BREAKING: Plumes of smoke rising from the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain following the Iranian ballistic missile and drone barrage, per Tasnim.
🔴 Breaking: The IRGC Aerospace Force launched ballistic missile strikes on Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait and remaining facilities of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, according to a statement from the Guard published by Farsna.
The IRGC outlined the sequence of events:
🔹 At 1:30 a.m. today, four “violating” oil tankers, allegedly acting under the instigation and direction of the “aggressor U.S. military,” attempted to leave the Strait of Hormuz without coordination and despite warnings issued by the IRGC Navy. After warnings were ignored, one tanker was struck and stopped, and the other vessels turned back.
🔹 Following that incident, at 2:00 a.m., U.S. drones struck a communications tower on Qeshm Island and another tower in Sirik with two projectiles.
🔹 In response to what it called the aggression of the “child-killing U.S. military,” the IRGC said it immediately launched ballistic missiles striking two U.S. air bases in Kuwait, Ali Al-Salem and Arifjan bases, as well as key remaining facilities of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
🔹 The IRGC warned: “If these aggressions are repeated, we will not limit ourselves to a restricted response, and you will be responsible for the consequences of the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz to oil and gas exports.”
🎥 Purported footage of Bahrain and Kuwait air defense systems in operation, according to Fars News International.
it's so weird that Jack used to be a reporter at The Register, a deeply cynical IT publication known for holding tech's feet to the fire for claims like these
Everyone I know who complains about Xi is either a Chinese liberal with a well off family, or a white person who is spouting talking points from a Chinese liberal with a well off family. It's like getting opinions on Mao or Stalin from landowners