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BREAKING REPORT: Iran Helped Plan the Hamas Attack on Israel

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps gave the final go-ahead last Monday in Beirut, this according to senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah, another militant group backed by Iran.

Story still developing.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-israel-hamas-strike-planning-bbe07b25
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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
And who funds the Iranians???😷
beckyromero · 36-40, FVIP
@whowasthatmaskedman

Right now? Moscow.

With the purchase of Iranian-manufactured drones used in the war in Ukraine.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@beckyromero I have long thought that if push comes to shove the Israeli side of the defence bargain will be to take out Iran and give America plausable deniability..😷
beckyromero · 36-40, FVIP
@whowasthatmaskedman

Well, Israel may now have casus belli.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@beckyromero we just gave them billions to release some hostages .
beckyromero · 36-40, FVIP
@AthrillatheHunt

No, we didn't. Stop reading the MAGA tabloids.

The $6 billion was Iranian assets held in international banks. All we did was sign a waiver release authority.

It was mostly from money owed to Iran for oil purchased by South Korea. The payments were stopped when Trump imposed sanctions on Iran in 2019.
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
@beckyromero forgive my ignorance : we freed up 6 billion worth of assets for them to use. Lol
beckyromero · 36-40, FVIP
@AthrillatheHunt

It was for oil that South Korea bought from Iran.

South Korea didn't give the oil back!

I don't have a problem with that. Iran got money from oil that they had sold. And hostages were freed as a bonus.

Of course, not surprised Trump supporters oppose the deal. After all, Trump doesn't like people who are "captured."
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@beckyromero Not just yet, although its certainly a fraught situation. It seems to me Israel knows better than to try to take a neighbour by force, when as the only nuclear power in the region they can place two or three well placed bombs and send Iran back unto the stone age. And not one of their neighbours will dare raise a hand in protest. So things have to get worse and Iran has to pose a direct overt threat to Israel.😷
beckyromero · 36-40, FVIP
@whowasthatmaskedman

Nuking Iran is probably not the best course of action at this time. Especially given Russian nuke threats about Ukraine.
whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M
@beckyromero Agreed. It has to be clearly a local matter, if it happens at all. (Lets hope it doesnt...ever....)😷