Bahrain and Kuwait secretly struck Iranian military sites in rare direct retaliation

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The strikes reflect the deteriorating position of Arab Gulf allies five months into the conflict.

By Bianca Jones, JFeed

Bahrain and Kuwait conducted secret airstrikes against Iranian military targets earlier this month in what the Wall Street Journal reported as their first known direct military retaliation against Tehran, marking a significant escalation by Arab Gulf states tired of absorbing Iranian strikes without response.

The strikes targeted drone and missile storage facilities and other military sites inside Iran, according to the WSJ’s exclusive reporting based on people familiar with the operation.

The United Arab Emirates provided intelligence on target selection and defensive air cover for the operation, continuing a pattern of direct involvement that has seen the UAE conduct dozens of airstrikes against Iran during the ongoing regional conflict.

The retaliation came after weeks of sustained Iranian missile and drone attacks on both Bahrain and Kuwait, which host major U.S. military installations.

According to WSJ reporting, the two Gulf states, equipped with American and European fighter jets but possessing relatively small air forces, concluded they could no longer absorb Iranian punishment without responding.

Kuwait’s ambassador to the United States, Al-Zain Al-Sabah, denied the report after the WSJ article was published, stating that Kuwait did not participate in any military operations against Iran and did not allow its territory to be used for offensive operations.

Bahrain’s government spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment from the WSJ.

The UAE Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it supports reducing regional tensions and condemned the attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, stating it “stands in full solidarity with these states and reaffirms its support for all measures aimed at safeguarding their security and stability.”

The strikes reflect the deteriorating position of Arab Gulf allies five months into the conflict.

Trade disruptions from the closed Strait of Hormuz, damaged tourism and investment, and new threats from Houthis in the Red Sea have strained their economies and security models.

Some analysts quoted in the WSJ suggested that prolonged conflict represents a worst-case scenario for Gulf state stability, with some officials privately considering more direct confrontation with Tehran.

Saudi Arabia, which participated in earlier UAE-led strikes, is currently evaluating its position. Oman and Qatar have shown little appetite for confrontation.

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IN the summer of 2019, I was seated in the wine cellar of a walled Medieval town high above the Dordogne Valley of France, not far from Sarlat-la-Canéda, making phone calls, writing reports. I have given this story in other places and it appears as though you’re about to hear it again. Rob Skiba is a name you that you might be familiar with. Though he had made a name for himself as a Nephilim researcher, more recently Rob had taken a dive into the deep end of the pool via flat earth research. The recorded interviews I conducted between he and Rick Hummer, a fellow flat earth investigator and close friend of his, was published while still occupying that very wine cellar. Read all about it. Chicago Is Not a Mirage.

Word quickly spread. Within a few short weeks, dozens of flat earth researchers began accepting my invite for a private interview, if not a series of interviews. From a 17th-century tower built by King Louis XIV, and with a stunning view of the Alps, I sat down with Robbie Davidson, founder of the Flat Earth International Conferences, conducting multiple sessions. While staying in Dumfries, Scotland, David Weiss agreed to take part in the interviews, as did Bob Knodel of Globebusters. There were others. But when I asked the interviewees to discuss the moments that shaped their lives, among the many PSYOPs, false flag attacks, and hoaxes that were discussed, only these men committed commentary to the false 9/11 narrative.

The resulting recordings ballooned into The Unexpected Cosmology, a book which became a website and was even intended as an anthology. And of course, the following discourse was originally a chapter. It was Walt Disney who stated, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” Those sentiments remain applicable here as well. American Sensationalism: The 9/11 Interviews was always intended to be expanded upon with the inclusion of new researchers. So I’m sorry to say the project became stagnant during the Covid-19 psychodrama. I took a break to tackle other projects. We lost Rob Skiba. Rob offered hours of private conversation regarding his life but we never got around to the big one. 9/11. It was in the cards. Sadly, Bob Knodel died soon afterwards. Voices are being squeezed from an entire generation. Gnosis passes with them.

In the aftermath, the FE community became fractured. People began going their separate ways. Robbie Davidson, among a noted few others who were interviewed for the project, got up and left the movement altogether. It is not my intent to erase his or the contributions of others if only brief. They came, they went, their testimonies remain.

The original vision may have hit roadblocks but it is not forgotten. I expanded this paper a few years later to include testimony from author Pauly Hart, a dear friend of mine. I had wanted to continue that trend every year thereafter but you know how it goes. For the 25th anniversary of the attack I have redirected my efforts to its first large scale expansion, including Andrew Hoy and Darrin Geisinger into the mix. Perhaps others will lend their experiences to the recorder in time.

The following is their report.

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