♣︎ Hoo-ray for more air strikes ! 85+ and then 30+ more necessary strikes.

[mjp28]

~        Time to hit them back ..... hard !      Sunday February 04, 2024.    Hit them  every  time they even think about taking a cheap shot at our forces,  anywhere.

 

Here's what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart.   By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine

A US-led coalition conducted airstrikes in Yemen in response to Houthi aggression in the Red Sea.

...... HIT THE LINKS ▪︎--> BELOW ▪︎-->   The US and UK have conducted strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen from air and surface platforms, including fighter jets, with the support of several other countries. At least 30 targets were hit, and the strikes came one day after the US conducted major airstrikes on 85 targets across seven locations in Iraq and Syria.

[calfoxwc]

right. after biden and the pentagon delayed action plenty long enough for the houthis to vacate their positions.

all for poltiical show, and fake bragging rights for liberal hater groupies

• https://www.nytimes.com › 2024 › 01 › 13 › us › politics › houthis-yemen-us-airstrikes.html

  Much of Houthis' Offensive Ability Remains Intact After U.S.-Led ...

  Jan 13, 2024Jan. 13, 2024. The United States-led airstrikes on Thursday and Friday against sites in Yemen controlled by the Houthi militia damaged or destroyed about 90 percent of the targets struck, but the ...

[calfoxwc]

what is it with lefties that they cling to stupid dishonest narratives?

Hell, even BIDEN admits the strikes "aren't working".

they telegraphed what they were going to do, don't be twits and buy into it politically.

wait, too late. Laughtingstock biden is - this was Jan 19th, but to strike with advanced notice given to the world, how stupid. The houthis KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND KNOW THEY HAVE TO MOVE.

but it sounds good politically for the left, right?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/business/money-report/houthis-embrace-direct-confrontation-with-u-s-as-biden-admits-airstrikes-arent-working/3520734/

Houthis embrace ‘direct confrontation' with U.S. as Biden admits airstrikes aren't working

[Canton Dawg]

I wonder why the air strikes aren’t working…I mean after we gave them a weeks notice? 🤔

[mjp28]

1 hour ago, Canton Dawg said:

I wonder why the air strikes aren’t working…I mean after we gave them a weeks notice? 🤔

TRUE !   * (I would have liked a quicker response)  ......  They should have responded sooner but they are taking fighter aircraft and cruise missle strikes now.

The US Air Force are deadly accurate when they have the satellite and other recon infomation to strike.  I'm sure the  "Hoorties"  know that now.

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[mjp28]

......   The retaliatory strikes – which lasted 30 minutes and   ▪︎--> were successful , according to the White House – came in response to a drone strike by Iran-backed militants on a US military outpost in Jordan on Sunday, which killed three US service members and wounded more than 40 others.

President Joe Biden said in a statement that the US military response “will continue at times and places of our choosing.”

“The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond,” Biden said.

The strikes on Friday were markedly more significant than previous attacks on Iranian-backed militias over the last several weeks, which have primarily focused on weapons storage or training facilities. But the administration is threading a needle – they want to deter and stop further attacks but avoid a full-scale conflict with Iran breaking out in a region already roiled by the continuing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

US Central Command confirmed in a statement that airstrikes were carried out in Iraq and Syria “against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups.”

“US military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from the United States. The airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions,” the statement said. ........

.......  “The facilities that were struck included command and control operations, centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against US and Coalition forces,” the statement added.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that the strikes are “the start of our response.”

“(The US) launched a blatant air aggression against a number of sites and towns in the eastern region of Syria, and near the Syrian-Iraqi border, which led to the martyrdom of a number of civilians and soldiers, the injury of others, and the infliction of significant damage to public and private property,” the Syrian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

“We believe that the strikes were successful,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.

▪︎-->   Casualties  !    

▪︎->  The Syrian military on Saturday said the US strikes had   killed civilians and soldiers and   ▪︎-->   CAUSED "SIGNIFICANT  DAMAGE"  to infrastructure.

CNN cannot independently verify the number or nature of the casualties.

Syria’s state-run news agency SANA said the airstrikes had hit the areas of Deir Ezzor, Al-Bukamal, Al-Mayadeen, and their surroundings on the Syrian-Iraqi border. ▪︎----->  CONTINUED  ▪︎------>

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[FairHooker11]

breaking windows

[mjp28]

37 minutes ago, FairHooker11 said:

breaking windows

........  B-1 bombers do more than  "break a few windows"  I'm afraid. .......  

▪︎-->      ~AND~    B-1 bombers – long-range heavy bombers that can deploy precision and non-precision weapons –were used in the operations, a defense official told CNN. Sims said Friday that the bombers flew in a “single non-stop flight” from the US, “all of that enhanced by our Transportation Command and our ability to gas and go along the way.”

Sims also said that the timing of the strikes was designed around good weather, In this June 2023 photo from the US Air Force, a B-1B Lancer aircraft conducts a demonstration on in TanTan, Morraco.

Echoing both, Iran warned the strikes would only escalate tensions. .........

In this June 2023 photo from the US Air Force, a B-1B Lancer aircraft conducts a demonstration on in TanTan, Morocco. 

1st Sgt. John Etheridge/US Army/File

‘Blatant American violation’

Iraq and Syria condemned the US attack as infringements on their sovereignty that risk fueling regional conflict.

In a statement, Yahya Rasool, a spokesperson for Iraq’s Armed Forces, decried the strikes as a “violation of Iraqi sovereignty.”

“The city of Al-Qaim and the Iraqi border areas are being subjected to airstrikes by US aircraft, at a time when Iraq is striving hard to ensure the stability of the region,” Rasool said.

“These strikes are considered a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and undermine the efforts of the Iraqi government, posing a threat that could drag Iraq and the region into undesirable consequences, the outcomes will be dire for the security and stability in Iraq and the region,” the spokesman continued.

The mayor of Al-Qaim, Turki Al-Mahalawi, 

“We don’t seek a war with Iran’"

Biden had been under increasing pressure to respond to the soldiers’ deaths in a way that stops the militia attacks for good, CNN previously reported. Iran-backed militants have targeted US military facilities in Iraq and Syria over 160 times since October, and several Republican lawmakers had called for the US to hit inside Iran directly to send a clear message. But administration officials have been clear that any response would be proportionate as to not further escalate things in the region.

A senior administration official confirmed to CNN that the US will not strike inside Iran – only focusing on targets outside of the country.

“We don’t seek a war with Iran. We’re not looking for a wider conflict in the Middle East,” Kirby told CNN on Monday.

On Wednesday the White House said it believes an umbrella group of militants called Islamic Resistance in Iraq was behind the drone attack in Jordan.

“We believe that the attack in Jordan was planned, resourced and facilitated by an umbrella group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which contains multiple groups including Kata’ib Hezbollah,” Kirby said.

He stopped short of assigning exact blame on Kata’ib Hezbollah, the most powerful Iran-backed militia in Iraq, saying it was not the only group responsible for previous attacks on US bases.

“This certainly has the earmarks of the kinds of things that Kata’ib Hezbollah does,” he said, adding, “The attribution that that our intelligence community is comfortable with is that this was done by the umbrella group called the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.”

The US military has carried out several strikes targeting Iranian proxies’ weapons depots in Iraq and Syria since October, but none of those strikes deterred the militants, whose 165 attacks injured over 120 US service members across the region.

Iran has spent years investing in these regional proxy groups, informally known as the “axis of resistance,” supplying them with money, weapons, and training as Tehran has sought to broaden its influence in the Middle East and pressure the United States to disengage from the region.

None of the proxy groups’ other attacks since October, however, have resulted in the deaths of US service members. Sunday’s attack marked a significant escalation that Biden and his national security team believed they were compelled to respond to forcefully.

Kirby said Friday that while the US did inform the Iraqi government of its plans ahead of time, there was no communication with Iran — backchannel or otherwise — over the killing of the three US soldiers.

Iran has repeatedly said that it is not seeking conflict. On Friday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said his country will not initiate a war but will “respond strongly” to bullies.

“We have said many times that we will not start any war; but if an oppressive country or force wants to bully us, the Islamic Republic of Iran will respond strongly,” he said in a televised speech in the southern Iranian Hormozgan province.

There have been mixed messages from the militias though.

In a sign of a possible effort to quell the tensions, Kataib Hezbollah, announced on Tuesday the suspension of its military operations against US forces in the region. 

“We are announcing the suspension of military and security operations against the occupation forces (US troops) - in order to prevent embarrassment to the Iraqi government,” Kataib Hezbollah said in a statement. “We will continue to defend our people in Gaza in other ways, and we recommend to the brave Mujahideen of the Free Hezbollah Brigades to [carry out] passive defense (temporarily) if any hostile American action occurs towards them.”

But on Friday the leader of the Al-Nujaba militant group, Akram Al-Kaabi, said it would continue to attack US targets.

The strikes also come amid negotiations over a framework for a hostage release deal and potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. An official told CNN this week that a broad framework of a deal was agreed to by negotiators, but that the “details are going to be very difficult” to work out.

~ ~  CNN’s MJ Lee, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Mitchell McCluskey, Aileen Graef and Kareem El Damanhoury contributed reporting.

**  This story has been updated with additional developments.

[DieHardBrownsFan1]

Biden blowing hot air.  Of course the WH is going to say 'they're successful'.    All experts agree that he telegraphed his intentions for almost a week, and that most missiles, drones, etc were moved before any bombing.  Just another political stunt by the demented old fucker and his incompetent staff.

[calfoxwc]

18 hours ago, DieHardBrownsFan1 said:

Biden blowing hot air.  Of course the WH is going to say 'they're successful'.    All experts agree that he telegraphed his intentions for almost a week, and that most missiles, drones, etc were moved before any bombing.  Just another political stunt by the demented old fucker and his incompetent staff.

everything they do is for self-interest/political power and wealth gain. and cover for their crimes. (like the murder of Ashley Babbit).... they will apparently stop at nothing to stay in power.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6345058354112

 

[mjp28]

~    Or any of you can ask for the latest ...  BDA ...  from the Middle East. ( unless you have better,  more current information ).

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■  MODERATOR: Good evening, and thank you all for joining the National Security Council press call on U.S. military operations.  

As a reminder of the ground rules of this call, it is being held on the record with no embargo.

We will take some questions in a moment and I’ll ask everyone to use the “Raise Hand Feature” on Zoom to indicate if you have a question.

I’ll turn it over to John Kirby for some opening remarks.

MR. KIRBY: Thanks, everybody. Good evening. Sorry we’re a little bit late.

■  As you all no doubt know,  today,   in response to the continued attacks on our troops and facilities in Iraq and Syria, and in particular the attack that killed three of our soldiers in Jordan, wounding dozens of others, U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets at seven facilities utilized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the militant groups that they sponsor. Three of the facilities are in Iraq, four of them are in Syria.  ■

      ▪︎-->  ●   Numerous aircraft, including B-1 bombers, dispatched from the United States were involved in this operation, firing more than 125 precision-guided munitions over the course of about 30 minutes.

Target facilities included command and control centers, as well as headquarters buildings and intelligence centers; rocket, missile, and drone storage facilities; and logistics ammunition supply chain facilities.

      x-->  ▪︎  These targets were carefully selected to avoid civilian casualties and based on clear, irrefutable evidence that they were connected to attacks on U.S. personnel in the region.

-->  ▪︎. The Department of Defense is in the early stages of battle damage assessment, but we believe that the strikes were successful.

We do not know at this time if or how many militants may have been killed or wounded. All U.S. aircraft are now out of harm’s way.

▪︎-->  ▪︎.The President has been kept informed throughout the afternoon    [  NOTE :  PRESIDENT BIDEN DOES NOT DIRECT THE BOMBING. ]

The United States does not seek conflict with Iran or in the broader Middle East. But as President Biden has made clear, we will not hesitate to defend our people and hold responsible all those who harm Americans, at a time and a place of our choosing. That began tonight, but it will not end tonight.

▪︎  And with that, I’m going to turn it over to Lieutenant General Sims, the Director of the Joint Staff, for a little bit more detail on the operation itself.

General Sims.

▪︎-->  LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIMS: Thank you, sir. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

Just to add quickly to what Mr. Kirby briefed, we did, in fact, strike at seven different facilities. Within each of those facilities, there were a number of targets. All told, as Mr. Kirby mentioned, 85. They were struck with multiple U.S. aircraft — those aircraft from the U.S. Central Command, as well as, as mentioned, the B-1s that flew from the United States.

This has been in the planning since we were asked to look at it. This was designed around the weather, when we had our best opportunity as it related to the weather. That presented — good weather presented itself today. And as a result, this took place.

As mentioned, it was seven different locations. Of those locations, four of them were in Syria and three of them were in Iraq.

And I will — I’m happy to take your questions.

MODERATOR: Thank you, General Sims.

For our first question we’ll go to Phil Stewart from Reuters. Phil, you should be able to unmute yourself.

Q Yes, hi. Could you please explain to us: Why did you feel the need to use bombers that came all the way from the United States? You know, what were the facilities in Iraq? The Iraqis are also condemning this operation. If I could get a political reaction from the U.S. official. Thank you.

     ▪︎-->  MR. KIRBY: I’ll let General Sims take the first question, Phil, and then I’m happy to take the second one on Iraq.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIMS: First of all, I would tell you the beauty of the American bomber is we can strike anywhere in the world at a time of our choosing. We’re not limited to just the aircraft that are in the Central Command, as was the case in this situation, and we’re able to employ those bombers from the United States. It also limits the requirement to have a number of forces forward. We can, again, conduct this from home turf, so to speak.

I’ll pass it to Mr. Kirby.

MR. KIRBY: And on Iraq, Phil, we did inform the Iraqi government prior to the strikes occurring.

MODERATOR: Thank you. For our next question we’ll go to Kelly O’Donnell from NBC. Kelly, you should be able to unmute yourself.

Q Are there any components of this initial operation that are from the cyber realm?

MR. KIRBY: Kelly, the operations that we can speak to this evening are the operations that we laid out in the opening statement and what you saw from the President and Secretary of Defense. That’s the operation that occurred today and that we can speak to.

As I’m not going to, nor would I ever, preview or get ahead of any future potential operation one way or the other.

Q Understood.

     ▪︎-->  MR. KIRBY: But as I said, these responses began tonight, but they’re not going to end tonight.

Q Could I then ask: Do you expect that there will be any video component to these strikes that may be released at a certain point? Or how long would you anticipate the battle assessment about what you’ve accomplished? How long would that typically take for these kinds of strikes?

     ▪︎-->  MR. KIRBY: I’m going to turn it to the General on the  BDA QUESTION.   <--▪︎

We’re still looking at imagery to see what can be made publicly available. We’ve done it before, as you know. We’re certainly going to take a look at the imagery available. And if we can — we’ll make whatever public that we can, but we’re still working our way through the imagery.

And I’ll turn it over to General Sims on the time horizon for the BDA.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIMS: Thanks. I think, again, we’ll let the sun come up, and we’ll be able to start to make some better determinations in terms of battle damage assessment. We feel pretty confident. As we mentioned, it was 85 individual targets within each of these locations. We feel really confident about the precision of those targets and the fact that those were strong military targets.

We did — as you would imagine, we are able to see a good portion of those through our collection methods. And the initial indications were that we hit exactly what we meant to hit with a number of secondary explosions associated with the ammunition and logistics locations that were mentioned by Mr. Kirby earlier.

Q Thank you for taking my question.

MODERATOR: Thank you, Kelly.

      ▪︎-->  Next question is Aamer Madhani from the AP.

Q Thanks, Sean. Just a follow on the B-1   Was the B-1 meant to send a signal to Iran specifically, reminding Tehran that the U.S. is capable of striking high-value targets inside Iran, including its nuclear facilities? And why was it not — was it decided not to strike targets inside Iran? Thank you.

MR. KIRBY: I’ll let General Sims take a crack at that first one. And I’m happy, General, if you want, to take the second.

LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIMS: Yes, sir.

Sir, we’re not trying to send a signal to anybody other than those who mean Americans harm. And in this case, we struck targets that got after exactly that. As we mentioned before, IRGC-related targets, targets that are holding locations for munitions that have been used against our men and women located in the region, as well as locations that have been providing command and control and intelligence collection in those strikes against Americans.

And the B-1 allowed us to do that, again, from the United States. It enables us to do so at a time that we choose and with a significant number of munitions.

I’ll pass it back to Mr. Kirby.

MR. KIRBY: Aamer, as I said in my opening statement, we do not seek conflict with Iran. These targets were chosen, as we said, to degrade and disrupt the capabilities of the IRGC and the groups that they sponsor and support.

As the General said, we believe that these targets fell into exactly that criteria. And the goal here is to get these attacks to stop. We are not looking for a war with Iran.

I’ll leave it at that.

MODERATOR: Thank you. For our next question  (get it,  ABC not President Biden or anyone else)  we’ll go to Mary Bruce with ABC.

        ▪︎-->  Q Hi there. Do you expect the Jordanians to participate in this at all? There’s some reports that Jordanian aircraft are also slated to join in the operation as a sign of solidarity.

And just to be clear, are the strikes for today completed? Should we expect any more action tonight?

        ★   MR. KIRBY: I’ll take the first one and kick it to the General on the second  (not any Democrats)  get it ?....    ▪︎ ------>  CONTINUED  ▪︎ ----->   UNLESS  YOU   HAVE   ..... (and I doubt it)  .....

▪︎  BETTER MORE IMPORTANT DATA BACKED UP BY OUR ARMED FORCES ?       ANYONE ?      SOMETHING  VERIFIED   TO BE AUTHENIC AND VERY  TRUE  ?   (NOT MADE UP FAR RIGHT WING UNRELIABLE  DRIVEL ???   (WITH YOUR SOURCES LIKE AIR FOOTAGE, ETC.)   ▪︎  ----- CONTINUE READING THEN  ▪︎ --->

I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN,  WE'VE  ALREADY ESTABLISHED WHAT   DEPENDIBLE. NEWS. SERVICES   ARE FROM AROUND THE WORLD.  ...... THE FACTS ARE THERE.   THE  MOST  UNRELIABLE ARE FROM THE  FAR RIGHT  SOURCES, 

■   WELL GOOD EVENING FOLKS.   

[mjp28]

Questions ?   Comments ?   Does anybody doubt the authenticity of this material ?   

I certainly can doubt. some of your earlier commrnts.   Honestly.

[Vambo]

[FairHooker11]

warning - trigger alert

 

[Jax]

Yeah but in America it's different.

All the criminals are victims because of white supremacy.

When are we all going to wake up and hear that damn whistle?🤣

No one should be held responsible for their own actions...

[Jax]