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Iran attacks RAF base in Cyprus, an EU country
- breppp 8mo agoThis comes after attacking US, French bases and civilian infrastructure in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, UAE as well as their close friends and mediators in Qatar and Oman
- andrewflnr 8mo agoThey're really determined to prove that they're the bad guys after all, huh?
- ekjhgkejhgk 8mo agoLOL they were attacked first. The bad guys in this story are Israel and their puppets the USA.
- dlubarov 8mo agoMaybe if we don't count the tens of thousands of Iranian rockets, missiles and drones that they had their proxies launch.
- trymas 8mo agoAnd the proxies? Either directly created or supported at inception by Israel. Or emerged as a response to Israel aggression.
- dlubarov 8mo agoI would love to know which Iranian proxy Israel "directly created". You might be confusing Hamas with Ahmed Yassin's previous charity, which ran schools, mosques and clubs. Even that charity was not "directly created" by Israel, Israel merely allowed them to operate.
- trymas 8mo agoBecause AFAIK details are murky and debated - that’s why I said “created or supported”. Just like current Iran situation is due to UK and USA “playing country building” 50-70 years ago.
- gravisultra 8mo agoAt Israel, clearly demonstrating that they are the good guys.
- null_deref 8mo agoAfter all? As if funding proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq that undermine the state government’s sovereignty was not enough
- andrewflnr 8mo agoWell yeah, but they still had a chance to play the victim after the US/Israel strikes (especially if some of the reports about how the negotiations went down are true). Lots of people are still primed to listen to it. But they're not interested in making it easy for their apologists, I guess.
- null_deref 8mo agoOk thanks, I agree
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- replooda 8mo agoHard to compete with bombing female elementary schools.
- mvdtnz 8mo agoLast I checked this was never confirmed to have actually happened.
- andrewflnr 8mo agoAssuming that happened, I guarantee it was a targeting error. The US and Israel have no actual reason to target children, seeing how they have plenty of useful military targets and want (or at least need) the Iranian people's support for regime change. For what it's worth, Iran has claimed their strikes on Oman were mistake, and I believe that too, since Oman seems to have genuinely been trying to help them. Just Oman though. They apparently feel fine about all the other strikes on bystander nations.
- dizhn 8mo agoIran's communication specifically calls these bases foreign soil. and "reassures" the host countries that the attacks are not against them. In this case it would be UK soil.
- breppp 8mo agoHow does Iran communication describe the attacking of Saudi ARAMCO oil facilities and hotels in Bahrain and Dubai?
- mamonster 8mo ago>hotels in Bahrain and Dubai IRGC claims they are being used to house US troops that left their base (in the case of Bahrain) and/or intelligence ops.
- breppp 8mo agoI guess the US marines are also operating the Saudi oil facility and French base on their time off Their actual current explanation is that they can't control their armed forces https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888422 https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-888422
- mamonster 8mo agoI was talking about the explanation for hotels only. The general strategy makes a lot of sense for a desperate regime: Instead of striking Israel(densest AA network in the world, long flight path so lots of time to intercept) they will force US to expend AA material all over theater and make US allies question credibility of defense. It's not like only hitting Israel or US will improve their reputation.
- breppp 8mo ago> The general strategy makes a lot of sense for a desperate regime The issue is that they are also attacking their closest friends in the region, as opposed to the other gulf nations which were merely pressuring the US not to attack due to fear. They have thrown the stone in the metaphorical glass house towards the oil facilities very early in the conflict. I think this is more an issue of mismanagement rather than strategy. They probably do have a very acute command and control issue due to the strikes. It's also a good preview of how Iran with nuclear weapons would play out
- boruto 8mo ago> Cyprus, an EU country RAF base is on "sovereign British land", A vestige of colonialism. Technically not EU.
- breppp 8mo agoThat's not how the EU views it, https://x.com/vonderleyen/status/2028357886355570992 https://x.com/vonderleyen/status/2028357886355570992
- impossiblefork 8mo agoI think it is, seeing as she says 'While the Republic of Cyprus was not the target' >While the Republic of Cyprus was not the target, let me be clear: we stand collectively, firmly and unequivocally with our Member States in the face of any threat.
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- SideburnsOfDoom 8mo agoThis is correct. > the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA), is a British Overseas Territory that consists of two separate areas on the island of Cyprus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia
- roryirvine 8mo agoI see the headline's now been changed to "RAF base in Cyprus hit by drone strike" The Telegraph is, of course, strongly anti-EU, so the original headline might well have been a form of shit-stirring - "look how weak the EU are being by not retaliating!", or something along those lines.
- specproc 8mo agoIran has the right to defend itself.
- echoangle 8mo agoFrom who? Did the UK attack Iran?
- alphager 8mo agoThe UK supports the attacks by giving logistical support to the US through the use of UK airbases.
- breppp 8mo agoIt seems this was not the case, but this has all changed now for sure https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj98egkl7l1o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj98egkl7l1o https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/20/what-are-chagos-islands-uk-mauritius-explainer https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/20/what-are-chago...
- andrewflnr 8mo agoThose articles are both out of date.
- breppp 8mo agoYes, they both show the UK had an interest in not participating or reducing their participation. This is probably military strategy 101 not to push your enemies together when they are having a rift
- derelicta 8mo agoWell, actually yes they did contribute to the attack on the Republic. See[1]. [1] : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20l1v0ldqzo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20l1v0ldqzo
- password54321 8mo agoThese attacks feel like a last gasp of air before death. There is no strategy except to use the last remaining resources to inflict damage to wherever possible but obviously this is not a strategy that will lead to survival.
- gravisultra 8mo agoTurning the entire Middle East against Israel and the US seems like a pretty good strategy actually. Iran has been incredibly successful in this war so far.
- andrewflnr 8mo agoIs it working, though? You have to hold an incredibly low opinion of the intelligence of the leadership of the rest of Middle East to think they won't realize it's not exactly what it is. The few indicators I've seen suggest they're not falling for it. They might not like the US or Israel, but Iran was nobody's favorite country either. Edit: for instance: https://x.com/kuwaittimesnews/status/2028445060556095866 https://x.com/kuwaittimesnews/status/2028445060556095866 They seem to be putting the blame in the right place.
- gravisultra 8mo agoIt's not about intelligence, it's about strategy. Iran is bombing US assets in these countries and now that the US defenses are running thin, they're pulling back to Israel and leaving these countries out to dry. So not only is Iran effectively destroying the Israel/US defensive line and early warning systems, they're leaving the other Middle Eastern countries without defense and at the mercy of Iran. This seems to be pretty effective so far.
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- TrnsltLife 8mo agoIt's like a boss in a bullet hell game, shooting missiles in every direction.