Vance?
Politico did not clearly rule that out. Neither did any other major media outlets. It’s not clear if any of the Iranian haul of stolen documents has appeared in media stories already.
CNN told employees not to “download or otherwise try to access any hacked material until you’ve been in touch with your manager, S&P, legal and our security teams”. Rather than rule out using the material, CNN wanted it to go through security and legal clearance.
Former BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith, who had made the decision to publish the Clinton campaign’s faked Steele dossier (and last year wrote ‘I Would Publish the Steele Dossier Again’), argued that ” journalists can/should report seriously on real documents, but should also foreground the hackers’ motives.” Smith, at least, is willing to use the Iranian documents.
And what are Iran’s motives?
According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Iran is targeting Trump to “avoid an outcome they perceive would increase tensions with the United States.” This is as positive a way as possible of saying that an enemy nation is intervening in the presidential election to harm the candidate it opposes and to aid the campaign of the candidate it supports.
And it’s not the first time that Iran has interfered in presidential elections to stop Trump.
During the 2020 election, Iranian hackers tried to pass themselves off as members of the Proud Boys in a false flag operation designed to increase Democrat turnout and generate an election backlash for President Trump. One example of the Iranian campaign involved sending emails to “tens of thousands of registered voters” that threatened them “with physical injury if they did not change their party affiliation and vote for President Trump.” In a clear statement of preference, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), often described as the Iran Lobby, had endorsed Biden, run phone banks for him and donated money to his campaign.
The two track Iranian plans to either kill or defeat Trump is everything that the media falsely claimed about Russia and the 2016 election. Except this time it’s real and they are on board.
Media outlets spent months keeping quiet about the Iranian hack. If they contacted the FBI or the Trump campaign, it has not been mentioned in their stories. And if they refused to use the materials handed to them by enemy agents, that too is something they fail to make clear.
The same media that blamed foreign interference for the 2016 election has become an agent of foreign interference in the 2024 election. Iran has chosen its allies and its enemies.
On NioThinker, the Iranian fake news site, a headline reads, “Kamala Harris: Our Unexpected, Awkward Savior.”
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As Robert Spencer stated earlier on Jihad Watch: “No one can run for the presidency of Iran without Khamenei’s approval.” Iran’s constitutional body, the Guardian Council, has confirmed the victory of so-called “reformist” Masoud Pezeshkian, who will now succeed the late hardline President Ebrahim Raisi, but expect little change.
Elections in Iran are hardly democratic. The Supreme Leader, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Guardian Council disqualify any contender for the presidency who may be deemed a threat to the regime.
The outcome of the presidential election reveals Iran’s strategic direction. Pezeshkian serves to potentially pacify domestic and international threats via his diplomatic demeanor. The Iranian regime faces international disapproval of its brazen hardline approach as it moves toward developing a nuclear bomb; Western scrutiny over its ongoing war against the state of Israel by means of its proxies; and the ongoing threat of a potential uprising by fierce anti-regime dissidents, even as the Iranian government dismisses such a threat.
The Associated Press describes Pezeshkian as a “reformist politician within Iran’s Shiite theocracy — always pushing for change but never radically challenging the system overseen by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.” That’s because Pezeshkian is a pawn of the regime and has its approval.
Iran International — which the regime once demanded be designated a “terrorist” group due its truth-telling — post this on X about Pezeshkian’s win:
“Don’t be fooled by this bogus election of a puppet president,” French politician Francois Bechieau wrote in X following Masoud Pezeshkian’s win in Iran’s run-off presidential vote. Bechieau added that “the only real power” in Iran remains within the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) July 7, 2024
Pezeshkian has secured “strong backing from his mentor,” former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is also described as a “moderate.” Zarif is a staunch advocate of a nuclear deal with the West; he negotiated the first nuclear deal. Zarif didn’t hesitate to unleash himself against Israel within days of October 7, saying: “Israel’s fake image of resistance is now ruined." Israel’s barbaric actions are the reason for their continued defeat.” He also calls Muslims “the primary victims of the ‘cult of hatred’—empowered by colonial regimes and exported by their own clients”; and has made the outrageous claim that “Tehran has never called for the destruction of Israel.” So while Zarif and Pezeshkian may appear to be “moderates” or “reformists,” they only differ from their hardline counterparts in approach, not in substance.
Pezeshkian is the man of the hour — favored to do the bidding of the Supreme Leader as the one who has the greatest likelihood of winning the trust of Western globalists. He has the right tone, unlike his defeated hardline rival Saeed Jalili, and is firmly committed to exploiting any opportunity to advance toward the goal that Iran has long been eyeing: a new nuclear deal that would allow the regime to flourish. The soft-spoken cardiac surgeon has already called for “constructive negotiations” toward a revived 2015 nuclear deal, and China is doing the same.
Iran didn’t even try to hide its intentions before, with an open admission that the 2015 Iran deal was based on lies. Then came the announcement by the International Atomic Agency watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, that Iran was enriching uranium at levels that were ordinarily seen only in countries making bombs.
No one could possibly trust the Iranian regime, except for globalist leaders such as Joe Biden et al, their media lapdogs, and America’s enemies, gleefully awaiting America’s downfall. Many backroom deals under the Obama administration saw tens of billions flow into Iran’s coffers. Now with Joe Biden at the helm, and Iran’s new president, prepare for more deals to benefit the Islamic Republic, under the charade of achieving regional and ultimately world peace.
Biden is delusional and declining; he apparently wants to go down in history as the American president who brokered peace in the region, no matter at what cost. Yet the only negotiations the Islamic Republic will engage in are those that benefit its own long-term supremacist interests.
Pezeshkian’s win represents a new level of threat to the West, as Iran holds out misleading hope to the West’s gullible leaders, offering a smoothly paved route to appeasement and aid to the Iranian regime. No one is concerned that the doomsday vision of Shia Iran is the belief that “the Hidden Imam will appear in the midst of a violent apocalyptic scenario played out on a battleground stained with infidels’ blood.”
Israel must prepare for a long, tough road ahead as it is increasingly framed as a stumbling block to peace, while globalists and Islamic supremacists continue to gaslight the willfully blind elements of what’s remaining of Western society.
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SEE: https://www.frontpagemag.com/biden-sends-condolences-to-murderer-of-americans/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
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Iran’s murder of Sgt. William Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Sanders, and Spc. Breonna Moffett, three black servicemembers from Georgia, earlier this year was only the latest killing of Americans by the Islamic terrorist regime in Tehran in addition to the dozens already killed on Oct 7.
Iran had not only connived to murder an estimated one thousand American soldiers on the battlefield, but its assassins and agents had plotted to kill members of the Trump administration.
Last year, even the Biden administration was forced to sanction Iranian IRGC terror officials plotting assassinations in D.C. In March, it was reported that the FBI was hunting for an Iranian spy targeting former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other Trump administration officials.
But after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister and an IRGC general died when their chopper crashed on a mountainside, the Biden administration joined Putin, China’s Xi, the UN, Hamas, and other international villains in a global orgy of mourning for a monster.
The State Department, whose own personnel were being targeted for murder, declared that “the United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members of their delegation”.
When the UN shamefully held a moment of silence to honor the ‘Butcher of Tehran’ who had been responsible for the massacres of thousands of Iranians, Deputy UN Ambassador Robert Wood stood alongside other tyrants in mourning a tyrant with American blood on his hands.
“We pray for the Iranian people who mourn the death of their president,” the Senate chaplain shamefully intoned.
Raisi’s motto, like that of the regime he represented, was “Death to America.” And yet the Biden administration expressed its sympathy for the death of a man who wanted to destroy America.
While Biden was sending condolences, the terror regime was busy blaming us for the crash.
Iranian state media complained that the Bell chopper, an old model imported before the Islamic revolution, had crashed because sanctions prevented the terror state from getting new parts. New parts only do so much good when you’re flying into a fog bank around mountainous terrain, but Iran also could have ended its terrorism or bought new choppers from someone else.
But joining in the wave of condolences for the ‘Butcher of Tehran’ was NATO whose Lebanese Arab spokeswoman Farah Dakhlallah tweeted, “Our condolences to the people of #Iran for the death of President Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and others who perished in the helicopter crash.” Lebanon is dominated by the Hezbollah terror group controlled by Iran.
The EU’s president, Charles Michel, and the EU’s high representative Josep Borrell Fontelles promoted a press release stating that “the European Union offers its condolences for the death of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian and other Iranian officials involved in the tragic helicopter crash on Sunday. The EU expresses its sympathies to the families of all the victims and to the Iranian citizens affected.”
Meanwhile, the Iranian citizens affected were singing, dancing and celebrating across Tehran.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed “his sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and to the Government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
The pitiful party was joined by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the UN’s World Health Organization, who offered “condolences to the people of Iran” as did Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN’s IAEA nuclear organization, which had allowed Iran to develop its nuclear program, and countless other globalist bureaucrats all mourning a murderous tyrant.
The condolences from the Biden administration, the UN and EU came alongside those from Hamas and Hezbollah which expressed appreciation for Raisi’s work on their behalf. Hamas called Raisi’s death an “immense loss” which it no doubt was for the Iran-backed terrorists. The Taliban’s statement claimed that it was “deeply saddened and affected by this tragic event.”
Raisi’s fellow tyrants and fellow enemies of the United States also wept. Putin called Raisi a “true friend of Russia” and China claimed that “the Chinese people have lost a good friend.” It’s understandable why Moscow and Beijing would mourn for Raisi, but why did Biden and the EU?
Was the “Death to America” chieftain a good friend of America or its literal sworn enemy?
After the outpouring of globalist sympathy for the ‘Butcher of Tehran’, many Americans and Europeans countered with a #NotInMyName hashtag. Iranians demanded to know why the Biden administration and international bodies were supporting a monster and mass murderer.
Raisi’s death, like Oct 7 and 9/11, helped expose the wide gap between good and evil. The same people who shrug off Islamic terrorism and atrocities like those Raisi participated in are filled with tender feelings when Hamas terrorists or their boss in Tehran meet deserved deaths.
World events and how we react to them show us who people really are and what they believe.
After Raisi’s death, the Biden administration, the European Union and the United Nations could have stood with the brave Iranians, especially women, who celebrated in the face of brutal repression, or with the regime. Leftist politicians who claim to care about democracy and human rights chose to stand against tyranny and brutal repression because that is who they are.
When the Iranian people rallied in the Green Revolution, the Obama administration, many of whose members are still serving in the Biden administration, chose to do nothing, but when the Muslim Brotherhood protested in Egypt, they rushed to stage a coup to bring it to power.
It is likewise no coincidence that the ICC issued its indictment of Israel for defending itself against Hamas at the same time as international bodies were mourning Hamas’ state sponsor.
The State Department was recently forced to release a warning that Americans were not safe anywhere in the world. That’s not due to naivete, weakness or incompetence, but choices.
The Biden administration chose to honor the ‘Butcher of Tehran’ as it chose to allow Iran to overrun Yemen, tighten its hold on Lebanon and try to salvage Hamas after Oct 7. That choice has killed plenty of Americans, even as Biden mourns not them, but their killers.
SEE: https://www.frontpagemag.com/iran-calls-on-islamic-nations-to-sever-ties-with-israel; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
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Virtually all of the states in the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (56 nations and “Palestine,” which is not a state) support the interests, causes and ambitions of their Palestinian “brothers,” with no acknowledgement of Hamas’ barbaric attack on Israeli citizens on October 7, 2023. This was crystal clear at the recent OIC summit in Gambia. “Gaza tops agenda at Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit,” Africa News, May 5, 2024:
The 15th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation got underway on Saturday in the Gambian capital, Banjul, with the conflict in Gaza at the top of the agenda….
The OIC condemned Israel’s attacks on Gaza and reaffirmed the organisation’s support for, and commitment to the people of Palestine.
The rogue nation of Iran, the main funder of Hamas, which is embraced by the OIC, was present. Less than two weeks prior to October 7, the Secretary General of the OIC, Hissein Brahim Taha, emphasized the need for unity among Muslim nations, stressing the importance of Iran’s place in “Muslim unity” in dealing with “common threats,” as he referenced “the Zionist regime.” In mid-October, the OIC accused Israel of “crimes against humanity,” with no mention of Hamas atrocities.
Saudi Arabia is a key member of the OIC, and it included Iran in its commitment to host Arab and Islamic summits in order to promote “peace” and discuss Gaza the conflict. With talk frequently circulating in the West about Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel, the Saudis have already laid out their demand for Israel to return to the pre-1967 Auschwitz borders, and blamed Israel as “occupiers” on the very date of Hamas’ savagery, October 7. Until Israel signals that it is willing to return to the pre-1967 borders, which it has not done, normalization with Saudi Arabia is in question, despite the subject being a focal point of the Biden administration, with many following along. It is up to Israel to normalize the negotiated conditions, not to the Biden administration working with Saudi Arabia in Israel’s absence.
Although the Saudis will continue to push for normalization to benefit from its economic growth, so far it has presented its own conditions and interests, not Israel’s. Saudi Arabia is more loyal to the Muslim ummah, and proved it in spades at the Gambia OIC summit, where its Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan reaffirmed “the Kingdom’s call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza, safe humanitarian corridors, and the fulfillment of Palestinians’ legitimate rights, including their right to self-determination and an independent state.” Faisal also “expressed regret over the failure of the UN Security Council and the international community to halt Israeli attacks on Palestinians”; and just in case there is still any ambiguity where the Saudis stand, Faisal added: “The Palestinian cause has remained a priority for the OIC since its inception,” adding:
“It is unfortunate to witness the failure of the Security Council and the international community to halt unprecedented Israeli attacks, which have escalated through indiscriminate shelling, destruction of hospitals, schools, shelters, and infrastructure in Gaza, leaving thousands of innocent civilians, including children, women, and the elderly, as victims,”
Iran meanwhile, called on Islamic countries “to sever ties with Israeli regime.” Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian delegitimized the State of Israel in his speech:
Because the Israeli regime is not a legitimate government. It is only occupying apartheid power…Passage of time is not going to lend legitimacy to an occupying power.
There is no doubt that severing diplomatic and economic relations and practical arms and trade embargo is an important tool in stopping Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its crimes in the West Bank and Al-Quds Al-Sharif. We sincerely appreciate the Muslim and freedom-loving governments and countries that took action in this direction…
Abdollahian’s words echoed Article 19 of the Palestinian National Charter:
The partition of Palestine in 1947 and the establishment of the state of Israel are entirely illegal, regardless of the passage of time, because they were contrary to the will of the Palestinian people and to their natural right in their homeland, and inconsistent with the principles embodied in the Charter of the United Nations; particularly the right to self-determination.
The Palestinian “resistance” against Israel “from the River to the Sea” means the obliteration of Israel from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. The Palestinian cause remains central to the OIC. In remarks at the summit, Gambia’s President Adama Barrow blamed Palestinian oppression and “endless human suffering” on Israel from the day of Israel’s founding. The OIC stood unified in condemning “Israel’s attacks on Gaza and reaffirmed the organisation’s support for, and commitment to, the people of Palestine.”
But where was the condemnation of Hamas?
In the next stage of the 15th OIC session, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar “expressed his deep concern over Israel’s ‘brutal military onslaught.’” He also urged OIC member states “to formulate a joint strategy to fight Islamophobia at the global level, work together to bring in an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and implement its ‘Action Plan’ on Jammu and Kashmir.” Pakistan, known for its cruel blasphemy laws, zeroed in on the rise of “Islamophobia,” while ignoring, of course, the antisemitism has risen to alarming proportions since October 7.
The goals of obliterating Israel, the conquest of India, and pushing Islamic blasphemy laws globally — using the “Islamophobia” subterfuge — have been primary concerns of Islamic supremacists everywhere.
In keeping with the principle of striking the iron while it’s hot, expect an increase in collective antagonism to emerge from the OIC summit, not only toward Israel, but against Western interests, particularly in the face of a weak leader such as Joe Biden. Days ago, Biden was ripped for bringing up “Islamophobia” amid the worst outbreak of antisemitism in decades. His alignment with OIC interests is certain to be noted globally.
Christine Douglass-Williams is Associate Editor of Frontpage, regular writer for Jihad Watch, a nine-time award-winning journalist, past Canadian government appointee to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the Office of Religious Freedom; author of "The Challenge of Modernizing Islam" and "Fired by the Canadian Government for Criticizing Islam".
OAN’s Rayana Unutoa
3:15 PM – Thursday, May 2, 2024
SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/haines-iran-backed-militias-continue-planning-attacks-on-u-s-forces/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
The Director of National Intelligence has warned that Iran-backed militias will continue to conduct attacks against American forces.
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, Avril Haines said Iran-backed militias have broadly paused their plans to attack U.S. forces. It is not clear how long it will last.
Haines said the crisis in the Middle East has influenced both al-Qaeda and ISIS to direct supporters to conduct violence against Israel and U.S. interests.
The intelligence director also spoke about cyber-attacks in the United States.
“We have seen a massive increase in the number of ransomware attacks globally in the last year, which went up as much as 74%,” Haines stated.
“The terrorist threat level is of grave concern,” he continued.
Haines noted that almost all U.S. critical infrastructures that were attacked involved weak passwords, un-patched known vulnerabilities and poorly secured networks.
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OAN’s James Meyers
8:29 AM – Friday, April 19, 2024
SEE: https://www.oann.com/newsroom/report-israel-carries-out-strike-in-iran-responding-to-weekend-missile-barrage/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
Israel carried out strikes against Iran early Friday morning in retaliation against Tehran after it fired a bombardment of missiles and drones at Israel last Saturday.
According to Fox News, the strike by the Jewish State was “limited.” Multiple sources also stated that the U.S. was not involved and there was pre-notification to the U.S. from Israel.
Explosions were taking place in Iran’s Isfahan province, which is where Natanz, one of Iran’s nuclear facilities, is located.
Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s army, said that the explosions in Isfahan were part of anti-aircraft systems shooting at what he claimed was a “suspicious object,” which did not cause any damage, Iranian news outlet IRNA reported.
Additionally, details surrounding the intended target of the strike were not immediate, but according to Fox News the target was “not nuclear or civilian.”
Iran’s Fars news agency reported on the sound of explosions over Isfahan near its international airport. Meanwhile, Isfahan is home to a major airbase for the Iranian military, as well as sites associated with its nuclear program.
It has also been reported that a senior Iranian official allegedly told Reuters that Tehran had no immediate plans to respond to the Jewish State strike, which was described differently on Iranian state media. The explosions that were heard in Isfahan were allegedly a result of the country’s air defense system activating and was not a missile attack, the official told Reuters.
The strike from Israel came hours after Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian claimed that if Israel carries out any further military action against Iran, its response would be “immediate and at a maximum level.”
“If the Israeli regime commits a grave error once again, our response will be decisive, definitive and regretful for them,” he added, noting that this warning had been communicated to the White House via the Swiss Embassy in Tehran.
Meanwhile, Iran temporarily stopped all commercial flights to Tehran and across areas of its western and central regions in response to the attack. However, restrictions have since been lifted on flights to and from Khomeini and Mehrabad international airports in Tehran, according to Iranian news agency Tasnim.
“The safety of our passengers and crew is our priority. "We are monitoring the situation closely and will make changes to our flight paths in consultation with the relevant authorities,” a FlyDubai spokesperson said. “We will share any further updates once more information becomes available.”
Before the strikes last weekend by Iran against Israel, Iran had never directly attacked Israel, instead they had relied on proxy forces in Iraq, Lebanon and elsewhere.
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SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/iran-coordinated-the-attack-on-israel-with-the-biden-administration; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
Kenneth Timmermans, executive director of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran, confirmed Carmon’s allegations. SEE HERE.
No matter what may have been intended, such an action cannot be remotely justified. Iran and its proxies aim to obliterate the Jewish state and destroy America.
“Iran Coordinated With The U.S. Its Attack On Israel,” by Yigal Carmon, MEMRI, April 14, 2024:
To understand what happened last night during Iran’s direct attack on Israel, one has to go back four years to the killing by the United States of Iran’s Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. Iran needed to react symbolically in retaliation to save face and was asked to do so. The United States allowed it to attack its own Ayn al-Asad airbase so that no one there would be hurt. Fifteen missiles were fired at the base, with the result being minor damage and not one drop of blood. Iran may deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for being able to fire 15 missiles without killing anyone.
Lt. Col. Staci Coleman, who was the commander of the 443rd Air Expeditionary Squadron, and members of her squadron testified[1] that they had been briefed about an impending Iranian ballistic missile attack almost six hours before it happened. Captain Wesley Florez, the executive officer of the 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group, said that he had received information about the attack early the previous afternoon.[2]
Trump told Fox News in February 2024: “Do you know, we hit them [Iran] very hard for something that they did, and they had to hit back, they feel they have to do that and I understand that. Do you know, they called me to tell me ,"We're going to hit a certain location but we’re not gonna hit it, it’s gonna be outside of the perimeter’… They let us know. We had 16 missiles that went off… And we knew they weren’t going to hit. And now I reveal it… So they aimed those missiles and they said, "Please don’t attack us, we’re not going to hit you.’ That was respect, we had respect.”[3]….
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/iran-threatens-to-strike-american-bases-if-us-backs-israeli-counterattack; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
Hamas, meanwhile, supported Iran’s attack on Israel as “a natural right and a deserved response.”
Iran and Hamas aim to obliterate Israel and ultimately to establish a global Islamic caliphate, and there are no limits to the violence they will employ to achieve this goal. Appeasing them encourages and enables them, as it does other jihadist groups.
“Iran threatens to hit US bases if Washington backs Israeli counterattack,” Times of Israel, April 14, 2024:
Top Iranian commanders warned Israel on Sunday that the country would face a bigger attack if it retaliates against overnight drone and missile strikes, adding that Washington has been told not to back any military action from its ally.
“Our response will be much larger than tonight’s military action if Israel retaliates against Iran,” Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri told state TV, adding that Tehran warned Washington that any backing of Israeli retaliation would result in US bases being targeted.
“If the Zionist regime (Israel) or its supporters demonstrate reckless behavior, they will receive a decisive and much stronger response,” Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi said in a statement.….
…. “We in Hamas regard the military operation conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran as a natural right and a deserved response to the crime of targeting the Iranian consulate in Damascus and the assassination of several leaders of the Revolutionary Guards,” the Palestinian group said in a statement. Israel is engaged in a war, now in its seventh month, with Hamas after the Gazan terror group killed nearly 1,200 people and abducted 253 in a shock onslaught on October 7….
Colonel Tony Shaffer - I want to read a quote from General Wesley Clark about Iran and Israel. He said, “Israel is not going to trust the United States if Iran strikes." It can’t, because look at what’s happening in Gaza right now with the pressure between the United States and Israel.” And “Iran has to feel like they’re kind of winning right now. They’ve got the United States and Israel at odds, Hamas has survived, you’ve got the whole world down on the Israelis for what’s gone on in Gaza. This was part of the plan.” There is a lot to unpack. First, is this part of a greater plan to create a regional war in the Middle East again? Israel is losing the PR war. General Clark said Hamas walked them into this trap. Today I’m reading Biden called for a meeting with the G7 leaders. However, the UN is demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and for the US to bow out and stop helping Israel. Why is Biden having such a hard time deciding whom to support? It feels as though he’s trying to support and fund both sides of the war. Biden says US support for Israel is Ironclad now after the attack he says he won’t support a retalitation of Israel on Iran. Will this escalate further or did Iran just need to display a show of force? President Putin is telling the US to stay out and seek peace. He’s also said Russia will back Iran if the United States attacks Iran in Israel’s defense. Thoughts? I’m told Biden and the Pentagon have held private meetings that the US is being set up to be drawn into a war. Will they avoid it or still fall into this trap? What do you think Israel’s next move will be? What do you think Iran’s next move will be and what will the US next move be?
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/04/irans-attack-on-israel-what-we-know-so-far; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
2. On the night of April 13, Iran launched an attack consisting of some 170 drones, 130 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles on Israel. This attack was described by the Biden administration as a grossly “disproportionate” response to Israel’s April 1 attack in Damascus.
3. 99% of the drones and missiles launched from Iran toward Israel were shot down before they could land in Israel, many even before they entered Israeli airspace. From the handful — about three — drones or missiles that did manage to land, there was very little damage. No one was killed, and only one girl, in the Negev, was hurt by shrapnel.
4. The Americans apparently were responsible for intercepting “dozens” of Iranian drones. The more they have shot down, the greater Israel’s gratitude will be to the Americans, and the Bidenites hope that it will help them convince the Israelis not to engage in further “escalation,” but to keep their retaliation “proportionate” to Iran’s attack. If, on the other hand, Israel is convinced that by itself it managed to shoot down almost all — say, 90% — of the drones and missiles, it will be less beholden to the Americans urging them to limit their response, and more likely to respond with greater force to Iran’s attack than the Americans would have liked.
5. Other Western allies, including the U.K., France, and Italy, also took part in intercepting Iranian drones and missiles in the skies over Jordan. It is believed the RAF was responsible for at least a few successful intercepts. Having been the subject of so much criticism from those countries over the war in Gaza, it must cheer the Israelis up that these countries came so readily to Israel’s aid in intercepting Iran’s missiles and drones.
6. Jordan and Saudi Arabia also participated in efforts to shoot down Iranian drones and missiles as those flew over their Jordanian air space. It is not known what success they may have had, but their clear effort to help stymie the Iranian effort reminds us that the Sunni Arab states understand that Shi’a Iran, with its network of proxies and allies, is a threat to their wellbeing. Israel, on the other hand, is not.
7. Iran has now tried to put a stop to any Israeli retaliation, with the Islamic Republic’s UN Ambassador declaring that Iran considered the matter “over.” It hopes thereby to avoid an Israeli response to its massive, but in the end massively unsuccessful, attack on the Jewish state. For Israel, of course, the latest exchange will not be “over” until Israel has retaliated with much greater force to this Iranian attack, to make sure that Iran does not try its luck yet again.
8. Washington recognizes the hugely “disproportionate” nature of Iran’s latest attack. It must know that it cannot prevent a retaliatory attack on Iran by Israel, but it is likely urging the Israelis to exercise “restraint.” Exactly what kind of “restraint” Israel should show is entirely unclear. Should it limit its attack to the same number of drones and missiles that Iran launched in its attack? Or should it take this occasion, when much of the world is now, however briefly, on its side, to deal a devastating blow to Iran’s offensive capabilities, taking out most of its remaining drones and ballistic missiles, and attacking its nuclear facilities? Isn’t now the time to put paid to the Iranian military threat, when sympathy for Israel is momentarily high, by launching what will no doubt be seen by many, so often quick to blame Israel for being a troublemaker, as a “disproportionate” attack?
9. If Israel now goes ahead with that “disproportionate” response, and inflicts great damage to Iran’s missiles and drones, and to its nuclear program, Sunni Arab countries will not object. Instead, they will be quietly pleased that their great enemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran, has been decisively weakened.
10. Israel could, of course, not retaliate immediately, but keep the Iranians in a state of high anxiety for months, wondering when the IDF will finally attack. No need for Israel to announce its plans in advance. We need only say that “we will retaliate for the April 13 attack by Iran at a time and place of our choosing.”
11. The Bidenites are likely to try to dissuade Israel from a massive response, lest the violence “spiral out of control.” They may try to persuade the Israelis to limit themselves to a handful of targets. I’d say that with its massive April 13 attack, Iran has already caused the violence to “spiral out of control.” It is Iran that needs to be reined in. Israel should express its gratitude to “our great ally and friend, the United States” for its assistance in intercepting Iranian drones and missiles, but still ignore Washington’s advice to be measured in its response to Iran. It should use the occasion, when much of the world is on its side, to inflict great damage on Iran’s nuclear program and on its ballistic missile program.
Note also that they congratulate the “warriors of Islam.” The foes of Israel constantly frame the conflict in Islamic terms, while Western analysts constantly ignore the Islamic aspects of it. Find out why this is so damaging in The Palestinian Delusion.
“Iran’s Majles Members Celebrate Report of Missile and UAV Attack against Israel with chants of ‘Death to America! Death to Israel!,'” MEMRI, April 14, 2024:
On April 14, 2024, IRINN TV (Iran) aired footage of Iran’s Majles members celebrating the first reports of a missile and UAV attack against Israel. The Majles members chanted “Death to America!”, “Death to Israel!”, and “Congratulations to the warriors of Islam!”