Iran’s pissed. Again. I’m shocked.
Seems an Iranian military advisor to Hezbollah in Syria had the misfortune to be where the Israelis were conducting an airstrike.
Iranian state media reported that IRGC adviser Sayyed Razi Mousavi was killed in an airstrike near the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday. The death of Mousavi, who was reportedly the chief coordinator of the Iran-Syria military alliance, was confirmed to Reuters by three security sources.
Mousavi was reportedly described by Iranian state television as “among those accompanying Qassem Soleimani,” the deceased leader of IRGC’s Quds Force. Soleimani was killed in Iraq by a U.S. drone strike in January 2020.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group reportedly condemned the killing as “a cowardly act,” while praising Mousavi for supporting the Palestinian cause.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the Israeli military launched its strike on Mousavi after he entered a farm thought to be serving as an office for the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah, according to the Associated Press.Newsweek
Hezbollah has been coordinating strikes in northern Israel in sympathy with the Hamas fight. One suspects choosing to participate in attacking a country in the middle of military action is a good way to attract – military action, right? Although, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – he certainly emulated his former boss.
It should be noted that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is whose defective missile “killed 500 Palestinians at the hospital” we have talked about. Guess that wasn’t a cowardly act.
In related news, Iran is threatening widespread revenge by closing key waterways.
Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea unless Israel stops bombing Gaza, as the US warned Tehran was “deeply involved” in attacks on shipping.
“They shall soon await the closure of the Mediterranean Sea, [the Strait of] Gibraltar and other waterways,” Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a senior member of the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said today. Telegraph
Not sure Iran’s Navy has the capability to be more than a nuisance. Either way, trying to close off the Straits is something which would make the world sit up and take notice – for about as long as it takes to sink any assets they are foolish enough to send there. That has to be one of the most heavily monitored chunks of water in the world.
Iran can close off waterways using mines. Even the threat of doing so will divert merchant ships.
The Med has so much radar coverage you couldn’t take a piss
off the fan tail without it being noticed let alone lay mines.
The Iranians already tried using underwater mines to disrupt maritime traffic in the Persian Gulf during 1987, which resulted in the U.S. conducting Operation EARNEST WILL and Operation PRIME CHANCE against them in 1987, and then Operation PRAYING MANTIS against them in 1988.
It goes without saying that the Iranians didn’t fare very well during those U.S. ops in ’87 and ’88.
Perhaps they’ve forgotten just how badly things worked out for them the last time that they tried to f*ck around in international waters, and they need to be reminded.
Masochism? Believing their own propaganda? Basic stupidity?
Perhaps the Iranian navy would prefer a view of the Mediterranean sea from a more water level view?
Another Iranian terrorist splattered.
Iranian warship catches fire and sinks.
Iranian oil refinery catches fire.
What a terrible run of luck. *starts playing tiny violin*
I do believe the Iranians are about to inherit a new fleet of submarines, when we sink all their surface vessels.
Artificial reefs. The fishies love it.
Popcorn?…”Welcome back my Friends to the show that never ends, I’m so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside.”
Ah, yes. ELP’s Brain Salad Surgery. With that iconic Giger artwork.
Sounds like we geezers are geezing tonight! Did that album for nearly three days under the influence of microdot. It was the one and only time when I parked my car somewhere because I knew I was too wasted to even try and find my home. I did eventually find the apartment, on foot, and it took hours to deal with the fences and obstacles.
It wasn’t all that easy finding it again, some days later, when I was well enough again to even think about driving.
Last time I saw ELP was Wolf Trap, the tickets were $100 each… and the music was TOO fucking loud. It felt good, though.
The straits of Gibraltar—would that be a Clive Cussler or a Tom Clancy novel? Then again, there’s the one where the 747 crashes into the capitol. I guess they could dump a lot of mines off a tanker or cargo ship.
Q: What do you call one dead IRGC advisor to Hezbollah?
A:…
Why us backwards music coming from his grave?
Decomposing.
Rim Shot on that 11B
A: “dead”
Duh. Obvious.
Only?
Gibraltar? Am I hearing that right, Gibraltar? Not Hormuz because that’s in their front yard, and they’ve tried/threatened multiple times to no avail. Now they think they’ve going 5,000 km away and “close” and international waterway? Let me answer for the world:
*smirk*
Not a useful Navy in a Navy v Navy fight. They do have a bunch of ships to bully shipping and some suicide craft….
I remember back in 1986, when Libya wanted to be tough, and Reagan punched Gaddafi in the face with a carrier task force. Didn’t hear any more from Libya for years. Maybe we should flip to that page in the playbook.
We would…if Joe Biden weren’t president.
Exactly. It isn’t that Biden is President, but his string pullers/marionette operators are pro muslim/anti Israel.
And BTW, I am not defending biden.
I remember in 1988 when the US sank most of the Navy of Iran for laying mines in the Gulf. No reason not to provide a repeat.
And who said you didn’t get anything for Christmas?
Iran is betting that we don’t have the balls to attack their formations. Prosperity Guardian is only focused on shooting down drones and cruise missiles costing thousands with missiles costing millions…. Until we start sinking some Iranian or Houthi ships, Iran may not get the message.