Israel has bombed Iran

[EndtheMadnessNow]

ETMN - If you haven't read it already, you should take a look at James Bamford's book, "Spy Fail".  It's a pretty insightful read on the US Intelligence community, but also more importantly a very detailed look at Netanyahu's government and how the Mossad operates.  It's a real eye-opener.

Bamford, if you're not familiar with him, is the author who wrote "The Puzzle Palace" back in the 80's which exposed the existence of the NSA as a real government agency for the very first time.  Bamford almost went to Leavenworth over that book, and it was banned in the US for many years (as it revealed not only the existence NSA itself but also many things about how the NSA operated in such secrecy and what they were up to).  People had no idea. (other than rumors and budget line items for $10,000 coffee pots, toilet seats and hammers along with other wildly overpriced line items hidden in massive budgets.  All of it siphoned off into this massive black budget for the NSA).  So, the guy is a pretty credible source.

Anyway, Spy Fail is another eye-opener.  I picked it up primarily because I saw Bamford's name (the government would rather he not exist).  I had originally read The Puzzle Palace back in the mid 90's when I found a used copy over in a SE Asia 2nd hand bookstore.  I think the book may have still been banned in the US at that time (at least the unabridged version).  I'm not 100% sure the 'sanitized' version which eventually was released is the same as the edition I have kicking around here somewhere.

I'm very aware of Bamford's book "The Puzzle Palace", top notch author/researcher. But did not know of his "Spy Fail" book. Thanks, I'll look into it.

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Anyone remember this gem from 2007: "We’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran."
― General Wesley Clark. Retired U.S. Army, Supreme Allied Cmdr of NATO.




Missile attacks on Tel-Aviv, June 16 that hit around 4:30am localtime. I watched it live and it appeared to be a big wave of missiles. Most appeared to be intercepted but several got through. I was watching a live camera at same time in Haifa which appeared to be hit even harder. The Home Front Command ordered all civilians to go to their bunkers 3.5 hours before the missiles struck.
That dystopian sounding siren that goes off just before INCOMING, is damn twilight zone eerie.

Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Evening Edition

Key Takeaways

    The IDF expanded its air campaign into Iran by beginning to strike regime institutions, including some related to internal security and social control. This comes the day after the IDF began striking energy infrastructure. The degradation of the Iranian coercive apparatus coupled with energy shortages could destabilize the regime.

    The IDF conducted its furthest strike eastward as part of its efforts to establish air superiority over Iran. The IDF specifically struck an Artesh airbase around Mashhad in northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province. Most of the Israeli strikes targeting air defenses have been around western and central Iran thus far.

    Iran has continued its missile campaign targeting Israel, having launched 10 total barrages at the time of this writing. Two of these barrages occurred in recent hours. The IDF has intercepted around 92 percent of the missiles that Iran has fired at Israel thus far, according to an Israeli official speaking to Reuters.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded its ongoing air campaign on June 15 to target Iranian governance institutions, some of which are related to internal security.

Iran has conducted 10 waves of ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel from Iranian territory since the start of the Israeli air campaign against Iran on July 12. Iran has conducted two waves of ballistic missile attacks since CTP-ISW's 6:00 AM ET data cutoff on June 15.[21] The IDF reported that Iran launched “several missiles” at Israel in the first wave but that none of the missiles landed in Israeli territory.[22] Iran launched a second wave of missiles targeting Haifa in northern Israel.[23] Israeli media reported that Iran launched approximately 30 missiles in the second wave.[24] An Iranian ballistic missile struck a building in Haifa, injuring two Israeli civilians.[25] The IDF has thus far intercepted about 92 percent of the Iranian munitions that Iran has launched at Israel as part of its Operation True Promise III, according to Israeli officials speaking to Reuters.[26]

Must be the mothership of F35's. LOL.