Israel is being pounded.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issuing the grave to warning to the American peoples: “This is the reality of what’s at stake, what we are facing now...Because as we stand here today, closer to the brink of nuclear annihilation than ever before, political elite warmongers are carelessly fomenting fear and tensions between nuclear powers...It’s up to us, the people, to speak up and demand an end to this madness...We must reject this path to nuclear war and work toward a world where no one has to live in fear of a nuclear holocaust”. No

Zerohedge:
Trump Hints At 'Possible' US Entry Into War Amid Stepped-Up Israeli Daytime Attacks On Tehran
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Monday, Jun 16, 2025 - 06:11 AM
After Saturday reports widely said that Israel requested direct US military assistance in attacking Iranian nuclear sites, President Trump in fresh comments to ABC News has begun to change the White House tune a little, as he now says it's 'possible' the US 'could get involved' in the Israel-Iran conflict.

He told ABC's Rachel Scott that "it's possible we could get involved" - however he emphasized that the US military is "not at this moment involved" in the conflict. He pivoted to calling for peaceful resolution, saying the US would be "open" to Russian President Vladimir Putin being a mediator in. "He is ready. He called me about it. We had a long talk about it," Trump said. Of course, he campaigned against new wars starting and said these major conflicts would not have happened if he was president.


AP: building destroyed by an Iranian missile, near Tel Aviv, June 15, 2025
Regional sources are reporting on Sunday the highest number of observed strikes in daylight in an around Tehran. Israel's military says that over 80 sites were hit overnight, and has vowed to "hunt down" ballistic missile launchers in western Iran. Radar and anti-air defense batteries were also struck "as part of the IDF’s aerial superiority in Iranian airspace."

The densely populated capital of around 15 million has seen hundreds of thousands leave the city for safety.


At least three different areas of Tehran have been heavily targeted in this latest wave, includin Niavaran to the north, and the Valiasr and Hafte Tir squares in the center of the city.

President Trump has belatedly become a little more vocal, after an initial day of silence following the war's start:


Below is a partial list of Israeli attacks on Tehran today so far:

Ministry of Oil
Ministry of Intelligence
Police HQ
IRGC Intelligence HQ
Supreme Court
Heavy daylight strikes over Tehran after Israel's air force has claimed total air superiority:


Iran's emergency authorities have announced the opening of metro stations and mosques to serve as bomb shelters for the public starting Sunday night.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a Persian-language message directed at Iranian civilians as follows: "All individuals currently present or expected to be present in or around military weapons manufacturing facilities and their supporting institutions must immediately evacuate these areas and not return until further notice," it said.

Key oil sites have continued to get lit up by major Israeli airstrikes...


There has been no death toll update since Iran's UN Ambassador had announced that 78 were killed and more than 320 wounded since the start of early Friday strikes.

As for Israel, its growing casualty count includes at least eleven dead and 200 injured following overnight attacks, which saw whole neighborhoods destroyed in Tel Aviv, and a residential high rise building decimated.

Things in Tehran have gone from bad to worse amid indications of civic infrastructure failure in several places:


Additionally, an assassination campaign continues to be underway, via targeted aerial attacks, but also apparent sabotage utilizing intelligence assets on the ground, as car bombs in Tehran has been reported. According to Times of Israel:

At least 14 Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in Israeli attacks since Friday, including in car bombs, two sources in the Gulf say.

The names of nine of the scientists were published by the IDF yesterday, and it said many of them were successors to Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the “father of the Iranian nuclear project,” who was allegedly assassinated by Israel in 2020.

But overnight Iran scored many devastating hits after launching waves of ballistic - and some reports say even hypersonic - missiles on Israel.



In one notable instance, a residential building in the Israeli city of Bat Yam was severely badly damaged in an Iranian strike. At least six were killed in that single attack another seven have been reported trapped under the rubble, amid ongoing difficult rescue operations.


Netanyahu arrives at the Bat Yam attack site https://t.co/Q64WSRL7vL pic.twitter.com/Fcy2gdTsxs

— RT (@RT_com) June 15, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, recently back from Greece, toured the area of the Bat Yam attack. Videos of the scene show that the whole street lies in rubble, and that crews are still searching for survivors.



The danger is that both sides are clearly unleashing full firepower on civilian areas, and some reports say Iran is now targeting Netanyahu's own residential neighborhood with attacks.

At this point US-Iran nuclear negotiations definitely appear off, though Trump is still seeking to leverage the attacks to urge Iran to quickly make a deal before it gets further destroyed.

Oil down almost as fast as it went up. I guess the big money thinks this is over already. Futures up decently.

Unless they close Hormuz this is just another weekly bullshit story out of the Mideast, same shit I've been seeing and hearing about since I was a kid. The more it changes, the more it stays the same.

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Oil down almost as fast as it went up. I guess the big money thinks this is over already. Futures up decently.

Unless they close Hormuz this is just another weekly bullshit story out of the Mideast, same shit I've been seeing and hearing about since I was a kid. The more it changes, the more it stays the same.

Stock market is up due to plunge protection team. Oil is up for no good reason other than manipulation.
You will notice that gold took a hit. Why?
Possibly there are secret talks in play.
Israel can't afford another week of strikes.

Pakistan gives Nuclear Threat to Israel via Iran.

“Pakistan told Iran that if Israel drops nuclear bomb in Tehran, we'll drop nuclear bomb on them”-Iranian National Security Council member Mohsen Rezaei.

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Israel asks Iran, through intermediaries, to stop attacks, return to nuclear talks: US media
Monday, 16 June 2025 12:57 PM

Yeah! Right!

Sell the bombs, buy the body count, as ever. The world is a safer place than it was last week, so there is no reason why the markets shouldn't celebrate a bit. It will take a generation for Iran to try to rebuild the military capacity it had before Oct 7, if the regime even survives. Israel has turned over the chessboard that Iran was setting up for almost my whole life.

Im the fullness of time, the answer will be clear.

Question and answer. Author anon

The Iranians have warned that if Israel were to attack, they could retaliate by targeting American facilities in the region. Do you expect Tehran to take such action?

AM: That’s a good question. I would prefer not to speculate on the decisions Tehran might make. However, it still seems to me that it is not in Iran’s interest to provoke the Americans and draw them into an escalation. I would therefore expect a tough response on Israeli targets and a more moderate response on American ones. Perhaps something similar to the Iranian strikes on US facilities in Iraq following the US assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. Around 100 Americans were concussed in those attacks, but there were no fatalities.

From the perspective of avoiding a regional war, it would probably be sensible to give Israel a tough response, but to separate this from any tacit agreement by the US to allow such an operation. The big question is whether this will stop at exchanges of strikes on nuclear and/or military infrastructure or whether attacks on civilian targets will follow, which could lead to a major regional war.

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Originally posted by itsme:
Oil down almost as fast as it went up. I guess the big money thinks this is over already. Futures up decently.

Unless they close Hormuz this is just another weekly bullshit story out of the Mideast, same shit I've been seeing and hearing about since I was a kid. The more it changes, the more it stays the same.

Stock market is up due to plunge protection team. Oil is up for no good reason other than manipulation.
You will notice that gold took a hit. Why?
Possibly there are secret talks in play.
Israel can't afford another week of strikes.

Gold? Because 'something' thinks all is well again, your post about the rumor could be very true and we know the markets love a good rumor.

Now that the nuke program has been neutered (or has it??) maybe another years worth of talks will be good (for everyone to rearm and rebuild more than likely ---- rinse and repeat).

Massive missile attack on Israel again tonight...

https://x.com/SprinterObserve/.../1934709250057752795

Israeli's are trying to blackout the news and footage of the attacks. Will post as they leak out.

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Originally posted by itsme:

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Originally posted by MAXIMUS PANDAMONIUS:

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Originally posted by itsme:
Oil down almost as fast as it went up. I guess the big money thinks this is over already. Futures up decently.

Unless they close Hormuz this is just another weekly bullshit story out of the Mideast, same shit I've been seeing and hearing about since I was a kid. The more it changes, the more it stays the same.

Stock market is up due to plunge protection team. Oil is up for no good reason other than manipulation.
You will notice that gold took a hit. Why?
Possibly there are secret talks in play.
Israel can't afford another week of strikes.

Gold? Because 'something' thinks all is well again, your post about the rumor could be very true and we know the markets love a good rumor.

Now that the nuke program has been neutered (or has it??) maybe another years worth of talks will be good (for everyone to rearm and rebuild more than likely ---- rinse and repeat).

What you are witnessing is the opening act of a large world war. It will be bloody,uncomprising, and savage

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Originally posted by MAXIMUS PANDAMONIUS:

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Originally posted by itsme:

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Originally posted by MAXIMUS PANDAMONIUS:

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Originally posted by itsme:
Oil down almost as fast as it went up. I guess the big money thinks this is over already. Futures up decently.

Unless they close Hormuz this is just another weekly bullshit story out of the Mideast, same shit I've been seeing and hearing about since I was a kid. The more it changes, the more it stays the same.

Stock market is up due to plunge protection team. Oil is up for no good reason other than manipulation.
You will notice that gold took a hit. Why?
Possibly there are secret talks in play.
Israel can't afford another week of strikes.

Gold? Because 'something' thinks all is well again, your post about the rumor could be very true and we know the markets love a good rumor.

Now that the nuke program has been neutered (or has it??) maybe another years worth of talks will be good (for everyone to rearm and rebuild more than likely ---- rinse and repeat).

What you are witnessing is the opening act of a large world war.

Rumor is the Nimitz is going to the Strait....maybe get her sunk and churn up some American anger to attack Iran, whatever works I guess. It's been going on so long I'm basically bored of it and find it hard to get all antsy about it. We'll see. I'm guessing this time next week it'll be a new distraction.

We are predicting the entrance of China in this conflict
They are already in the middle east, hooked up with the Egyptians. Once their warships arrive, we enter into phase 2.

The "Jesus walked here tours" in Israel are going real cheap for now...

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We are predicting the entrance of China in this conflict

Japan went to war with the USA over the embargo of oil to their country FYI. Seeing that over 20% of China's oil comes from Iran, yeah I think this is of existential relevance to that country.

Also Pakistan is stepping up for Iran--and they have lots of canned sunshine to offer in the struggle. Eqypt has been preparing for this for many months with the Gaza extermination going on right across their border within sight.

Turkey is also going to jump in when this coalition hardens. It will take place if an any moment Iran seems like it is on the ropes.

Israel is censoring news of missile hits inside their country, trying to put the face on the conflict that they have the upper hand, when in fact they are getting shellacked in many areas by waves of missle strikes.

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Rumor is the Nimitz is going to the Strait....maybe get her sunk and churn up some American anger to attack Iran, whatever works I guess. It's been going on so long I'm basically bored of it and find it hard to get all antsy about it. We'll see. I'm guessing this time next week it'll be a new distraction.

This is no coincidence that the Nimitz is 50 years old, scheduled for decommissioning and the scrapyard. Matt Bracken is speculating that they are going to use the ship as a 'staked goat' and invite and attack. And it's no coincidence that she's loaded up right now with older style Gen II fighters (expendables). It will be Gulf of Tonkin III and we know how the first one turned out.

WOW!