BREAKING: Israel has informed the US that their intelligence indicates that Iran is "weighing" the use of chemical weapons, per NY Times.
Israeli intel has reportedly been met with "alarm and skepticism" by US officials.
Gulf officials have also questioned the Israeli assessment.
Meanwhile, US Central Command reportedly has plans for strikes as soon as tomorrow, but they have not been authorized yet.
Some US officials have suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is attempting convince President Trump to resume bombing Iran.
Do you understand what the U.S. just did to the Strait of Hormuz the night before the midterms..
the U.S. military attacked Iran's Qeshm Island (WSJ).. the Persian Gulf's largest island.. sitting at the mouth of a strait that carried about 20 million barrels of oil a day before the war.. about 20 percent of ALL the oil the world uses..
this isn't a random island.. this is the military backbone of Iran's control over the strait..
> radar detectors and missile launchers.. hit after Iran fired at a U.S. aircraft in the Strait of Hormuz
> Qeshm.. home to a large underground missile facility and a naval base.. already targeted by the U.S. earlier in this war
> Iranian state media reported 5 explosions.. witnesses saw two planes over the island
> the WSJ says this ONE strike is just the latest in a series of limited strikes Washington has carried out in secret
here's what nobody is framing correctly..
the U.S. didn't hit an oil field.. they hit the island Iran uses to choke the oil that becomes your gas.. your diesel.. your jet fuel.. your heating oil..
and they did it the same day Trump posted that "people feel that there will not be a War with Iran"..
you're not watching a "very soft war".. you're watching Washington and Tehran trade fire over the world's oil chokepoint while you pay $4.17 a gallon to watch..
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NEW POST FROM TRUMP ON IRAN
“Oil Prices are DROPPING LIKE A ROCK, down almost $10 a Barrel, A RECORD, because people feel that there will not be a War with Iran. Iran wants a settlement, as soon as possible. It could happen! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
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BREAKING: A power outage in downtown Washington, D.C., is disrupting traffic lights and multiple federal facilities, including the State Department, as infrastructure disruptions continue to surface worldwide.
JUST IN: 🇸🇪🇧🇪 Dozens of supermarkets across Sweden, Belgium and Luxembourg hit by suspected cyberattack, forcing stores to throw away thousands of euros worth of food.
🚨 BREAKING: Hackers are hitting supermarket freezers in 5 countries at the same time.
This is what Covid looked like in week 1. A few countries. Small numbers. Nobody called it a crisis.
1/ Sweden: stores say hackers hit their cooling overnight. One says fridges and freezers were set to 50°C, and the food spoiled. ICA Kvantum stores in Sjöbo and Tomelilla were hit, plus at least 6 Coop stores. Sjöbo stayed closed through the morning, threw out all affected goods and apologized. ICA says it is working to restore normal operations. In Sankt Olof a store manager said "everything is ruined." Sweden's National Cybersecurity Centre is working on several incidents.
2/ Estonia: the CEO of cooling firm Kitman Coldtech says several clients were targeted and a large chain's freezer was raised to +50°C. It was found and addressed in about 10 minutes, no major damage.
3/ Ireland: SuperValu pulled ALL fresh and frozen food from 13 stores. Its owner, Musgrave, confirmed a "cybersecurity incident" on a "specific model" of fridge.
4/ Luxembourg: Ahold Delhaize says an "IT incident" hit fridges and freezers at dozens of its supermarkets across Luxembourg and Belgium.
5/ Belgium: more than 40 Delhaize, at least 15 Carrefour and around 5 Spar stores were hit. Cold storage climbed to 15°C. Aisles were closed off and large amounts of stock were destroyed. A notice at one Proxy Delhaize said its systems had "fallen victim to hacking."
Now zoom out.
A freezer normally sits at -18°C. In Estonia, hackers reportedly got in through older controllers. In France, the controller maker said many devices were obsolete or ran outdated firmware. Raise the temperature overnight and the food rots. "You can't unspoil food," one professor said.
It did not start today. 3 weeks ago hackers raised freezers at more than 350 sites in France to as high as 50°C. There were fires. Intermarché's CEO put the cost at "tens of millions of euros nationwide in a single day." Sources suspect Russian involvement there. No group has claimed it. That same day an analyst said Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany and Belgium were affected too.
Covid emptied the shelves. Nobody is calling this a crisis yet. But the Financial Times already puts the ruined food at millions of euros.
Officials say the Pentagon is treating late-August freezer failures on US military bases as a suspected hack. At least 6 base stores were hit. Army investigators are working with French law enforcement.
5 countries in one day. 11 countries named since August.
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BREAKING: Hackers took over fridges and freezers at 70+ supermarkets in 4 European countries overnight ruining the food supply.
Temperatures were raised as high as 50°C, three weeks after hundreds of French supermarkets were hit the same way.
The Pentagon is also investigating similar freezer failures at 7+ US military bases.
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy Hints Trump will NUKE IRAN and Iran will UNLOAD on the Regional Bases
This War was a MISTAKE from DAY ONE.
"I will just say this. Their plan is insane. It won't, it will lead to devastating escalation and the likely destruction of our commitment to the rule of law."