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Past 6 hours:
-US strikes Iran's Qesham Island
-China sorties cross into Taiwan's ADIZ and Median line
-Russia strikes Ukraine's Thermal Power Plants
-Ukraine strikes Russia's Yaroslav Refinery
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The U.S. attacked Iran’s Qeshm Island within the last few hours according to U.S. officials, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, the latest in a series of limited strikes the U.S. has carried out in recent weeks without announcing them. Explosions were reported on the Island beginning around 4 p.m. ET today. A U.S. official said the administration is “consistently addressing threats to American forces in the region.”
Some officials described the strikes as defensive, meant to stop Iran from having the freedom to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. One said the campaign has been kept quiet so as not to signal any intention of resuming major combat operations. Qeshm sits at the mouth of the strait and has a large underground missile site, a naval base and a major desalination plant, according to the Journal.
Source: wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-…
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But the president said today "it's not a war" and "we haven't been doing any fighting for months."
Yet hours later he attacked Iran.
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Some of the officials tell WSJ the assaults are defensive in nature to prevent Iran from having the freedom to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump earlier today: "it's not a war" and "we haven't been doing any fighting for months."
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BREAKING: The U.S. attacked Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday, U.S. officials tell WSJ, in the latest of a series of limited strikes Washington has secretly carried out against the country in recent weeks
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And during his pause in his war to manipulate our elections he's for months been enthusiastically promising to attack Iran after the elections, which he almost certainly will. A pause in a war doesn't mean its not a war.
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Trump says he hopes the Iran war doesn't affect voters "when they go into the voting booth," adding: "it's not a war" and "we haven't been doing any fighting for months." - CBS
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Russia-Ukraine Talks
US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff announced the US will mediate working-level negotiations between Ukraine and Russia on Nov 10–11 in Abu Dhabi to discuss post-war security, de-escalation, and peace steps. American negotiators will also meet European, EU, and NATO allies in Brussels this week to address security guarantees and Ukraine’s reconstruction.
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Komyshuvakha, Ukraine.
Russia simply dropped an aerial bomb on a local school where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid. And when they went to a shelter, Russia dropped another NINE (!!!) glide bombs on it.
The result: at least 24 people killed, including at least two rescue workers who had arrived to help the victims.
Someone please explain to me how this is anything other than yet another blatant act of genocide committed by Russia against Ukrainians.
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Trump:
I could have won the Vietnam War in a week.
They kept bombing forests for years instead of going after Ho Chi Minh City.
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Ho Chi Minh City was called Saigon during the Vietnam War and was the capital of US-allied South Vietnam; North Vietnam's capital was Hanoi.
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Iran’s IRNA reports five explosions on Qeshm Island, with the intensity suggesting impacts on the island.
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BREAKING: Just as a glimmer of hope emerges between the US and Iran, someone starts bombing Iranian radar sites. I suspect Israel.
I posted a few days ago that a glimmer of hope had emerged in the US-Iran talks mediated by Qatar. Over the past few days, progress has increased to the point that sources and officials on all sides have privately expressed a degree of optimism, and both JD Vance and Trump himself did so publicly just a few hours ago.
Then, suddenly, things started to blow up on the Iranian island of Qeshm, as well as near the cities of Bandar Abbas and Ahvaz in southern Iran.
The Iranians tell me that they are certain the attacks were conducted by Israel, and not the US. A senior US source tells me it wasn’t the American side.
I posted last weekend that Israel had breached Iranian airspace. Tehran, however, opted not to respond, suspecting that Israel wanted to goad Iran into a trap by responding harshly, as that could help Netanyahu in the elections and force Trump’s hand in terms of turning to war.
It would be completely in line with a decades-long pattern of Israeli sabotage of US-Iran diplomacy that Netanyahu would begin kinetic action on the eve of a potential breakthrough in US-Iran talks - which incidentally appears to include a Chinese dimension - in order to sabotage it. Israel has opposed every US-Iran deal, including Trump’s MOU from this past summer.
Read more: tritaparsi.substack.com/p/br…
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Explosions reported on Iran’s Qeshm Island, per Iranian state-affiliated Fars News
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The IRGC is attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz with anti-ship cruise missiles or drones.
Explosions were heard southwest of Qeshm Island.
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The U.S. Air Force is carrying out new airstrikes against Iranian surface-to-air missile launchers on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Earlier, repeated air defence activity was reported from the island, with the IRGC claiming that two U.S. MQM-170 and one MQ-9 "Reaper" drones were shot down. American airstrikes are probably targeting the same surface-to-air missile launchers used to target these drones.
Air defence activity is also reported at Omidiyeh Airbase in southwestern Iran.
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QESHM ISLAND: Multiple heavy explosions were reported across Qeshm Island around 12:14 AM local time. Eyewitnesses in Qeshm City reported feeling 5 to 6 consecutive powerful blasts in close proximity, describing intense shaking and suspected missile strikes in the area. per @Vahid
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At the time of writing, strikes on Qeshm Island and previous reports of U.S. drones being downed in the same vicinity remain unconfirmed.
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One person is dead and another person is in custody following the discharge of a firearm in a dormitory at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, on Sunday, the 341st Missile Wing says. The base says there is no known threat to Airmen, families or the public. The investigation is ongoing, and the deceased’s identity is being withheld until next of kin are notified. Malmstrom, near Great Falls, is home to the 341st Missile Wing, which operates Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Center has issued a warning after the master of a vessel reported being struck by an unknown projectile on its starboard side, leaving a hole in the hull. The incident occurred at about 2020 UTC yesterday, roughly 9 nautical miles northeast of Lima, Oman, near the approach to the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel and crew are reported safe, and no environmental impact has been reported. A tanker was also struck by an unknown projectile in nearly the same area on October 22, likely one of the 11 attacks claimed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) over the last 9 days.
