> Iranian state TV says Tehran has launched "tens" of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq's Ain Assad airbase, which houses U.S. troops, in response to the killing of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
> Iran is saying that if there is no retaliation from America for these latest attacks then they will stop attacking. But if America attacks then their response will be crushing and wide spread
Probably because Trump wants to watch his favourite people on the TV and decide who makes the most convincing statement/says the last thing before he passes out
1 - do nothing and apologize. 2 - launch a counter offensive on their missile bases 3 - THIS IS A JOKE OPTION Nuke Iran THIS IS A FUCKEN JOKE, DO NOT CHOOSE IT!
My uninformed guess would be Iranians who sought asylum in Canada at some point but otherwise were safe to return now, coupled with the limited operating flights in and out of the country
"In a few minutes, we’ll have the president’s speech on Iran and a potential war, but first...what is the right way to eat pizza? With a fork and knife?”
To clarify, they're saying it was an early-warning system, they weren't notified by anyone
> A hangar at al Assad, a sprawling complex 100 miles west of Baghdad that houses about 1,500 coalition forces, was severely damaged, according to a U.S. official speaking to USA TODAY on the condition of anonymity. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly, added that early-warning systems gave U.S. forces advance knowledge that missiles had been launched.
@Wipqozn the main (old) lie is that the US paid Iran as part of the deal. That's just not true
@Ronan the new lie (maybe it was part of the old, but I hadn't heard it before) was that Iran used the money (supposedly) paid to Iran by the US to fund terrorism
All part and parcel
We don't need middle-east oil? Even if that is true (I'm not sure it is), they still set global prices
Hezbollah killed a US contractor and then we killed 25 (ostensibly Hezbollah?) fighters and then people burned the embassy and then we assassinated Soleimani and then Iran shot rockets at us
Whether or not Hezbollah would have killed the contractor had we done anything other than not being there, idk
@Unionhawk Clearly that was the largest "step" in escalation, but there were many other smaller steps along the way. (the tanker attacks, the US drone takedowns, etc)
> He said most of victims were visiting family in Iran over the holidays. He said many were dual citizens and many were international students. “One of the reasons why you take that flight is you wouldn't want to take a flight that has a connection in the United States because international students can't do that," he said.
> The Tehran to Toronto route via Kyiv is an affordable route for Iranian Canadians and international students. There are no direct flights.
tech/political/law enforcement/security crossover news story
> Honestly, I don’t think this has anything to do with the Pensacola shooter. I think this is part of a campaign to drum up public support for making true encryption illegal. And if it really is about the Pensacola shooter, the FBI’s leadership doesn’t understand how encryption works, which is disgraceful.
> “Sophomoric and utterly unconvincing". “I was utterly unpersuaded about any evidence about the imminence of a threat that was new or compelling.” - Rep. Gerry Connolly, member of House Foreign Affairs Committee
@Ash Reading the article again, I think this paragraph contains a typo:
> Younes Zangiabadi, a board member of the Iranian Canadian Congress, said because of U.S. sanctions, there are many options for Iranian-Canadians to travel to Iran.
Should that be "there are not many options..." ?
Because I can't imagine US sanctions making it easier somehow
Not sure if this is what they're really alluding to, but the travel ban (aka Muslim ban) also restricts (or prevents entirely) travel from Iran to or through the US, so might contribute as well
