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2020-07-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

How have Iran's intelligence forces broken down in face of explosions?

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-10 05:22|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top
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#1 They aren't getting help from the Chinese? No help from the Eurine states that sold them the "dual use" goods? Anyone? Bueller?

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-07-10 07:19|| 2020-07-10 07:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, it helps having all these agents among IRGC elites.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-10 07:58|| 2020-07-10 07:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Congrats Israel. You broke them.

Wine and cheese platter celebration at my house!

Posted by DarthVader 2020-07-10 08:31|| 2020-07-10 08:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Remember that Mogen David wine must be chilled before serving!

Posted by Clem 2020-07-10 09:03|| 2020-07-10 09:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Iran recently signed a very strange deal with the PRC. It allows the PRC to station troops anywhere it wants in Iran at anytime for any purpose.
In addition it allows ChiCom business to set up an run businesses anywhere in Iran without supervision or normal controls.
This sort of deal almost requires a monster to exist in the first place. Every time one sees a deal like this there is always the chance that those the deal benefits (China) are the actual monster. Iran may have been rickrolled by China.

Posted by 3dc 2020-07-10 10:22|| 2020-07-10 10:22|| Front Page Top

#6 Mogen David is pretty sugary for a wine.

You might want to spike it with some vodka.

Posted by lord garth 2020-07-10 11:15|| 2020-07-10 11:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Once an intel org misses a certain number of Big Events, for whatever reason, it starts to look inward--more than its usual caution--and that reduces efficiency. Fewer people are willing to work with an operative if the previous guy got burned over a slow fire on account of suspicion..... Good agents, or mediocre ones for that matter, can be investigated for normal activities not sufficiently recorded. Who leaked Soleimani? Maybe nobody. Maybe it was strictly sigint. But you can't be sure so it has to be investigated and everything slows down . And bosses need scapegoats to CYA.
And the it's Howdy Doody time. See the CIA.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2020-07-10 11:35|| 2020-07-10 11:35|| Front Page Top

#8 It looks like Bibi’s big warehouse raid picked up more than just nuclear bomb information.

One advantage of the coronavirus lockdown is that it appears Israel needn’t spend nearly as much time dealing with domestic nonsense — there are hardly any articles on the subject to post nowadays. g(romgoru, is that your impression, too?

Posted by trailing wife 2020-07-10 13:53|| 2020-07-10 13:53|| Front Page Top

#9 #8 Well things were kinda quiet - because the West Bank is on lockdown. But, it shouldn't affect things - different departments.
And, in any case, I think it's the wrath of Ahura Mazda with the worshipers of the Moon God.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-07-10 14:24|| 2020-07-10 14:24|| Front Page Top

#10 G(r)om, did Zarathustra sprach that to you?

Posted by ed in texas 2020-07-10 20:52|| 2020-07-10 20:52|| Front Page Top

#11 Maybe Mephisto! (lol)

Posted by Clem 2020-07-10 20:53|| 2020-07-10 20:53|| Front Page Top

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