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Biden says ‘discussing’ possible Israeli strikes on Iran oil facilities​

• His comments send oil prices spiking a month before US presidential election

AFP
October 3, 2024

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said he was discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities, in comments that sent oil prices spiking Thursday just a month before the US presidential election.

Biden told reporters at the White House however that he was not expecting Israel to launch any retaliation for Tehran’s missile barrage on Israel before Thursday at least.

When asked by a reporter if he supported Israel striking Iran’s oil facilities, Biden said “we’re discussing that. I think that would be a little… anyway.”

Oil prices jumped five percent over concerns about the Middle East after Biden spoke.

A rise in oil prices could be hugely damaging for Biden’s Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat confronts Republican former president Donald Trump in a November 5 election where the cost of living is a major issue.

Biden said he did not expect any immediate action from Israel – even if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently paid little heed to calls for restraint as he targets allied Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“First of all, we don’t ‘allow’ Israel, we advise Israel. And there is nothing going to happen today,” Biden told reporters when asked if he would allow Israel to retaliate against Iran.

Biden said on Wednesday that he would not back Israel attacking Iranian nuclear sites.

Iran launched around 200 rockets in a direct missile attack on Israel on Tuesday, prompting Netanyahu to warn that Tehran would pay.

Iran said it was in retaliation for the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah.

Hezbollah has been launching rockets at Israel since shortly after the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Iran’s Palestinian ally Hamas, and Israel’s crushing retaliatory offensive in Gaza.

 

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US does not believe Israel has decided how it will respond to Iran attack, official says​

From CNN's Kevin Liptak

President Joe Biden speaks to the press as he prepares to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on October 3
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The US does not believe Israel has made a decision on how to respond to Iran’s ballistic missile attack, according to an official familiar with the matter.

Israeli and American officials continue to discuss a response to Tuesday’s attack, but so far it is the United States’ understanding that Israel is still determining how to proceed, the official said.

Biden said earlier Thursday there were discussions about hitting Iranian oil reserves but stopped short of endorsing that option.

“We’re in discussions of that. I think that would be a little — anyway …” he said before being asked a separate, unrelated question. “There’s nothing going to happen today, we’ll talk about that later.”

The open-ended comments about targeting Iranian oil nonetheless prompted a spike in the price of oil as markets anticipated an attack on Iranian energy.

The official cautioned against speculation on what Israel might decide to hit, including oil facilities, because its leaders hadn’t yet decided on a course of action.

 

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Iranian deputy commander threatens to target Israel’s energy infrastructure​

From CNN’s Mostafa Salem

Ali Fadavi, Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), delivers a speech in the Iranian capital Tehran in 2019.

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Israel’s power plants and gas refineries could be hit in response to an attack on Iran, the deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, according to local media.

“Iran is a large and vast country and has many economic centers, while Israel has three power plants and several refineries. We can target all of these at once,” Brig. Gen. Ali Fadavi said.

Fadavi said Iran will target all energy sites if Israel makes “a mistake.”

 

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Remember:
Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles on Israeli cities Tuesday in response to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week. The strikes caused minimal damage.

In Beirut, the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi also warned of a “harsh response” if Israel attacks, saying so far his country had only attacked Israeli security and military sites.

His comments echoed an earlier statement from the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said earlier today that Tuesday’s Iranian attack on Israel was the “least punishment” and that Iran will attack Israel again “if needs be.”

Araghchi was speaking to reporters in the Lebanese capital of Beirut after meeting Lebanese parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri — a Hezbollah ally and a key figure in negotiations for a ceasefire with Israel.

 

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Biden says Israel shouldn’t strike Iranian nuclear sites​

From CNN's Kevin Liptak, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee and Kylie Atwood

US President Joe Biden is counseling Israel to take a proportional response to this week’s barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles, voicing opposition to a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in the hopes of preventing the conflict that has erupted in the region from widening further.

American officials are not privately trying to persuade Israel to hold back on retaliating against Iran, two senior administration officials told CNN, a notable difference from April when Biden encouraged Israel to “take the win” following the successful interception of a barrage of Iranian drones and missiles.

Instead, Biden hopes Israel will adopt a measured approach that can both uphold its right to strike back while avoiding action that could prompt further retaliation and tip the region into full-scale war.

“No one’s saying don’t respond,” one senior administration official said. “No one’s saying, ‘Take the win.’”

How that message will be received by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains to be seen, particularly as his political standing appears more assured following successful efforts to degrade Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The stakes of the moment could not be higher. Biden has watched with mounting concern as tensions in the region have spiraled. Attempts at brokering ceasefire agreements both in Gaza and along the Israel-Lebanon border have been largely fruitless. And the pending American presidential election has elevated the stakes of trying to manage the crisis.

Yahoo doesn't give a whit about what Pentagon or Biden thinks, the US chief of military staff confirmed this even today in a press conference at the Pentagon. They have a "right" to defend themselves.

I-PAK is who controls the US Congress and Senate and that is all that matters. They don't need to listen to Biden. In addition the guy is almost 100% mentally debilitated by now.

 

[Bilal9]

Remember:
Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles on Israeli cities Tuesday in response to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last week. The strikes caused minimal damage.

In Beirut, the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi also warned of a “harsh response” if Israel attacks, saying so far his country had only attacked Israeli security and military sites.

His comments echoed an earlier statement from the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said earlier today that Tuesday’s Iranian attack on Israel was the “least punishment” and that Iran will attack Israel again “if needs be.”

Araghchi was speaking to reporters in the Lebanese capital of Beirut after meeting Lebanese parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri — a Hezbollah ally and a key figure in negotiations for a ceasefire with Israel.

Word on the street is that there may be a second barrage incoming into ISN'T-REAL from the East which may be a pre-emptive move. This time, the attack will most probably be all hypersonic munitions (unlike previous two volleys which were old munitions - just to test the response of Iron-Dome, David's sling and Arrow countermeasures and gather intelligence) and the CPEs of the newer hypersonic Iranian stuff will be far more accurate.

Nevatim airbase housed a lot of F-35s and quite a few of those were destroyed in the last Iranian attack, as initial satellite images confirmed, despite Yahoo's people attempting later to cover them up physically, including manipulating Google Earth imagery.

 

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Word on the street is that there may be a second barrage incoming into ISN'T-REAL from the East which may be a pre-emptive move. This time, the attack will most probably be all hypersonic munitions (unlike previous two volleys which were old munitions - just to test the response of Iron-Dome, David's sling and Arrow countermeasures and gather intelligence) and the CPEs of the newer hypersonic Iranian stuff will be far more accurate.

Nevatim airbase housed a lot of F-35s and quite a few of those were destroyed in the last Iranian attack, as initial satellite images confirmed, despite Yahoo's people attempting later to cover them up physically, including manipulating Google Earth imagery.

Yaar ye jo Iran kar raha hae iss tarha k hamlay sitting 1200kms away comfortably from Israel, this has given the lesser powers like India Pakistan Japan SK and Turkey and even China Russia a wake up call.

99% arsenals of all these countries is just junk obsolete weaponry.

Sub ko pata chal gya hae ye ab.

This has been the biggest takeaway from Iran displaying its capabilities.

All these lesser powers and their supporters online have gone quiet.

 

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lesser powers like India Pakistan Japan SK and Turkey and even China Russia

pagla gaya hai kya ?

this is your list of "lesser powers" when compared to Iran ?

Iran are NOT in a proper hot war, yet.. ye lobbing projectiles by Iran has been way less effective than Mossad and IDF ops INSIDE Lebanon and Iran itself.

Ayatullah and IRGC ko bolo ki nuke shuke chalao, for baat karengei !