Julian Borger – The Guardian Apr 14, 2024
A hastily assembled coalition including the US and UK has helped Israel shoot down Iranian drones over Jordan, Iraq and Syria in an effort to blunt the attack and prevent an uncontrollable escalation.
As a mass salvo of Iranian drones and cruise missiles neared its borders, Israel scrambled its fighter jets to intercept the incoming projectiles, according to Israeli news reports, and it was supported in the effort by its partners and neighbours.
Joe Biden said the US had built up its forces in the run-up to the widely telegraphed attack, and that the reinforcements had paid off.
“At my direction, to support the defense of Israel, the US military moved aircraft and ballistic missile defense destroyers to the region over the course of the past week,” Biden said in a written statement. “Thanks to these deployments and the extraordinary skill of our servicemembers, we helped Israel take down nearly all of the incoming drones and missiles. “
Royal Air Force fighter jets and refuelling aircraft were also involved, taking off from bases in Cyprus. Their role, according to the Ministry of Defence, was to fill in for the US Air Force in the sorties against the Islamic State normally carried out over Iraq and north-eastern Syria, but also to intercept Iranian drones if they came into the UK area of operations.
“In response to increased Iranian threats and the growing risk of escalation in the Middle East, the UK government has been working with partners across the region to encourage de-escalation and prevent further attacks,” a defence ministry statement said.
“We have moved several additional Royal Air Force jets and air refuelling tankers to the region. These will bolster Operation Shader, which is the UK’s existing counter-Daesh operation in Iraq and Syria. In addition, these UK jets will intercept any airborne attacks within range of our existing missions, as required.”
Reuters quoted two regional security sources as saying Jordanian jets had downed dozens of Iranian drones flying across northern and central Jordan heading towards Israel.
The report said the drones had been brought down over the east bank of the Jordan river, and had been heading in the direction of Jerusalem, while others were intercepted close to the Iraqi-Syrian border.
There was no confirmation from the Jordanian government on its military role. The Iranian news agency Fars cited a source as saying that the regime in Tehran was closely monitoring Jordan’s actions which could make the Arab state “the next target” if it acted in Israel’s defence.
The Biden administration sent the head of US Central Command, Gen Erik Kurilla, to Israel this week to help coordinate defences against an Iranian attack. Kurilla was reported to have left the country short before the first drones were launched.
As well as fulfilling US defence commitments to Israel, the Biden administration is seeking to prevent out-of-control escalation leading to a regional war. US officials have said that their ability to restrain Israel’s response would depend a lot on what was hit inside Israel and the number of casualties from the Iranian attack.
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CRIMES OF TAVISTOCK
its come out that children who had eating disorders bullying depression or home problems
were cherry picked for hormone injections tight binding of the breasts or testicles prior to having their bits chopped off
many of these kids commited suicide.
What i propose is that the politicians who allowed this LBGT madness to also have hormone injections
have their bollox or tits tightly bound up and put in for them to be chopped off see how they like it
More Guardian Gaslighting and sycophancy over Zionrael’s right to offend everybody. If the Bi-Den regime was ever sincere in its claim to prevent out of control escalation then it would not have permitted Israel to destroy an embassy in a neighbouring country, contrary to all international law and laws of diplomacy. Imagine if Russia carried out a missile strike on the Ukrainian embassy in Helsinki…..
Hypocrisy: That old whore NATO lifted up her skirts and the stench was overpowering.
Some high ranking members of the UK military, were questioned by Politicians
in the Houses of Parliament, London.
It was televised, the question asked addressed to a man in uniform was, “ how long could the UK defence forces last, if they were under attack.”
The answer, “ they will not last 100 days,”
Some high ranking defence officials from the US, have reported, that we are nowhere near as powerful as we were in the 1990’s.
Due to the dismantling of the military system, by previous governments.
Think very clearly, if the US and UK took 20 years, to fight men who ride donkeys,
Then lost Billions of taxpayers money. What is going to happen.?
Santa Clause, tooth fairy, monsters under the bed.This is how they built the Pyramids,
The Government prints the currency.
I am puzzled as to why an intelligent species is swallowing this puss.
The west likes opinion polls so they should all run one now. “Who’s to blame, Israel or Iran?” They won’t like that one.
I saw an image of some British Typhoon jets but I don’t know if it’s a stock image or a part of Britain’s response. If an actual photo then they’re not trusting the F-35. That’s not good promo for the US.
Israel shouldn’t have boasted Iran was wary of US power, because it isn’t Israel’s power. And it shouldn’t boast Iran’s attack was repelled, because everybody else or their AD systems repelled it. Not Israel.
Following the solar eclipse, several companies of Martian battle cruisers entered earth orbit. With my adapted Ming Death Ray — wrongly assumed to be fictional — I harvested the surrounding orgone energy, focused it through my laser frivolity cannon, and shot them down. As usual I get no thanks, as their appearance and disappearance was only apparent to myself; unfortunately I am not in control of earth’s media.
In passing I had to dampen the ardour of the beautiful Princess of Venus — a fellow signatory of the Solar Alliance — who declared me the most handsome earthling she had seen. I told her I was too busy cleaning my flat to attend to her needs…But the Princess informed me, Venusian psychics say there will be increasing waves of media predictions of WWIII in the coming weeks. They also forecast more experts coming out with evidence against the jab…I mention all of this as validation of my previous exploits…
More treachery and treason, and abject cuckoldry, from the lawless “Anglo-American coalition” in helping protect the most rabid terrorists on the planet and satanic scum who have perpetrated multiple attacks on the cuck cuntries comprising the Anglo-American coalition while bleeding the citizens and treasuries of those same cuntries dry by the parasitic “banking” practices of the Jew.
Any sane cutnry would forcibly eject the Jew and reduce Israhell to smouldering rubble.
@Simon Smith
“laser frivolity cannon” hee hee!
so… UK special forces in Ukraine & Israel – billions in weapons also sent…along with advisors and v high level intelligence. RAF used to down Iranian drones and missiles
Talk of conscription for Ukraine
NO parliamentary debate on any of this
a few months prior to this, the crab-faced twat Shapps appointed Defence Minister out of the blue after a history of sleaze..
NO military background!!
Cameron appointed to Lords so he can become Foreign Office Minister also prior to this…Hmm
Both wars are kike wars…both these twats are kike zionists..
Lets face it, Mossad & (((the City))) have completely taken over all the organs of power in the UK…especially the MSM
Only FULL-ON REVOLUTION will take these cunts down
@EDWARD JOWETT
taxpayers money is not lost . its just in
jew Rothschilds mafias hands for Tikun Olam .
It is doubtful that UK/US forces participated, as to do so would be an act of war. More likely is that – as in Ukraine – they supplied intelligence.
Hate to be one to “break the news” to ‘The Gormless Guardian’… especially since it’s already wet its knickers in ecstasy…
but those drones & cruise-missiles “shot down” were merely DECOYS to keep the US/UK busy swatting flies…. until Iran sucker-punched with its hypersonic-missiles…
…EVERY SINGLE ONE OF WHICH got through ISISrael’s “Iron Dome” (🙄) to HIT a target!