Update(22:25ET): In the overnight and early morning hours in Syria (local time), US forces carried out airstrikes on what it said are Iran-linked militants and installations in eastern Syria. Multiple targets have been hit.
According to a statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, “Today, at President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces conducted self-defense strikes on two facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups.” The attacks were reportedly done by US warplanes, likely operating out of either the Gulf or Mediterranean areas where new US naval assets have recently been positioned, keeping a watch on fast moving events in Gaza. Fox issued the following breaking detail:
F-16s and F-15s were used to strike targets in Syria earlier tonight in retaliation for the attacks on US troops in the region.
Earlier in the day there were reports, though with few details, that US forces in the same northeast region of Syria came under attack, as has been happening in the last several days. The Pentagon had also earlier announced that over a dozen US troops in Iraq and Syria have suffered Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the aftermath of drone and rocket attacks on US bases in the region.
JUST IN — U.S. warplanes have conducted air strikes against Iranian proxies in multiple locations in Syria. pic.twitter.com/agKA4sc0Kx
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) October 27, 2023
Below is the full Pentagon statement, which seeks to emphasize that this new, high-risk military aggression is supposedly “separate” from the Israel-Gaza conflict…
BREAKING: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin released a statement regarding the US Airstrikes on sites used by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and other Iranian-proxies in Northeastern Syria pic.twitter.com/MdCvMPRNMz
— Global Conflict Watch (@GloballyWatch) October 27, 2023
The United States is also seeking to reassure a region which is clearly at heightened risk for breaking out into major war that it “does not seek conflict”. But the long-running military occupation of Syria’s oil and gas region suggests otherwise.
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Update(1520ET): In the Pentagon’s latest move to bolster US defenses in the Middle East against the ‘Iran threat’ – given the increased instances of Tehran proxies attacking US troop installations in Iraq and Syria over the last week – some 900 more Americans soldiers will be dispatched to the region.
A CBS correspondent has cited Pentagon Press Secretary, Gen. Patrick Ryder, who says 900 US troops have deployed or in process of deploying to bolster missile defense in CENTCOM’s mideast region of operations. They are expected to man Patriot, THAAD and Avenger missile systems. Earlier this week US defense officials said these extra missile batteries are being deployed to the theatre ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive in Gaza.
The CBS reporter noted “This comes as Iranian-backed groups continue to attack US miliary in Iraq and Syria.” Fears are growing that a major IDF push into the Gaza Strip would unleash broader retaliation strikes on US bases in the region. This could include Hezbollah, which operates both in Lebanon and Syria.
Israel’s “preparation” strikes for the “next stage of war” – according to its officials – have continued to grow in intensity…
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Iran has become more vocal in its threats against Israel, in response to the soaring death toll in Gaza, which has surpassed 7,000 Gazans killed. Prime Minister Netanyahu has at the same time announced “thousands” of terrorists have been eliminated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Israel has further said it took out three top Hamas commanders in the last several hours.
On Thursday, Hossein Salami, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned that if Israel sends ground forces into the Strip, the IDF will be “buried”. He stated: “If the Zionists launch a ground attack in Gaza, they will be buried. If the enemies think that the Muslims will watch these crimes from the sidelines, they are gravely mistaken,” according to a translation in regional media. He also aimed the comments at Washington, saying “the US will be buried by the fire they lit.”
“If the evil people of the world want to carry out a foolish act such as invading the Palestinian territories, they will face a miserable failure and receive a decisive response from the resistance front,” the IRGC statement added.
The US has already parked one carrier strike group in waters off Israel, with another en route, and has been repeatedly warning Tehran not to get involved. National security spokesman John Kirby this week said the US administration stands ready to mount a “decisive response” if Iran or its proxies attack US bases.
However, this appears to already be happening. There has been well over a dozen drone and missile attacks on bases in Iraq and Syria over the past week, with the latest happening Thursday.
There are fresh reports that Iraqi Shia militia groups have launched cross-border attacks on a US installation in northeast Syria. These sporadic attacks now threaten to become a daily event. And now this from Politico on Thursday…
Adding further to tensions between Washington and Tehran, fresh Wall Street Journal reporting this week has found that Hamas operatives behind the Oct.7 terrorist attack were given specialized training in Iran. According to the report, this involved up to 500 militants:
In the weeks leading up to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, hundreds of the Palestinian Islamist militant group’s fighters received specialized combat training in Iran, according to people familiar with intelligence related to the assault.
Roughly 500 militants from Hamas and an allied group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, participated in the exercises in September, which were led by officers of the Quds Force, the foreign-operations arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the people said.
Senior Palestinian officials and Iranian Brig. Gen. Esmail Qaani, the head of Quds Force, also attended, they said.
But then strangely, the same report quotes US officials as saying they can’t verify whether the training on Iranian soil was directly in preparation for the Oct.7 attacks (or else possibly “routine”), which took the lives of at least 1,400 Israelis and foreigners.
“U.S. officials said Iran has regularly trained militants in Iran and elsewhere, but they have no indications of a mass training right before the attack,” WSJ writes. “U.S. officials and the people familiar with the intelligence said they had no information to suggest Iran conducted training specifically to prepare for the events of Oct. 7.”
Given the fact that the terror assault involved paragliders, militants on motorcycles, coordinated assault teams with explosives, and other capabilities not used this effectively in the past – many analysts believe the planning for the attack had to have taken many months or even years.
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Uncle Schlomo has had a hard on for Iran, for decades now…looks like that manufactured wet dream is about to become a reality.
Looks like they’re going all in trying to start another big war in the Middle East.
The United States government is nothing but an organized crime syndicate, and to treat it as anything else means that you’re in denial of the reality of the situation.
Picture worth 1000 words.
And then there were three.
“What you stand for speaks so loudly, nobody hears what you say anymore.”
How many support islam?
That is not the issue shitforbrains. The US and Israel have been on the wrong side of this for 70 years, and now the rest of the world is fed up with the crimes against humanity. That and everyone hates the fucking Jews to begin with.
So they blow up a couple of out buildings with zero personnel in them and people think the US is getting tough with Iran? Like everything else with the US Government, none of it makes any sense.
The O’Biden regime will not take real military action against Iran. It was just a move to temper the neocons. The US is going to get its ass handed to it. The US is weak and the World can see that as plain as day now. Take a good long look at all your preciouses shit and realize, you may not have any of it if the US continues on this current course of madness.
Define ‘real military’ action, bunghole .
Real military action results in people dying/being killed. Sounds like your gung hoe for the blood or maybe your just foolish enough to think that the US Government gives a flying fuck about you. Question brave Christian soldier, why is the US even involved in these operations? I’ll tell you why, Ukraine is going to be the new Israel if the lunatics get their way. To do that they need to wipe the current place called Israel off the map. There is no fucking way the the West can win this thing nor should they, nor do they want to. The US military build up isn’t for Israel, it’s to keep them from nuking the eastern hemisphere. Thaad air defense deployed is for ICBM’s not short to mid range rockets, first clue. This whole thing is a setup, Israel doesn’t have any friends for different reasons . The nukes will fly, so get your shit in order!
You must be new here, Asshole. 🤣
No, just addressing the crowd who comments on this blog. You know, foolish cunts like yourself.
Ok then. I used your name but I didn’t call you a name, but whatever. You showed that you don’t know shit about Flash. That tells me you haven’t been here long. Please, tell me how I’m foolish.
Every asshole thinks whatever their pet theory is is the correct one cuz they are all obviously visionary genius’s dontcha know . I just came on here to correct the author on his speculation that the F-15s and 16’s were somehow carrier based , they’re not , the Navy mainly uses a couple different purpose driven versions of FA-18’Super Hornets , not F-15s and 16’s . Derp .
Self defense strikes in a country that does not want us occupying their sovereign nation? My brain hurts!
US tax slaves fund Ukraine to expel Russia from Donetsk & Luhansk but when fighters are trying to expel US from Syria it is not OK?
Yep.
“US MILITARY BASES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA ARE BEING ATTACKED”
Maybe if there were no uSA bases in places they do not belong, they wouldn’t be attacked.
This is a propaganda piece. The US and Israel are very afraid of the consequences of what they have started, and are looking for a way to deescalate.
The problem is, they are so inept and ignorant they may be incapable of finding an offramp to this situation. They seriously underestimated the resolve of the Islamic world, and did not anticipate them uniting in the way they have.
If this war goes hot, and the US and Israel end up fighting a united Middle East, they will be so drastically outmatched they will be defeated. If they go nuclear, they run the risk of Pakistan and possibly Russia and China doing the same. Just as the west saw Ukraine as a useful proxy war against Russia, China and Russia see a proxy war against the US in the Middle East as something it would benefit them to support.
I am sure they are doing a lot behind the scenes to funnel both arms and intelligence to the Middle East, to insure if this thing does happen that the US is hurt as badly as possible. The Neocons in the White House have definitely fucked this one up really bad.
For the authors edification , they don’t fly F 15’s and F16’s off of naval aircraft carriers .