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Looks like Groucho to me and that looks like the kind of place where you'd find him.
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The O club is not working like it used to, it keep turning over too quickly for me to leave a post to specific people and hope it remain up long enough for specific people to read and reply to.
Also the Rantburg search function is apparently not working as I get a blank page whenever I try to use it.
I chalk this up to teething pains and the face we seems to have only one programmer trying to put out too many fires.
So I'm posting here.
For Grom, could you give me a list of all your full signature lines, starting from before the COVID thing or even further back?
I know there's a story here that several others apparently missed and I would like to show your signatures in the order they appears to show what you really fell.
[Breitbart] The attack occurred on Central Park West this afternoon near Manhattan’s Upper West Side, per the New York Times.
According to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter, the attacker walked up to the first man, Chok Sung, 57, on West 84th and Central Park West and stabbed him in the back. He then went to West 86th Street, the official said, where he approached another man, Yezhak Grunhaus, 50, and stabbed him once in the chest.
Police officers responding to a 911 call about an assault in the area arrived on West 84th Street to find Mr. Sung conscious, but with a wound on his torso. Officers then discovered Mr. Grunhaus two blocks north. Both men were taken by emergency medical workers to Mount Sinai’s Morningside location, where they are expected to survive, the police said.
"A Jew, an Asian and a Moslem walk into a Deli..."
Police arrested a person of interest on Thursday. The identity of the assailant has not yet been released. According to the New York Post, police are “investigating claims that the suspect said ‘Allah Akbar,’ meaning ‘God is the greatest’ in Arabic, before one of the attacks.”
The Jewish victim, Yezhak Grunhaus, was wearing a yarmulke at the time of the attack, having previously left the synagogue at Central Park West and West 86th Street.
The police spokesperson said Raul Morales, 51, was taken into custody in connection with the stabbing. The suspect was apprehended after barricading himself inside a building at Amsterdam Avenue and West 88th Street, police said.
Morales yelled “Allahu Akbar” during both attacks, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch wrote in a message on social media, while citing victims and witness statements.
“The NYPD is currently evaluating whether this is a potential hate crime,” Tisch continued in her statement. “While the perpetrator has no known mental health history with the NYPD, the initial investigation suggests that mental health may have been a factor.”
Mayor Mamdani loves the thought that there’s a reason not to man for trying to kill Jews.
CBS reported that Morales has seven prior arrests.
operations coordinator said the group received around five phone calls immediately after the attack and dispatched members to the scene, where Hatzolah emergency response members and NYPD personnel were also on hand. Shomrim members started canvassing the area and collecting witness statements, heard that the attacker had fled into nearby public housing and informed the police, who apprehended the suspect, several blocks north of the second attack.
"The NYPD was extremely fast and determined to get this guy," the Shomrim coordinator said.
He said the Asian victim was not Jewish. Initial reports had said both men were Jewish.
Jews are targeted in hate crimes far more than any other group in New York City.
There have been 178 confirmed antisemitic hate crimes in the city between January and the end of June, which account for 55 percent of all hate crimes in the city, according to the NYPD. Jews constitute around 10% of the city population.
On Wednesday, a man shouting antisemitic slurs shoved a Jewish man in Brooklyn in a separate antisemitic attack. The victim, 64, suffered injuries that required hospital treatment.
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“...the initial investigation suggests that mental health may have been a factor.”
Violent, stabby mentally-ill person vs violent, stabby jihadist. Except for the "Allah Akbar" part, I'm not seeing a lot of differrences between the two.
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Who gives a fuck if "mental illness" is involved. You put a rabid animal down! Tired of hearing that bullshit excuse. I'm crazy af and you don't see me on the news, yet!
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Tell me again how Mamdani is just a posturing clown.
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The NY Post has more following the arraignment this afternoon here.
He has a roommate in an apartment building nearby, where he has lived for years, was calm and pleasant when he left to go for a walk, no signs of mental illness or distress according to the roommate or other building residents.
The police took a bunch of stuff, including a biography of Che Guevera and a Koran.
Only the stabbing of the Jewish man is being considered a hate crime, even though stabbing a middle aged Asian man is just as hateful.
#UPDATE: Al-Shabaab Ambushes Somali Forces Near Teeydaan in Hiiraan as Deadly Clashes Leave Casualties
Fierce fighting broke out on Thursday in the outskirts of Teeydaan in Somalia’s Hiiraan region after Al-Shabaab militants reportedly ambushed a group of Somali government… pic.twitter.com/W7XVrIiaSE
#UPDATE: Al-Shabaab Ambushes Somali Forces Near Teeydaan in Hiiraan as Deadly Clashes Leave Casualties
Fierce fighting broke out on Thursday in the outskirts of Teeydaan in Somalia’s Hiiraan region after Al-Shabaab militants reportedly ambushed a group of Somali government soldiers stationed near the area, according to local sources.
The exchange of gunfire occurred after the militants launched a surprise attack on government forces positioned close to Teeydaan, triggering clashes that lasted for an undisclosed period.
Casualties were reported on both sides, although the exact number of those killed or wounded has not yet been confirmed.
🇸🇩🌴 In Sudan, local "shepherds" from the "Rapid Response Forces" surrendered to the military, along with a group of 280 individuals and their vehicles. In a district of Khartoum cleared by the Sudanese army, medical refrigeration units manufactured by the Swedish company Dometic… pic.twitter.com/v6COEJkv82
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In Sudan, local "shepherds" from the "Rapid Response Forces" surrendered to the military, along with a group of 280 individuals and their vehicles.
In a district of Khartoum cleared by the Sudanese army, medical refrigeration units manufactured by the Swedish company Dometic Medical Systems were discovered.
It is unknown where the removed organs were taken or who they belonged to.
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Egyptian intelligence captured Ali Abu Mahmoud, a reported associate of al-Julani, along with his wife during a special operation in Libya.
Abu Mahmoud is accused of involvement in the assassination of Egypt’s Public Prosecutor and of being a member of ISIS. Reports indicate an Egyptian court is expected to sentence him to death.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, both Red Sea chokepoints are closed simultaneously.
Hormuz blocked since February 28. Bab al-Mandeb embargoed July 21. The corridor that carries a quarter of the world's oil and gas supply has never been squeezed from both ends at once, until now.… pic.twitter.com/nMP6S6HJ8N
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FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, both Red Sea chokepoints are closed simultaneously.
Hormuz blocked since February 28. Bab al-Mandeb embargoed July 21. The corridor that carries a quarter of the world's oil and gas supply has never been squeezed from both ends at once, until now.
Saudi Arabia built its entire Hormuz bypass around the Red Sea. 70% of its exports rerouted to Yanbu. That bypass now runs directly through the embargo. There is no workaround for the workaround.
The Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s struck two Saudi oil tankers on Thursday that they accused of violating a naval blockade imposed by the group, signaling a potential new front in the US-Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... conflict, as the US military struck Iran for the 12th successive night.
The attack came after the Houthis said on Monday that they were imposing a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... , a move that could significantly widen the war and strain the US military.
Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Houthis said they targeted two Saudi oil tankers, identified as Encelia and Laylia, saying the vessels violated their naval blockade.
The Encelia was targeted while sailing in the Red Sea, causing a fire at the front of the ship, Saudi state news agency SPA reported, citing an official source at the General Transport Authority.
The source said all crew members were safe and that authorities had taken necessary measures to secure the vessel and crew and protect the marine environment.
Disputes over management of the Strait of Hormuz led to the collapse of a preliminary deal reached in April between Washington and Tehran, reigniting the simmering five-month conflict. A Houthi maritime blockade may create a second chokepoint on global oil supplies alongside Iran’s near-closure of the Hormuz.
Trump said on Tuesday he would "take care of" the Houthis if they followed through on their own blockade threat against Saudi ports.
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If you are willing to tolerate gangs of bandits taking control of trade routes, you are not going to have much of a world economy. Yes, it will be difficult to shut them down for all the usual reasons. But when a system becomes clogged with parasites, it no longer functions.
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Somebody needs to look at a map. Hormuz isn't on the Red Sea. It's on the Persian Gulf.
As far as Mandeb, it's perfectly possible to load at the west Saudi terminals, sail around Sinai, and out through the Suez Canal. They're already doing it.
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message will go through to the Saudis - "Do what you gotta do."
The Saudis aren’t at all good at that kind of thing, Mike. They tried in 2015 or thereabouts, which is why there’s a separate government in the south, but they weren’t able to accomplish anything significant against the Houthis. They look really good in parades, though.
The @nrfyemen National Resistance Forces-backed Red Sea Sector Coast Guard intercepted and shot down a Houthi reconnaissance UAV operating over the coastal area of Abu Zahr, south of Al Hudaydah.
Initial technical assessment indicates the aircraft is a Samad-1, fixed-wing… pic.twitter.com/4QEsHTrvB3
The @nrfyemen National Resistance Forces-backed Red Sea Sector Coast Guard intercepted and shot down a Houthi reconnaissance UAV operating over the coastal area of Abu Zahr, south of Al Hudaydah.
Initial technical assessment indicates the aircraft is a Samad-1, fixed-wing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platform powered by a gasoline piston engine and launched via a ground-based catapult system, with an estimated weight of approximately 80 kilograms.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A series of explosions broke out near a military base hosting US forces in northern Iraq, hours after the US military said it had wrapped up its 13th night of strikes against Iran.
A journalist with the Associated Press heard at least seven blasts around 9.30am local time in the city of Irbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, and observed at least four plumes of black smoke rising into the sky from areas near or inside the base.
The US and Iran have exchanged escalating strikes in fighting that began with a struggle over control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian state media reported that four people had been killed and nine injured in the US bombardment.
US Central Command said the latest barrage was designed to 'further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters' as the Americans push to regain control over the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas transited in peacetime. It said the strikes ended shortly before 5am local time Friday.
Bahrain activated its sirens twice later that morning, warning residents to shelter from detected incoming fire. Gulf states have also come under frequent fire over the past week.
The previous day, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they targeted two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, potentially widening the Iran war as international oil topped $100 a barrel.
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi of Iraq, which has close ties to both the US and Iran, was in Tehran on Thursday to call for peace and dialogue.
He promised not to allow Iraqi territory to be used for attacks on Iran, his office said.
Al-Zaidi met with Trump earlier this month in Washington.
US strikes hit a naval base for the Revolutionary Guard in the north of Iran, the Iranian semiofficial news outlets Fars and ISNA reported Friday morning.
Blasts overnight were also reported on Iran’s Qeshm Island, home to stores of naval assets including drone boats that Iran can use to attack vessels on the Strait of Hormuz, as well as in Isfahan province, where there is a major Iranian air base as well as one of Iran’s nuclear sites.
More strikes reportedly hit Iran’s southwest Khuzestan province and southern Fars province.
Four people were killed and five wounded in a US missile attack on the outskirts of Ahvaz on the Karun River, Iranian state media said.
An attack in Lorestan province in Western Iran injured two, state media said, while two more were injured by explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas, a critical hub for moving military supplies as well as trade cargo.
Meanwhile, the Houthis threatened to shut down another key trade route with the world economy already reeling from Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula is a vital shipping chokepoint connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
Around 12 per cent of the world’s trade, including a fourth of global container traffic, passes through there, moving between Europe and Asia via Egypt’s Suez Canal.
The Houthi attacks put at risk oil shipments from Saudi Arabia’s Yanbu port on the Red Sea and present a 'double whammy' on top of the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, said maritime data and analysis firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
Saudi Arabia has diverted millions of barrels a day of oil exports to Yanbu via an overland pipeline as the war has bottled up the Persian Gulf.
Trump said on social media Thursday that sanctioned Iranian funds in the possession of the US will cover the expense of fixing boats damaged in the war.
'Please let this statement serve to represent, until further notice, that from this point forth, any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto, will be paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls,' Trump said.
It was unclear what legal mechanisms Trump would use to access and spend the funds, but he said that doing so would be 'the fair and equitable thing to do'.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the suggestion, writing on X that 'once governments normalise confiscation, no one’s assets are safe. Ensuing chaos will not be pretty or peaceful'.
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Ida Turan 🇮🇷 ایده توران
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This explains the reason behind yesterday’s bombing of a very unusual target. The IRGC naval base in northern Iran, on the Caspian Sea coast, was struck, something that left everyone wondering how and why, especially since the previous 13 nights of strikes had all been focused on southern and western Iran.
Reports indicated that a weapons shipment from Russia was in the process of arriving.
Truly well done to the United States and their outstanding operational intelligence.
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[IsraelTimes] Man, 51, seriously injured near outpost after trying to extinguish a fire; armed civilian kills 2 assailants; soldier lightly wounded in 2nd incident, troops shoot dead stabber
Two Israeli men were maimed on Thursday in separate Paleostinian stabbing attacks in the West Bank, and all the assailants were killed.
In a third incident, a Paleostinian man was arrested with a knife at a checkpoint south of Jerusalem.
In the first incident, a civilian was seriously maimed near the West Bank settlement of Elon Moreh while trying to extinguish a fire, medics and the military said.
The stabbing occurred close to the Derech Avraham farming outpost. Israeli settlers had been working in the area to extinguish a blaze there.
At the site of the fire, a clash erupted between Israelis and Paleostinians during which two Paleostinian assailants stabbed an Israeli man, identified as Itamar Cohen, before they were rubbed out.
"Another civilian who was at the scene identified the attack and eliminated the two terrorists," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said its medics treated 51-year-old Cohen, who was stabbed in the chest and seriously maimed. He was then airlifted to a hospital by the Israeli Air Force’s elite Unit 669 for further treatment.
Troops encircled the nearby Paleostinian town of Beit Furik following the incident and were carrying out searches in the area, the army said.
The IDF initially claimed the fire had been set by Paleostinians from Beit Furik, but later backtracked and said the cause of the blaze was unknown.
Police officers and firefighters investigated the circumstances of the fire, and later announced that it was arson, without specifying if Paleostinians were the ones to blame.
The Paleostinian Authority’s official WAFA news agency alleged the fire was started by Israeli settlers from the area.
"This is a serious terror incident," Samaria Regional Council chairman Yossi Dagan said in a statement. "We are again and again witnesses to arson and terror attacks."
Dagan blamed the Paleostinian Authority and terror organizations for inciting attacks and demanded an "iron fist from the government" to deal with the violence.
Later in the day, an IDF paratrooper was lightly injured in a second stabbing attack in the northern West Bank, according to the military.
The Paleostinian attacker arrived near an army post located at the site of the formerly evacuated settlement of Ganim, where he stabbed a soldier of the Paratroopers Brigade.
Other soldiers returned fire, killing the Paleostinian stabber, the army added.
The assailant in that attack was identified by Paleostinian media as Yazan Fakhri Sawafta, 25, from Tubas, a police officer in the Paleostinian Authority.
Later on Thursday, the IDF said troops launched raids in Beit Furik and Tubas following the stabbings. The military said troops raided Beit Furik and entered the home of one of the two attackers, in addition to questioning several suspects in the area.
Soldiers also raided Tubas and entered the attacker’s home, the army added.
On Thursday night, police announced that forces at the Tunnels checkpoint between the West Bank and southern Jerusalem stopped a resident of Hebron who arrived at the checkpoint on a cycle of violence. He was acting suspiciously, according to the police statement.
The man did not follow the troops’ instructions, according to the statement, and they arrested him. A knife was found on his body, and he has been taken for further questioning. No Israeli forces were maimed.
Violence in the West Bank has soared since the Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... attack on Israel triggered the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... war in October 2023.
More than 1,100 Paleostinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces or settlers since the war started, according to the PA health ministry. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops, or holy warriors carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 66 civilians and Israeli security personnel have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another eight members of the security forces were killed in festivities during raids in Paleostinian cities in the West Bank.
The same period has also seen a major surge in attacks by settler gunnies on Paleostinians and their property across the West Bank. The IDF recorded 867 incidents of nationalistic crime and settler violence in 2025. The total for 2024 was 682 incidents.
[IsraelTimes] Rani Ouf and Shadi Eidi were convicted of handing information to Palestinian terror group while they worked for Cellcom telecom firm, with aim of sabotage during a war.
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The IDF initially claimed the fire had been set by Paleostinians from Beit Furik, but later backtracked and said the cause of the blaze was unknown.
[IsraelTimes] French criminal Turut Ozkor, who went by ‘Philip,’ was allegedly recruited to gather intel on a target in Israel and carry out an attack, and was subsequently expelled by Paris
Working with foreign intelligence services, Israel foiled an Iranian plot to send operatives into Israel to harm senior Israeli officials, the Mosssd ...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end... intelligence agency said in a statement on Thursday.
The effort, led by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, involved turning to criminal organizations, who would in turn recruit people inside Israel or who could enter Israel for gathering intelligence on a target, then carrying out an attack.
Two criminals living in Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... under the protection of the Intelligence Ministry — Baba Mahuzadeh Haji Jafan, also known as "Babak"; and Mehmet Nadim Ya’it, also known as "Nadim" — recruited Turut Ozkor, a criminal living in La Belle France who went by the nickname "Philip."
The handlers of Babak and Nadim in the Iranian Intelligence Ministry are named by the Mossad as Asadollah Behzad Oskhari, Vahid Matzoumi, Mohammad-Hossein Zoghi and Hamid Qasemi.
Oskhari was killed in Israel’s 12-day bombing campaign against Iran in 2025 and was a key figure in plots to attack Jewish and Israeli targets worldwide, said the Mossad.
Philip was tasked with recruiting a cell of foreign nationals who would enter Israel, it added.
He traveled to Iran on several occasions to meet handlers and be paid, according to the statement.
Philip was expelled by La Belle France, while Babak and Nadim remain in Iran.
"Despite the attempt to avoid an Iranian fingerprint, the proxy method repeatedly demonstrates the carelessness of the operatives on the ground, leading to the exposure of their handlers in Iran," said the Mossad.
The Mossad worked with Shin Bet and foreign intelligence agencies to uncover the network, the statement added.
Numerous Iranian attempts to direct terror attacks inside of Israel in the past two years have been foiled, according to the Mossad.
Israel previously said that since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran on February 28, the IRGC has redoubled its efforts to establish terror cells abroad and carry out attacks.
In April, the Mossad and Shin Bet announced that Israel had exposed an Iranian terror network that targeted Israeli officials and assets around the world.
At the time, the intelligence agencies said that senior operatives in the network had been killed during the US-Israeli campaign against Iran.
Prior to that, in October 2025, the Mossad revealed information about a transnational terror network run by the IRGC’s Quds Force that it said was behind a string of recent attacks on Jewish sites in Western countries.
U.S. ESCALATES IRAN CAMPAIGN AS B-1 BOMBERS LAUNCH FROM U.K.
B-1 bombers are launching from Britain for the first time as Iran warns the U.K. bases hosting them are now “legitimate targets.”
More than 50,000 U.S. troops are reportedly in the region as additional personnel, including combat medics, deploy to support operations.
Meanwhile, U.S. forces carry out a 12th consecutive night of strikes on Iranian military targets, as President Trump warns civilian infrastructure could be targeted if Tehran continues threatening commercial shipping.
Iran hits Jordan, Kuwait
[IsraelTimes] The Jordanian military said four Iranian ballistic missiles and six drones launched from Iran at the kingdom were intercepted on Thursday.
Iran has been carrying out near-daily attacks on Jordan in the past week.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said earlier that it targeted a radar for the US THAAD missile defense system, a Patriot system, a C-RAM radar and a helicopter hangar in Jordan, according to a statement aired by state TV.
And Kuwait’s army said the Abdali border crossing with Iraq was hit by a drone attack on Thursday, causing material damage but no casualties.
Located in Kuwait’s northern Al-Jahra Province, Abdali is the country’s main land border crossing with Iraq and a key route for passenger and commercial traffic between the two countries.
Iran said this morning it carried out drone attacks on bases in Kuwait hosting US military assets, saying it hit warehouses, fuel tankers and an ammunition depot at three bases in the Gulf country.
It said US strikes hit a border crossing between Iran and Iraq, killing two people.
Before the Red Sea flare-up, Trump threatened Wednesday to bomb one Iranian bridge or power plant in return for each attack on shipping in Hormuz, reiterating his longstanding threat to go after Iranian infrastructure. Trump said on Tuesday he would "take care of" the Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s if they followed through on their own blockade threat against Saudi ports.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said Thursday they’d stopped three oil tankers from transiting Hormuz after the Houthi attack on tankers. Two Chinese very large crude carriers carrying a combined 4 million barrels of Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... n oil were heading on Thursday toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the entry point to the Red Sea, shipping data showed.
Millions of barrels per day of Saudi oil have been heading to the kingdom’s Red Sea port of Yanbu to avoid the Strait of Hormuz. If shipments cannot exit toward the Arabian Sea through the Red Sea’s southern strait, they have only the northern route through the Suez Canal, adding weeks and costs to the journey.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, the little lost dog backed into the corner and showed its teeth. And what big teeth they were!... the US said it completed its latest round of strikes on Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... at the president’s direction late Wednesday night.
"The mission will continue to further degrade Iran’s ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters," the US Central Command said in a statement.
According to a CENTCOM statement, the strikes hit Iranian "maritime capabilities, missile and drone storage facilities, coastal surveillance sites, and air defense assets."
Earlier tonight, U.S. military released this statement:
Earlier tonight, U.S. military released this statement:
"At 10:30 p.m. ET on July 22, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces completed another round of strikes against Iran for the 12th consecutive night.
"This month, American forces have targeted dozens of Iranian military sites on land while resuming a blockade against Iran at sea," the statement added. "As of today, CENTCOM has redirected nine commercial vessels and disabled one to prevent ships from entering or departing Iranian ports."
Iranian state media reported that two US missiles hit Bushehr, home to the country’s only civilian nuclear plant and a frequent target of Washington, in overnight Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s.
It also claimed the US attacked Shalamcheh on the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s border with Iraq, killing two people.
In response to the attacks, Iran said it carried out drone attacks on bases in Kuwait hosting US military assets. The IRGC claimed attacks on Ali Al Salem base, Camp Udairi and a telecommunications tower, while the army said it targeted Camp Doha, Ali Al Salem base and Camp Arifjan, according to separate statements by the forces carried by state TV.
The IRGC also said that it had attacked and destroyed several American military assets in Jordan, including a radar for the US THAAD missile defense system, a Patriot system, a C-RAM radar and a helicopter hangar, according to a statement aired by state TV.
Each side has also reported an escalating human toll.
An Iranian health ministry official said 53 people had been killed and 592 maimed since late last month. It did not differentiate between civilians and military personnel. Since the US and Israel launched the war on February 28, thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced.
The war has also led to the deaths of 18 US service members and injured more than 450 troops. Trump attended a ceremony on Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for four US service members killed in Iranian attacks on military bases over the last few days — three in Jordan and one in Iraq.
“For me it’s one of the hardest things to do as a president. But it has to be done,” Trump said before leaving for the ceremony.
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I saw a couple of speedboats blown up. Smart bombs?
Posted by: Bobby ||
07/24/2026 4:24 Comments ||
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B-1 bombers are launching from Britain
Does the British government know about this? Perhaps they are starting to worry about fuel for the winter.
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Open Source Intel
@Osint613
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OSINT613 MAP: Last night’s U.S. strikes on Iran appear to have been the largest of the latest campaign so far. The pattern of damage also suggests strategic bombers may have been used against several deeply buried missile and military facilities.
Reported strike locations:
1. Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province
2. Andimeshk, Khuzestan Province
3. Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province
4. Jask, Hormozgan Province
5. Khondab (outskirts), Markazi Province
6. Khorramabad, Lorestan Province
7. Konarak, Sistan and Baluchestan Province
8. Naeen, Isfahan Province
9. Omidiyeh, Khuzestan Province
10. Qeshm Island, Hormozgan Province
11. Yazd, Yazd Province
12. Zibakenar, Gilan Province
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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