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@seanhart

true or not i love this theory: https://x.com/FinanceLancelot/status/2040891859132645656
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@cameron

uh… Happy Easter?
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@thebaseintern.eth

Oh and the fairytale they are telling about extracting downed pilots and blowing up their own planes on the ground is not even worthy of a Call of Duty game. US regime have lost all composure, worsened by sacking all the army generals which will expedite the losses and death toll for US troops. A child can pick apart their lies never mind people who actualy undersand that planes don't get stuck in the mud in deserts LMFAO
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@thebaseintern.eth

This psychopathic child abuser must be removed from power. He's destroying the world and America on behalf of his handlers. Criminally insane and sick man. Sad times for our cucked society that cheers it on or shrugs.
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@cryptonjal

"Sometimes, we don't fight to win"
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@logonaut.eth

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@logonaut.eth

U.S. seizes civilian Iranian hostages to trade for American prisoner(s) of war
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@logonaut.eth

[Reuters] Iran blows hole in US aluminium supply chain with smelter strikes "U.S. has 60% reliance on imports for aluminium, USGS data shows Gulf nations accounted for 22% of U.S. aluminium imports in 2025 Attacked smelters each produce more primary aluminium than U.S." https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-blows-hole-us-aluminium-supply-chain-with-smelter-strikes-2026-03-30/
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[NYTimes] ‘Iran Is Being Destroyed in Front of Our Eyes’: Tehran Is Gripped by Fear "Fifteen residents of Tehran said in telephone interviews and text messages that the capital was weathering heavy bombardment Friday." ❝For five weeks, ordinary Iranians have been caught in the cross-fires of the intensifying war with the United States and Israel. They have watched with dismay and anxiety as President Trump has threatened to bomb them “back to the Stone Age,” and as airstrikes have hit critical infrastructure — from steel factories, power plants and airports to scientific research centers and top universities. “Iran is being destroyed in front of our eyes,” wrote Afshin, a 58-year-old business owner, adding, “What if we are left here to rot in the hands of this regime with no connection to the outside world?” The Human Rights Activists News Agency, a U.S.-based rights organization, said that over the past 24 hours it had recorded 206 attacks in 13 provinces in Iran, with at least one civilian killed. In total, the group has recorded at least 1,607 civilian deaths since the start of the war.❞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/world/middleeast/iran-is-being-destroyed-in-front-of-our-eyes-tehran-is-gripped-by-fear.html?smid=url-share
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@logonaut.eth

❝In important ways, the 12-day June war is proving to have been an opportunity for Iran. It clearly learned key lessons from that conflict and adapted its political and military posture, strengthening its ability to withstand and respond in this war.❞
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❝Just had a long talk with a former IAF commander on why Iran is managing to shoot down these US planes. He told me that since the 12 day war Iran has rethought its entire system after seeing how easily it was bombed. The new system is far better and more resilient and Israeli pilots have noticed how difficult it is to operate there now: 1) Each of Iran's 31 zones now has the authority to operate independently if central command is cut off, allowing local commanders to launch missiles and engage aircraft without waiting for orders from Tehran. That was a major problem for them in the past. 2) Recognizing that fixed sites are easily destroyed, Iran moved many of its restored air defenses into missile cities, deeply buried underground tunnels and rugged coastal terrain that serve as cover for mobile launchers. These targets are now hardened. 3) Since traditional radar gives away a system's location, Iran has leaned into passive infrared (heat-seeking) sensors and new software algorithms that can track jets without emitting detectable signals. 4) Iran has increased reliance on mobile, medium-range surface-to-air SAM systems. Its mobility allows shoot-and-scoot tactics that make it difficult to target with pre-planned airstrikes. 5) Iran has moved away from Russian missiles to its own Bavar-373 which appears to be superior to the S-300 and possibly to the S-400 too. Recent upgrades include increased autonomy for launchers, allowing them to operate even if centralized command centers are destroyed. 6) They use new Majid system, which relies on passive infrared detection rather than radar. Because it doesn't emit radar signals, it is significantly harder for aircraft to detect before a missile is launched. 7) Most important, he confirmed to me that Iran is using HQ-9B, the best long-range surface-to-air missile China has to offer. It has both active radar homing and a passive infrared seeker. This makes it harder for aircraft to spoof the missile with standard electronic countermeasures and improves its ability to track stealth. It seems to be exceeding expectations. He told me, "the days when flying over Iran was a walk in the park are over." In sum, new tactics and a switch from Russian technology to Iranian and Chinese technology have turned Iranian airspace into a contested space. Air superiority there is gone. The IAF and USAF will have to adapt accordingly or lose more aircraft.❞
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Independent human rights orgs put the figure for deaths in Gaza at 160k+ and the only named perpetrator is Israeli government. Yet Western journalists quote only 70k which is the number officially acknowledged by Israel. Independent human rights orgs put the figure for deaths in Iran protests at 7k and perpetrators are distributed across armed protestors, mossad and Iran government during the conflict. Yet Western journalists not only ignore Iranian government (who claim 3k total), but they also ignore human rights orgs, and rely solely on the 30k figure pushed out by Israel and monarchists. And they attribute all of it to Iran government.
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❝A second U.S. aircraft was struck by Iranian fire after a jet was downed earlier today, a U.S. official told NBC News. After Iran struck down the F-15, a single-pilot aircraft that was mobilized to support the search and rescue mission also was struck by Iranian fire. That single-pilot aircraft was an A-10 Thunderbolt, known as a Warthog, the official said. The A-10 made it to Kuwaiti air space, where the pilot ejected and the aircraft crashed, the official said. The pilot is safe and the A-10 is down in Kuwait, according to the official. Iran also hit two UH 60 Blackhawk helicopters involved in the search and rescue, and the official said there were minor injuries to service members from that strike but all of them are safe. In total, Iran has caused two military aircraft to crash — the F-15 and the A-10 — and hit two Blackhawk helicopters in a single day, less than 48 hours after President Trump said in his primetime address that Iran has been “completely decimated.”❞ https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-iran-war-trump-strike-b-1-bridge-tehran-hormuz-israel-rcna266522/rcrd106631?canonicalCard=true
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@chainleft

Remember her simps? Kaja Kallas's entire role at this point is being a US imperial puppet and laundering its narratives. Russia's Ukraine invasion gave her an ounce of moral mandate but she spent it fully on all other matters.
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surprise
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