Say anonymous officials — who may or may not exist, given it’s the New York Times...
[IsraelTimes] Israel was behind a pair of attacks on major gas pipelines inside Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
this week, which disrupted the flow of gas to millions of people, The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reports, citing two Western officials and a military strategist affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
If confirmed, the strike would amount to an escalation by Israel, which has to take largely targeted military and nuclear sites, as opposed to civilian ones.
"The enemy’s plan was to completely disrupt the flow of gas in winter to several main cities and provinces in our country," Iran’s oil minister, Javad Owji, told Iranian media in comments on the "sabotage and terrorist attacks.
He avoids publicly blaming Israel for the blasts, which he says were aimed at damaging Iran’s energy infrastructure and stirring public upheaval.
One Western official tells NYT that the strike was largely symbolic, causing minimal harm and being easy to repair.
The two Western officials say Israel was also behind another blast yesterday inside a chemical factory on the outskirts of Tehran.
| Beware those terrifyingly omnipresent Israeli spy squirrels — they’ve been upgraded with new tricks up their sleeves. Courtesy of Grom, Ynet goes into greater detail: |
Cyberattacks believed to be carried out by Israel have aimed to disable servers belonging to Iran's Ministry of Petroleum.
| Oh? Iran has been trying to accomplish the same for several years. I guess the Israelis got tired of their nonsense. |
The Western sources and the Iranian military strategist said that the attacks required deep knowledge of Iran's infrastructure and careful coordination, especially since two pipelines were simultaneously hit in multiple locations.
| That does sound like Israel... |
| They would know well how to fake an accident, those perfidious juices! |
| The poor darlings. |