‘Like Toys, Not Drones’ – Iran Continues Mocking Israel’s Attack as Contrasting Narratives Emerge
Iran has continued mocking Israel’s limited attack which happened in the early hours of Friday morning. In a fresh interview with NBC, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian dismissed much of the initial reporting in the West concerning the strike, which appeared to center on the city of Isfahan – which hosts a nuclear energy site – as “not accurate”.
“What happened last night was not a strike,” the Iranian top diplomat asserted. He claimed that the the attack involved merely two or three small UAVs, which “were more like toys that our children play with, not drones.”
He said that the UAV’s were all taken out by Iran’s anti-air defenses, and even claimed they took off from inside Iran, suggesting that the attack took place by proxy.
Iranian state TV had reported shortly after midnight as the attack was unfolding that “three drones were observed in the sky over Isfahan. The air defense system became active and destroyed these drones in the sky.”
However, Israeli media along with the New York Times are saying the whole thing was meant as a strong symbolic message to Iran that Israel can inflict severe damage at will if it chooses to:
The alleged Israeli strike overnight Thursday-Friday on Iranian air defenses near the Natanz nuclear site used a high-tech missile that was able to evade Iran’s radar systems, in a move “calibrated to make Iran think twice” before launching another direct attack on Israel, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
Two unnamed Western officials cited by the newspaper said the missile aimed to show Tehran that Israel is able to dodge and neutralize its defenses.
Two Iranian officials said the strike hit a Russian-made S-300 air defense system. They told the newspaper that Iran had not detected intrusions into its airspace from drones, missiles or aircraft.
Israeli sources say that IAF jets were able to launch missiles from outside Iranian airspace, and further did not use Jordanian airspace, given concerns that Amman could be dragged into the conflict.
“Satellite imagery seen by the Times of Israel showed damage to the radar of an S-300 system at the Eighth Shekari Air Base in Isfahan, said to be part of an array defending the nearby top-secret Natanz nuclear site,” Israeli media reports further. “The imagery was not immediately permitted for publication, per the policy of the agency that took the photo.”
But there are contrary reports among Western press accounts. For example, there’s this satellite imaging analysis in CNN which points to an attack which did almost nothing in terms of serious damage:
There does not appear to be any extensive damage at an air base purportedly targeted by an Israeli military strike, according to exclusive satellite images obtained by CNN from Umbra Space.
The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite images were taken around 10:18 a.m. local time.
There does not appear to be any large craters in the ground and there are no apparent destroyed buildings. Additional visual satellite imagery will be needed to check for burn scars – which cannot be seen by SAR images — around the complex.
The Iranians have not confirmed or admitted to any fighter jet-launched missiles being used in the attack, as they continue to intentionally downplay it…
The IRGC has been trolling Israel really hard about the alleged use of quadcopters.
— Holly Dagres (@hdagres) April 19, 2024
They posted this video comparing Iran’s retaliation to Israel’s and used an actual drone toy ad from the early 2000s.
This is where things are at, folks. ? pic.twitter.com/i3AEOHcHE0
Some Israeli officials actually agree that it was too small of a retaliatory strike. Most notably, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir had quickly tweeted out in the wake of the overnight attack that the attack on Iran was in the end “lame”.
Iranian leaders have meanwhile declared the utter ‘failure’ of efforts to attack the Islamic Republic, and have further warned that Tehran won’t hesitate to strike back ‘harder’ if attacked by Israel. But the strategy of Iranian officials for now seems to be to simply deny that any level of major operation by Israel took place.
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“Nyet Moscow Marjorie”: NY Post Mocks MTG after House Passes Ukraine Aid Bill
“The score in Congress is now ‘Jewish space lasers’ lady 0, common sense 1,” according to the Sunday edition of The New York Post, which runs with the headline “Nyet, Moscow Marjorie.” The cover includes a Photoshopped image of MTG in a Soviet fur hat.
The Post mocked Marjorie Taylor Greene and other “Republican renegades” on its front cover, and included a quotation from Rep. Ken Buck (R.-Colo.), who said “Moscow Marjorie has reached a new low.”
The Sunday New York Post / Photo: New York Post
After the passing of the bill on Saturday, MTG laid in to Republicans who voted for the bill and especially Speaker Johnson.
“This is the third betrayal by Mike Johnson. He delivered a two-part Omnibus, funded the Department of Justice, 91 federal indictments against President Trump, funded the FBI that raided Mar-a-Lago, gave them a brand new FBI building, funded Joe Biden’s open-border policies that are killing Americans every single day.
“Then he reauthorized FISA that spied on American citizens, spied on President Trump’s campaign, and he voted against the warrant requirement, the same warrant requirement that he was for six months ago! And then he did this bullsh*t in here in the House floor, the foreign-war package that does nothing for America. It’s unbelievable.”
MTG said that if a vote were held to remove Johnson from Speaker’s position, he would be removed.
“I do not support Mike Johnson. He’s a lame duck.
“If we had the vote today in our conference, he would not be speaker today.”
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James O’Keefe Promises Undercover Videos Exposing Intel Agents after Tucker Appearance on Rogan
After Tucker Carlson’s appearance on Joe Rogan, James O’Keefe of OMG Media Group, formerly of Project Veritas, said it was “time to expose the intel community on video.”
O’Keefe made the comments on Twitter on Saturday, in response to Tucker Carlson’s appearance on Joe Rogan, in which Tucker said that American politicians are terrified of being blackmailed by intel agencies over their personal indiscretions, or of having “kiddie porn” put on their computer.
It’s time to expose the intel community on video.
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) April 20, 2024
Elected officials are afraid of them because they could use personal stuff as blackmail.
Do not run for office unless you’re willing to lay down your life for your country. Do not run if fear is in your vocabulary. https://t.co/mn5pCX2Dfk
Tucker claimed to have spoken to “a very powerful elected official… a very famous person” who confirmed that this is going on.
“It’s time to expose the intel community on video,” O’Keefe tweeted.
“Elected officials are afraid of them because they could use personal stuff as blackmail.
“Do not run for office unless you’re willing to lay down your life for your country. Do not run if fear is in your vocabulary.”
Two hours later, O’Keefe added in another Tweet, “If I publish the video @OKeefeMedia has of these intel guys, you all better have my back.”
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