I'm sure he did.
Absolutely. Decency has ever been Trump's only motive.
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On Saturday, multiple alarms sounded in Israel, warning of incoming missiles and drones launched by Iran and Hezbollah, the Tehran-backed militant Islamist movement in Lebanon.
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Concerns that the US might seize Kharg rose when officials in Washington said that 2,500 more marines and the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli had been ordered to the Middle East.
Marine expeditionary units are able to conduct amphibious landings, but they also specialise in bolstering security at embassies, evacuating civilians and disaster relief. The deployment does not necessarily indicate that a ground operation is imminent or will take place, just like parking a carrier group off Iran’s coasts didn’t necessarily indicate that the goat rodeo would swing into whatever this is called February 28th.
More US Marines and warships are being deployed to the Middle East, two officials confirmed to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
The officials said the reinforcements were to come from an amphibious ready group and its Marine expeditionary unit, with one official adding that the group would be led by the Japan-based USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship, but that’s probably just a coincidence.
The unit headed by the USS Tripoli typically consists of around 5,000 sailors and Marines distributed across several warships.
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So…2500 Marines…are not going to invade a country of 90-ish million, but they could invade an island like Kharg Island and hold it.
Up to 90% of Iran's oil exports, which include crude oil, fertilisers, liquid gas, and other products, pass through the terminal on Kharg, which is able to load 10 supertankersat once. This makes it very strategically significant. There is also enough storage for around 30 million barrels of oil on the island.
The island is served by Kharg Airport.
Centcom said US forces had struck "more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island, while preserving the oil infrastructure".
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The USS Tripoli is about two weeks out, so it could arrive before April Fools Day.
Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz — Guardian US
US president calls on China, France, Japan and the UK to send vessels after US strikes Kharg Island oil facilities
Marine expeditionary units are able to conduct amphibious landings, but they also specialise in bolstering security at embassies, evacuating civilians and disaster relief. The deployment does not necessarily indicate that a ground operation is imminent or will take place, just like parking a carrier group off Iran’s coasts didn’t necessarily indicate that the goat rodeo would swing into whatever this is called February 28th.
More US Marines and warships are being deployed to the Middle East, two officials confirmed to CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
The officials said the reinforcements were to come from an amphibious ready group and its Marine expeditionary unit, with one official adding that the group would be led by the Japan-based USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship, but that’s probably just a coincidence.
The unit headed by the USS Tripoli typically consists of around 5,000 sailors and Marines distributed across several warships.
More US Marines and warships being moved to Middle East, reports say — BBC News
The reinforcements will come from an amphibious ready group that is usually based in Japan, an official told CBS, the BBC's US partner.
So…2500 Marines…are not going to invade a country of 90-ish million, but they could invade an island like Kharg Island and hold it.
Up to 90% of Iran's oil exports, which include crude oil, fertilisers, liquid gas, and other products, pass through the terminal on Kharg, which is able to load 10 supertankersat once. This makes it very strategically significant. There is also enough storage for around 30 million barrels of oil on the island.
The island is served by Kharg Airport.
Centcom said US forces had struck "more than 90 Iranian military targets on Kharg Island, while preserving the oil infrastructure".
Kharg Island: Why has it been targeted by the US?
The tiny island is home to one of the most critical pieces of Iran's energy infrastructure.
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I read that as Trump has friends with a monetary interest in the Island not becoming a giant scrap metal dump.
That, & if this island is blown to broken coral, then the Iranian economy is screwed regardless of who’s in charge for decades, & if anyone thinks oil is expensive now…
Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz — Guardian US
US president calls on China, France, Japan and the UK to send vessels after US strikes Kharg Island oil facilities
At the same time, Hamas, which runs Gaza, affirmed Tehran's right to defend itself against attacks by the US and Israel, which are continuing to strike Iran, etc…
Iran is Hamas's biggest backer in terms of funds, weapons and political support.
Hamas urges key ally Iran to halt attacks on Gulf states — BBC News
The Palestinian group also affirms Tehran's right to defend itself from "aggression" by the US and Israel.
List of the 22 Arab League Member Countries:
- Algeria
Bahrain- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Egypt
IraqJordanKuwaitLebanon(being attacked over Iran due to Hezbollah attacking Israel)- Libya
- Mauritania
- Morocco
Oman- Palestine
QatarSaudi Arabia- Somalia
- Sudan
- Syria (Suspended 2011–2023, currently readmitted)
- Tunisia
United Arab Emirates- Yemen
Hamas urges key ally Iran to halt attacks on Gulf states — BBC News
The Palestinian group also affirms Tehran's right to defend itself from "aggression" by the US and Israel.
What ever my disfunctional spelcheck wants it to be. It changes from time to time.
Back to the Iran thing…
Trump's call for countries to send warships to protect the Strait of Hormuz brings no promises — The Canadian Press
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald
All of them?Back to the Iran thing…
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Trump's call for countries to send warships to protect the Strait of Hormuz brings no promises — The Canadian Press
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has warned Iran that tolerance of its attacks on his country and those of neighbouring Gulf states is limited, calling on Tehran to immediately “recalculate” its strategy.
Warning that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have “very significant capacities and capabilities” that could be drawn on should they “choose to do so”, the foreign minister told a news conference early on Thursday that Iran had carefully planned its strategy for striking regional neighbours, despite denials from Tehran’s diplomats.
“The level of accuracy in some of this targeting – you can see it in our neighbours as well as the kingdom – indicates that this is something that was premeditated, preplanned, preorganised and well thought out,” Prince Faisal said.
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Prince Faisal’s warning followed a meeting of foreign ministers from Arab and Islamic countries in the Saudi capital earlier in the day to discuss the expanding war in the region, which on Wednesday saw Iranian attacks on Gulf energy sites, including Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas facility, where significant damage was reported, and the United Arab Emirates’ Habshan gas facility.
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its “strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Iranian attack targeting Ras Laffan Industrial City”, located 80km (50 miles) northeast of the Qatari capital Doha, which is the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility, producing some 20 percent of the world’s LNG supply.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had warned earlier that oil and gas facilities in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE would face retaliation for an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gasfield.
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Iranian state media reported that facilities linked to the country’s huge offshore South Pars field – located off the coast of southern Iran’s Bushehr province – had come under attack.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence also said on Wednesday that its air defences had intercepted four Iranian ballistic missiles that targeted Riyadh and two launched towards the country’s eastern region.
Air defences in the UAE dealt with 13 ballistic missiles and 27 drones, according to the country’s Defence Ministry, while operations were suspended at the Habshan gas facility as authorities responded to incidents caused by fallen debris after the successful interception of a missile.
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The Saudi foreign minister also told the news conference on Thursday that while the war will end one day, it will take much longer to restore relations with Iran as trust “has completely been shattered” due to Tehran’s tactics of targeting its neighbours.
“We know for a fact that Iran has been building this strategy over the last decade and beyond,” Prince Faisal said.
“This is not something that is a reaction to an evolving circumstance where Iran is improvising. This has been built into their war planning: targeting their neighbours and using that to try and put pressure on the international community,” he said.
Warning that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have “very significant capacities and capabilities” that could be drawn on should they “choose to do so”, the foreign minister told a news conference early on Thursday that Iran had carefully planned its strategy for striking regional neighbours, despite denials from Tehran’s diplomats.
“The level of accuracy in some of this targeting – you can see it in our neighbours as well as the kingdom – indicates that this is something that was premeditated, preplanned, preorganised and well thought out,” Prince Faisal said.
Saudi FM warns Iran that patience in Gulf not 'unlimited' amid attacks — Al Jazeera
Foreign minister warns Iran that regional neighbours have 'significant' capabilities with which to respond to attacks.
Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its “strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Iranian attack targeting Ras Laffan Industrial City”, located 80km (50 miles) northeast of the Qatari capital Doha, which is the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility, producing some 20 percent of the world’s LNG supply.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had warned earlier that oil and gas facilities in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE would face retaliation for an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gasfield.
Israel says Haifa oil refinery hit in Iranian missile attack — Al Jazeera
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen says 'no significant damage' reported after Iranian strike on Haifa oil refinery.
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence also said on Wednesday that its air defences had intercepted four Iranian ballistic missiles that targeted Riyadh and two launched towards the country’s eastern region.
Air defences in the UAE dealt with 13 ballistic missiles and 27 drones, according to the country’s Defence Ministry, while operations were suspended at the Habshan gas facility as authorities responded to incidents caused by fallen debris after the successful interception of a missile.
Trump tells Israel not to repeat strikes on Iranian energy as crisis deepens — Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he had told Israel not to repeat its attacks on Iranian natural gas infrastructure as tit-for-tat strikes on energy plants sent energy prices spiralling, sharply escalating the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
“We know for a fact that Iran has been building this strategy over the last decade and beyond,” Prince Faisal said.
“This is not something that is a reaction to an evolving circumstance where Iran is improvising. This has been built into their war planning: targeting their neighbours and using that to try and put pressure on the international community,” he said.
In the days before the Persian new year festival of Nowruz, Iranians would usually be excitedly preparing.
"We'd be busy getting ready … cleaning the house, shopping for new clothes, sweets and snacks," says Mina, a woman in her 50s in Damavand, northeast of Tehran.
But this year will be different, she says, in tears.
"This year? Every day feels so long. It's like I've lost track of time," Mina says.
Nowruz, which translates to "new day", is a traditional festival that marks the spring equinox, the rebirth of nature and the start of the new year in Iran and other countries. The festival dates back more than 3,000 years, making it one of the oldest in the world.
It falls on…well, today this year, with the following day marking the start of the Iranian new year. But this year's Nowruz will be the first many in the country have experienced at war. Iran has been under bombardment from US and Israeli strikes since 28 February.
Mina's son, Amir, who has also moved from Tehran to Damavand with his family, says this Nowruz feels very different. "People are losing their jobs with the war. My biggest worry is our country's infrastructure," he says. "At this rate, there might not even be much left of Iran. I don't want this to be our last Nowruz."
Markets, shopping centres and streets across Iran are usually bustling with large crowds of shoppers in the final days before Nowruz. But this year, the buzz and excitement is not the same. "It used to be so much easier to find all the items for Nowruz before. Now, if you go anywhere, you're always worried whether you will be caught up in an air strike or not," says Parmis, a woman in her 20s who lives in Tehran.
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"We'd be busy getting ready … cleaning the house, shopping for new clothes, sweets and snacks," says Mina, a woman in her 50s in Damavand, northeast of Tehran.
But this year will be different, she says, in tears.
"This year? Every day feels so long. It's like I've lost track of time," Mina says.
Nowruz, which translates to "new day", is a traditional festival that marks the spring equinox, the rebirth of nature and the start of the new year in Iran and other countries. The festival dates back more than 3,000 years, making it one of the oldest in the world.
It falls on…well, today this year, with the following day marking the start of the Iranian new year. But this year's Nowruz will be the first many in the country have experienced at war. Iran has been under bombardment from US and Israeli strikes since 28 February.
Mina's son, Amir, who has also moved from Tehran to Damavand with his family, says this Nowruz feels very different. "People are losing their jobs with the war. My biggest worry is our country's infrastructure," he says. "At this rate, there might not even be much left of Iran. I don't want this to be our last Nowruz."
Markets, shopping centres and streets across Iran are usually bustling with large crowds of shoppers in the final days before Nowruz. But this year, the buzz and excitement is not the same. "It used to be so much easier to find all the items for Nowruz before. Now, if you go anywhere, you're always worried whether you will be caught up in an air strike or not," says Parmis, a woman in her 20s who lives in Tehran.
'You can't smell Nowruz in the air': Iran marks Persian new year under threat of strikes — BBC News
Iranians speak to the BBC about preparing for the Nowruz new year festival during the war.