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❗️FBI launches investigation into senior US counterterrorism chief who quit over US-Israeli war on Iran
The FBI has opened an investigation into former National Counterterrorism Center director Joseph Kent, who resigned in protest of the US-Israeli war on Iran, saying he could not support a campaign built on what he described as false premises. Kent stated unequivocally that Iran posed no imminent threat to the US, directly challenging the justification used by US President Donald Trump to launch Operation Epic Fury.
Kent’s resignation marks the most senior break within the US security establishment since the war on Iran began, laying bare internal divisions across the intelligence community. While the administration presented the assault as a defensive response to an alleged nuclear threat, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard did not refute Kent’s assertions and later acknowledged there was no evidence Iran had resumed efforts to develop nuclear weapons following earlier US strikes.
In subsequent remarks, Kent said key officials were excluded from the decision-making process, with no meaningful debate before the war was launched. He argued that Israeli pressure was central to the escalation, claiming Washington acted preemptively not in response to an imminent Iranian attack, but in anticipation of Israeli action, leaving a conflict shaped more by strategic alignment than by verified intelligence, and with no clear plan for what comes next.
The FBI has opened an investigation into former National Counterterrorism Center director Joseph Kent, who resigned in protest of the US-Israeli war on Iran, saying he could not support a campaign built on what he described as false premises. Kent stated unequivocally that Iran posed no imminent threat to the US, directly challenging the justification used by US President Donald Trump to launch Operation Epic Fury.
Kent’s resignation marks the most senior break within the US security establishment since the war on Iran began, laying bare internal divisions across the intelligence community. While the administration presented the assault as a defensive response to an alleged nuclear threat, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard did not refute Kent’s assertions and later acknowledged there was no evidence Iran had resumed efforts to develop nuclear weapons following earlier US strikes.
In subsequent remarks, Kent said key officials were excluded from the decision-making process, with no meaningful debate before the war was launched. He argued that Israeli pressure was central to the escalation, claiming Washington acted preemptively not in response to an imminent Iranian attack, but in anticipation of Israeli action, leaving a conflict shaped more by strategic alignment than by verified intelligence, and with no clear plan for what comes next.
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🇮🇱 Are Organized Rapists & Liars!
Yehuda Meshi Zahav was a chair of ZAKA, the Israeli volunteer group which helped spread many debunked claims about the October 7th Hamas attack.
Turns out that Meshi Zahav was a prolific rapist himself, "abusing hundreds of people over decades on a nearly daily occurrence." This means we have far more evidence of mass rape by ONE PERSON, on the Israeli aside, vs. tallying up every single allegation on the Hamas side, which Israel insists would have been carried out by dozens (hundreds?) of men.
ZAKA also interfered with dead bodies, thus making forensic analysis impossible in some cases. In other words, even IF Israel wanted to conduct an impartial investigation into the mass rape claims, they would be unable to do so based on accepted evidentiary standards.
Yehuda Meshi Zahav was a chair of ZAKA, the Israeli volunteer group which helped spread many debunked claims about the October 7th Hamas attack.
Turns out that Meshi Zahav was a prolific rapist himself, "abusing hundreds of people over decades on a nearly daily occurrence." This means we have far more evidence of mass rape by ONE PERSON, on the Israeli aside, vs. tallying up every single allegation on the Hamas side, which Israel insists would have been carried out by dozens (hundreds?) of men.
ZAKA also interfered with dead bodies, thus making forensic analysis impossible in some cases. In other words, even IF Israel wanted to conduct an impartial investigation into the mass rape claims, they would be unable to do so based on accepted evidentiary standards.
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🇮🇷 IRGC announces execution of the 67th wave of its ongoing retaliatory Operation True Promise 4:
— In this wave of operations, Ali Al Salem Air Base was targeted, including its drone command center, aircraft maintenance hangars, helicopter support facilities, equipment depots, and the US-led coalition operations center.
— Early-warning missile defense radars at the American gathering site in Al-Wafa Base were also struck with long- and medium-range systems.
— Satellite, radar, and air defense centers of the Israeli regime across the central, southern, and northern occupied territories were also targeted.
— In this wave of operations, Ali Al Salem Air Base was targeted, including its drone command center, aircraft maintenance hangars, helicopter support facilities, equipment depots, and the US-led coalition operations center.
— Early-warning missile defense radars at the American gathering site in Al-Wafa Base were also struck with long- and medium-range systems.
— Satellite, radar, and air defense centers of the Israeli regime across the central, southern, and northern occupied territories were also targeted.
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🇮🇷/🇮🇱 | Israeli media says:
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“70% of the Iranian missiles launched in recent days carry cluster warheads”
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“70% of the Iranian missiles launched in recent days carry cluster warheads”
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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️– Father of a US soldier who was killed in the war with Iran says, He never told Sec Of Defense, Hegseth, 'To finish the Job' and that he overstated what families told him.
An official also claimed he didnt hear families asking to finish the job instead they were uncertain about whats happening and said who wants the war? — NBC
An official also claimed he didnt hear families asking to finish the job instead they were uncertain about whats happening and said who wants the war? — NBC
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Forwarded from Cyberspec News (Tony Cyberspec)
UN officials are monitoring the consequences of strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities and remain "vigilant" regarding any type of nuclear threat, according to Hanan Balkhi, the WHO's regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean.
"The worst-case scenario is a nuclear incident, and this is what worries us the most," said Balkhi. "No matter how well we prepare, nothing can prevent the damage that will occur... in the region and around the world, if it ultimately happens - and the consequences will last for decades."
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🇦🇺🇮🇷🇮🇱 Worshippers at Sydney's largest mosque removed Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese from the official Ramadan prayers over his support for Israel & his stance on Iran.
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— 🇮🇱 NETANYAHU YESTERDAY:
On Israel dragging America into war
"Does anyone really think you can tell Trump what to do? Come on."
Correction: Trump's own counterterrorism chief Joe Kent resigned saying explicitly "we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."
On who started this
"For 40 years I've been saying Iran is a danger to Israel and the world. You know who else said that? President Trump."
Yes. The man who spent 40 years pushing for this war is confirming he spent 40 years pushing for this war. Thank you for the clarity.
On what the world owes
"The world owes a debt of deep indebtedness to President Trump for leading this effort."
$800 billion wiped from US markets in one day. Oil above $100 for 18 days. Dubai airport fuel burning. Qatar LNG gone. The world is really feeling that debt right now.
And then this
JESUS CHRIST HAS NO ADVANTAGE OVER GENGHIS KHAN. BECAUSE IF YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH, RUTHLESS ENOUGH, POWERFUL ENOUGH, EVIL WILL OVERCOME GOOD."
He just said evil overcomes good if you're powerful enough.
On Israel dragging America into war
"Does anyone really think you can tell Trump what to do? Come on."
Correction: Trump's own counterterrorism chief Joe Kent resigned saying explicitly "we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby."
On who started this
"For 40 years I've been saying Iran is a danger to Israel and the world. You know who else said that? President Trump."
Yes. The man who spent 40 years pushing for this war is confirming he spent 40 years pushing for this war. Thank you for the clarity.
On what the world owes
"The world owes a debt of deep indebtedness to President Trump for leading this effort."
$800 billion wiped from US markets in one day. Oil above $100 for 18 days. Dubai airport fuel burning. Qatar LNG gone. The world is really feeling that debt right now.
And then this
JESUS CHRIST HAS NO ADVANTAGE OVER GENGHIS KHAN. BECAUSE IF YOU ARE STRONG ENOUGH, RUTHLESS ENOUGH, POWERFUL ENOUGH, EVIL WILL OVERCOME GOOD."
He just said evil overcomes good if you're powerful enough.
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🇮🇷⚔🇮🇱🇺🇸 The Palmachim airbase in Tel Aviv received a direct hit this morning.
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🇮🇷⚡🇺🇸🇬🇧 Iran draws a red line for the UK, warning that opening its bases to US attacks will be judged as direct involvement, raising the stakes in an already volatile standoff.
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Been seeing this going around and I am still confused on what it means.
So the children of Iranian officials are doctors, mathematicians, psychologists and engineers... so? I do not recall the profession of Barron Trump who does nothing but gamble on Cryptocurrency or Trumps daughter who is a side piece to Kushner, truly, a whole difference in the world.
So the children of Iranian officials are doctors, mathematicians, psychologists and engineers... so? I do not recall the profession of Barron Trump who does nothing but gamble on Cryptocurrency or Trumps daughter who is a side piece to Kushner, truly, a whole difference in the world.
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⚡️Massive airstrikes in Iran this morning
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- Reports of direct impacts and smoke rising in Tel Aviv; military censorship during this war is strict and absolute
Trust in IRGC statements
Trust in IRGC statements
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⚡️ Revolutionary Guard spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini was killed this morning in an attack in Tehran
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Iran don't mess around when they say "no parking", you don't get a ticket but missile debris.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump thinks he can force Iran to back down with the threat of blockading Quarg island. But Iran has survived 40 years of sanctions. Faced with a blockade, it won’t give in. It will escalate.
Seizing Kharg does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It buries it for good. And above all, has anyone explained to Trump what a landing on a fortified Iranian island in the Gulf entails? Iran has been preparing Kharg’s defenses for decades. Every meter of this island is a death zone for an attacker. And even if the Americans took it, they wouldn’t hold it. Iran has the capability and the will to retake it, under continuous attack, until the human and material cost becomes unbearable.
U.S. bases in the region are already under Iranian attack day and night; an operation on Kharg removes the last restraint holding Iran back from striking with full force.
China buys 80% of Iran’s oil; a blockade of Kharg is a declaration of economic war on Beijing as much as on Tehran. And Russia has never had a greater interest in seeing Washington bogged down.
Trump isn’t applying pressure. He’s walking straight into a trap. And this time, there’s no way out.
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Seizing Kharg does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. It buries it for good. And above all, has anyone explained to Trump what a landing on a fortified Iranian island in the Gulf entails? Iran has been preparing Kharg’s defenses for decades. Every meter of this island is a death zone for an attacker. And even if the Americans took it, they wouldn’t hold it. Iran has the capability and the will to retake it, under continuous attack, until the human and material cost becomes unbearable.
U.S. bases in the region are already under Iranian attack day and night; an operation on Kharg removes the last restraint holding Iran back from striking with full force.
China buys 80% of Iran’s oil; a blockade of Kharg is a declaration of economic war on Beijing as much as on Tehran. And Russia has never had a greater interest in seeing Washington bogged down.
Trump isn’t applying pressure. He’s walking straight into a trap. And this time, there’s no way out.
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