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[Ron in Regina]

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has posted on social media new Farsi-language instructions for Iranians wishing to securely contact the spy service.

The CIA recruitment effort comes amid a massive buildup of U.S. military forces in the Middle East that President Donald Trump could order to attack Iran if talks with the U.S. set for Thursday fail to reach a deal on Tehran's nuclear program.

The CIA posted its Farsi-language message on Tuesday on its X, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram and YouTube accounts.

The message is the latest in a series by the CIA aimed at enlisting sources in Iran, China, North Korea and Russia.

Joo is a Korean name

It would be more Iranic if that Joo was recruited over social media in Iran (doesn’t the Iranian regime have that turned off and on and off and on, etc…?) for Iranian propaganda purposes.

CIA launches fresh social media push to recruit Iranians as Trump threatens military action — Reuters

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has posted on social media new Farsi-language instructions for Iranians wishing to securely contact the spy service.

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The agency urged Iranians wishing to make contact to "take appropriate action" to protect themselves before doing so and avoid using work computers or their phones.

"Use a new, disposable device, if possible" and "be aware of your surroundings and who may be able to see your screen or activity," continued the message, adding that those who make contact, provide their locations, names, job titles and "access to information or skills of interest to our agency."

 

[Ron in Regina]

Negotiations in Geneva are going very well and not well at all depending on which side is describing the situation.

(YouTube & US, Iran fail to reach deal on nuclear program amid military buildup)

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Looks like he's going to choke.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Looks like he's going to choke.

He who?

 

[Ron in Regina]

The U.S. is withdrawing nonessential personnel and diplomats’ families from two of its embassies in the Middle East in preparation for possible retaliatory strikes by Tehran should war break out.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, sent an email to embassy staff Friday telling them there was no need to panic but if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY,” according to a U.S. official. It follows orders for a partial evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel in Lebanon on Feb. 23.

The U.K. said on Friday it had temporarily withdrawn embassy staff from Iran because of the security situation. Canada and China advised their citizens to leave Iran immediately. Foreign embassies in Israel have made contingency plans for Iranian strikes, according to local diplomats. Australia instructed the dependents of diplomats in Israel and Lebanon to leave and offered voluntary evacuations for diplomats’ families in Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Second U.S. Aircraft Carrier Approaches Middle East as Nuclear Deal With Iran Remains Elusive — The Wall Street Journal

U.S. F-22 fighters and aerial tankers are gathering in Israel, adding to the military buildup

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“It would be wonderful if they’d negotiate really in good faith and good conscience but they are not getting there,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We haven’t made a final decision.”

 

[Ron in Regina]

Trump is demanding pledges from Tehran never to develop nuclear weapons and to give up enrichment capacity, but Iran insists on enriching uranium for civilian purposes and wants sanctions relief.

“The lesson from North Korea is you don’t get attacked if you have nuclear weapons,” said Stephen Nagy, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and politics professor at the International Christian University.

With negotiations at a standstill, defence and regional experts believe U.S. strikes could start as soon as this weekend, given the concentration of U.S. air and naval assets in the region.

Talks between Iran and the U.S. ended Thursday amid President Donald Trump’s 10-15 day “deal or bad things” ultimatum. In his State of the Union speech this week, Trump vowed never to let “the world’s number one sponsor of terror” get nukes — after promising protesters in Iran that “help is on the way.”

“Given the amount of pressure the U.S. is trying to put on Iran, the president has put himself in a position where he has to go big or go home,” said Greg Brew, senior analyst at Eurasia Group, who expects a major strike.

Stephen Nagy, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and politics professor at the International Christian University also expects “overwhelming force” to push Tehran toward U.S. demands, noting a similar approach from Trump in Venezuela, Nigeria, and Syria.

Scott Clancy, retired RCAF Major-General and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, said there aren’t enough U.S. assets in the region for anything more than a limited incursion.

“Iran is not Venezuela,” he said, noting its more capable, layered air defences.

While a narrow strike may be politically tempting, said Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, it’s also “strategically dangerous.”

A limited strike, he said, will try but fail to shake the regime’s confidence — “the worst of all worlds.”

“You’re going to really anger the regime; they’re going to recoil, and it’s still unlikely to accomplish any of your goals.”

Experts don’t expect a long enough intervention to achieve real change, but any operation’s length and severity could affect Canada.

There are safety concerns for personnel, as Canada has forces operating around the region in multilateral efforts. It also has an embassy in Beirut, where Hezbollah — Iran’s proxy — could launch retaliatory attacks against Western forces.

“Anytime the U.S. and Iran go toe-to-toe, everything becomes a powder keg,” said Clancy, warning that Canadian military forces could become targets.

Panikoff agreed that retaliatory measures and terrorist attacks could result, citing cyber attacks as most likely. But he warned Iran could revert to 1990s-style terrorism, leveraging networks in South Asia or Latin America to target Jewish, Israeli, or U.S. targets.

“I think all of that’s on the table,” he said.

‘Everything becomes a powder keg’: Trump’s ultimatum to Tehran puts Canada on alert — National Post

Experts don’t expect a long enough intervention to achieve real change, but any operation’s length and severity could affect Canada

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Ottawa’s response to an American attack could spark a backlash from Canada’s Iranian diaspora, so Ottawa’s tone matters, warned Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative.

“For Canada, the question is going to be more about what the reaction is and how Prime Minister Carney reacts.”

Defending strikes increases the chance of Canadians becoming targets, while downplaying them risks straining relations with Washington and showing Canada’s Iranian population he’s not on their side, he explained.

 

[Ron in Regina]

I wonder if Mondays talks in Geneva are still on? Sounds like they’re making some good non-progress.

India and Israel to boost cooperation in defence and technology

Opposition parties have criticised Modi's visit and accused the government of abandoning the Palestinian cause.

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Carney backs U.S. air strikes on Iran — The Globe and Mail

Canadians in Iran should shelter in place, PM says

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The first wave of strikes in what the Pentagon named "OPERATION EPIC FURY" mainly targeted Iranian officials, a source familiar with the matter said, two days after indirect talks mediated by Oman failed to produce a breakthrough on Iran's nuclear programme.

US and Israel strike Iran, seeking to topple its leaders — Reuters

The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, targeting its top leaders and calling for the overthrow of its government, while Iran responded with missiles fired at Israel and neighbouring Gulf countries.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said all U.S. bases and interests in the region were within Iran's reach and that Iran's retaliation would continue until "the enemy is decisively defeated". Iraq's Iran-aligned armed group Kataib Hezbollah said it would soon attack U.S. bases in the region.

Russia says Trump and Israel are plunging the Middle East into the abyss with Iran attack — Reuters

Russia on Saturday criticised U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel for embarking on a dangerously irresponsible attack on Iran which Moscow said was plunging the entire Middle East into the abyss.

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Iran says it has hit US base in Bahrain, as it launches strikes across region — BBC News

Huge plumes of black smoke were seen rising from an area near the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Manama, Bahrain.

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Pakistan calls Taliban 'illegitimate regime' as 'open war' breaks out — Toronto Sun

Declaration comes as tensions, clashes between the two nations boiled over late this week

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(YouTube & Trump On Iran Attack)

 

[Dixie Cup]

Well, the U.S. has started attacking Iran along with Israel.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Well, the U.S. has started attacking Iran along with Israel.

Yep…to what end? It’s an ugly can of worms. This won’t be brief, & is America Trump committed to actual troops entering Iran, or is this hit-and-run to create a power vacuum for the IRGC to fill?

 

[Ron in Regina]

(YouTube & ‘Decapitation strikes: At least 30 different Iranian targets hit)

(YouTube & Iran Has Vowed Retaliation For US And Israeli Attacks)

(YouTube & Iran retaliatory strikes on US bases in the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and Kuwait)

In 2011, Trump believed Obama would start a war with Iran to help win an election 🤔

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(YouTube & In 2011, Trump believed Obama would start a war with Iran to help win an election )

(YouTube & US may have casualties after strikes on Iran, Trump says)

The United States and Israel carried out military strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting its top leaders and plunging the Middle East into a conflict that President Donald Trump said would end a security threat to the U.S.

…and give Iranians a chance to topple their rulers, etc…

US and Israel strike Iran, seeking to topple its leaders — Reuters

The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, targeting its top leaders and calling for the overthrow of its government, while Iran responded with missiles fired at Israel and neighbouring Gulf countries.

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Telling the Iranian people to “shelter” in their homes as “bombs will be dropping everywhere,” U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced the declaration of war on Iran’s long-running tyrannical regime.

“To the great, proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand,” Trump said in his address from a podium at Mar-a-Lago. “Stay sheltered. Don’t leave your home. It’s very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere.”

WARMINGTON: War erupts in Iran as U.S. President Donald Trump launches Operation Epic Fury — Toronto Sun

And when the bombs stop dropping, Donald Trump urged the Iranian people to free themselves from the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

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[Tecumsehsbones]

Dipshit Donny Dodger seems to have discovered the FUN in playing Green Army Men. . . as long as you're not one of them.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Dipshit Donny Dodger seems to have discovered the FUN in playing Green Army Men. . . as long as you're not one of them.

Pretty sure Barron Trump isn’t being deployed as an infantry soldier anytime soon.

Top US general, Hegseth monitoring Iran strikes from Trump resort, person familiar says — Reuters

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine are monitoring the U.S. operation in Iran from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where Trump is currently located, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement it was targeting US bases and assets as part of operation "Truthful Promise 4", in retaliation for the attack on Iran launched by the US and Israel on Saturday morning.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned the attack by the US and Israel as "wholly unprovoked, illegal, and illegitimate", and said Iran's armed forces "are prepared for this day and will teach the aggressors the lesson they deserve".

The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said they have received reports that vessels had had been warned that the Hormuz Strait will be shut off to shipping.

The strait is considered to be one of the world's most significant maritime trade routes and a crucial chokepoint for oil transit. Approximately one fifth of the world's oil and gas passes through it.

Iran launches retaliatory strikes at targets across Middle East

Smoke and flames rose from Dubai's Fairmont The Palm hotel as civilian targets came under fire along with the US military bases across the middle east.

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• Operation True Promise I, Iran's April 2024 strikes on Israel
• Operation True Promise II, Iran's October 2024 strikes on Israel
• Operation True Promise III, Iran's name for the Iran-Israel War
• Operation Truthful Promise, the name Hezbollah ultimately gave to its 2006 cross-border raid against Israel

Iran vows ‘no leniency’ as it launches reprisal attacks on Israel and US air bases — Guardian US

Tehran says strikes on country, which targeted key leaders and have killed at least 80 children, breach UN charter

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[Taxslave2]

Looks like gas will hit $2.00/liter by mid week. We got a $.20 increase last week because some pipeline in the us is down.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Looks like gas will hit $2.00/liter by mid week. We got a $.20 increase last week because some pipeline in the us is down.

Yeah, probably. Why not?

 

[Taxslave2]

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Yeah, probably. Why not?

Because our government does not have the balls to prevent theft at this level. Actually, they don't have the balls toprevent theft at any level if storekeepers in Vancouver are to be believed.

 

[petros]

The U.S. is withdrawing nonessential personnel and diplomats’ families from two of its embassies in the Middle East in preparation for possible retaliatory strikes by Tehran should war break out.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, sent an email to embassy staff Friday telling them there was no need to panic but if they wanted to leave Israel, they “should do so TODAY,” according to a U.S. official. It follows orders for a partial evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel in Lebanon on Feb. 23.

The U.K. said on Friday it had temporarily withdrawn embassy staff from Iran because of the security situation. Canada and China advised their citizens to leave Iran immediately. Foreign embassies in Israel have made contingency plans for Iranian strikes, according to local diplomats. Australia instructed the dependents of diplomats in Israel and Lebanon to leave and offered voluntary evacuations for diplomats’ families in Jordan, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Second U.S. Aircraft Carrier Approaches Middle East as Nuclear Deal With Iran Remains Elusive — The Wall Street Journal

U.S. F-22 fighters and aerial tankers are gathering in Israel, adding to the military buildup

apple.news

“It would be wonderful if they’d negotiate really in good faith and good conscience but they are not getting there,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “We haven’t made a final decision.”

What was the sticking point? Bagels to Shekels says it was "if Israel opens their doors to international inspections like Iran has this wouldn't have happened".

It's time Israel worked in sync with ALL international agencies like the nations they attack do.

 

[spaminator]

Dipshit Donny Dodger seems to have discovered the FUN in playing Green Army Men. . . as long as you're not one of them.

perhaps the non essential soldiers could be sent. eg. minorities, lgbtq.

 

[spaminator]

wonder if it will turned into a riviera?

 

[spaminator]

 

[petros]

Looks like gas will hit $2.00/liter by mid week. We got a $.20 increase last week because some pipeline in the us is down.

A refinery in California was shuttered.