Iran Inflicts Massive Damage…

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0:29Iran inflicted massive damage upon the United States military in the past 48 hours. The Trump regime, CENTCOM, the Jordanian government and others were trying to cover it up. We were showing you the videos of Iran's ballistic missile strikes of the U.S. military bases in Jordan. And it was a massive barrage. And we were showing you those U.S. interceptors were not working, despite the U.S. using seemingly 60 to 100 interceptors, further depleting the interceptor stockpile. But now we're learning F-15s were damaged on U.S. military bases in Jordan. We were seeing Black Hawk helicopters being removed from U.S.

1:15military bases in Jordan, which look to have had major damage done to them. The U.S. military bases were once again hit hard. And we also are learning that 60 more U.S. service members are now being reported injured on the public Pentagon database, where the Pentagon now has separated the recent casualties into a new category of miscellaneous conflict. And they do not include these new casualties in the epic fury war. Also, we believe that the Trump regime and Pentagon continue to lie about the casualty amount. We believe it's actually in the thousands. And the Trump regime claims there have been about 800 service members who have been injured and 18 killed in action.

2:1160 more service members added to the injury list on the new database since August 31st. Let's talk about what we're learning. Now, CBS News, which is also, in my view, regime media, just like state regime media, Fox, here's what they reported last night. Multiple American military aircraft suffered damage and strikes overnight on Muwafik Salty Air Base in Jordan, sources told Jim Laporta and me. I do want to mention that the CBS defense reporters are better now than their other reporters. However, I still believe military officials were leaking this information to them to still downplay the extent of the true damage that was done by saying, well, here's the damage that we'll admit to, hoping to distract us from the fact that even more damage was truly done.

3:08We should also recall that CENTCOM and the Jordanian government previously said that all of the Iranian ballistic missiles were successfully intercepted. They said it was only 20 Iranian ballistic missiles that were shot at Jordan and 18 were intercepted and two did not hit their targets. Let's keep on reading what CBS was saying over here, what they were reporting. one a10 thunderbolt known as the warthog was struck and left with a missing wing roughly eight f-15s sustained light damage and were placed back into service light damage is that like when you say our service members were suffering from minor injuries when they

3:52Ben Meiselas:have traumatic brain injuries and they all of a sudden returned back into service american forces in Jordan launched more than 30 Patriot missiles defending against the Iranian strikes. Pause there. We know that it's probably double to three times that amount. How do we know it? We've seen it. We have visuals of what was taking place in Jordan. Let's keep on reading. The overnight damage came after the U.S. attacked five Iranian civilian oil tankers saying that it was in retaliation for Iran targeting a U.S. Navy warship. So the United States says Iran targeted a warship. So the Trump regime's response is to behave like pirates and destroy Iranian civilian oil tankers that's used for economic purposes to squeeze them.

4:43That's what the Trump regime is bragging about,

4:46Ben Meiselas:that our proud and strong Navy is basically being used like pirates or bandits. This post goes on to say, in response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed they launched attacks at eight tankers and two warships, including the base in Jordan. You'll see here, as I showed at the outset as well, footage emerging showing US forces evacuating damaged Black Hawk helicopters from a base in Jordan. We believe it's the Moawakik Salty Air Base, which was attacked with dozens and dozens of ballistic missiles 48 hours ago or so. As I noted at the outset, Stars and Stripes is also reporting the following.

5:28Ben Meiselas:U.S. forces face renewed attacks as Iran conflict widens. Since Iran resumed strikes on August 31st, after the Trump regime escalated, the Pentagon's public database for tracking U.S. military casualties has listed 61 additional Americans as wounded in action. More than 800 U.S. service members have been wounded and 18 killed since the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28th. And I think it deserves to be reiterated. The Trump regime and CENTCOM or the Pentagon or the State Department, they're not announcing these numbers transparently. They've created their own separate database for miscellaneous conflict and news outlets like Midas Touch and Stars and Stripes.

6:22You look at the public database and you just see, whoa, did you just add 60 more people?

6:29Ben Meiselas:We've also seen before that they delete people. But the most recent edit was 60 people being added to the injured list. You would think that in normal times that would be addressed publicly. But no, not the Trump regime. That is not just the least transparent. They are the most fraudulent. But like last night when Donald Trump gave that deranged speech in Dallas, perhaps his most deranged speech ever, he promised everybody, if you vote Republican, I'm going to give you$5 ,000. I mean, these are the biggest fraudsters ever. And remember what happened in the past 48 hours after the U.S. struck the Iranian civilian oil tankers and Iran then struck the U.S.

7:14Ben Meiselas:military bases in Jordan. This was what this was the official Jordanian news agency announcement. Jordan armed forces intercept 18 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting the kingdom. It says the kingdom came under a missile attack from Iranian territory over the past few hours. The spokesperson for the Jordan armed forces stated on Wednesday, the spokesperson explained that Jordanian air defense systems engage 20 ballistic missiles fired toward Jordanian territory, successfully intercepting and destroying 18 of them. Two missiles fell in unpopulated areas. Field assessments confirmed no casualties were recorded as a result of the attack.

7:56Ben Meiselas:And then it says the Jordanian armed forces urged citizens refrain from approaching, touching, or moving any unidentified objects. The military stressed the necessity of relying exclusively on official statements and avoiding dissemination of rumors or unverified information regarding the situation. In other words, they are a bunch of liars. CENTCOM then posted claim. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces claimed they struck two U.S. Navy destroyers operating in the Middle East. This is completely false. Fact, no U.S. Navy warship has been struck. All IRGC attempted attacks failed. Meanwhile, U.S.

8:36Ben Meiselas:forces have successfully destroyed 10 Iranian tankers in just the last week. First off, weird brag that the Pentagon, that CENTCOM is saying that they struck 10 Iranian tankers. Yes, you struck 10 Iranian civilian tankers. Iran struck over 10 tankers in the Strait of Hormuz in response. But the way the Trump regime writes this, where they say all IRGC attempted attacks failed, perhaps you want to address that the attacks on the military bases did not fail, that they succeeded and U.S. military equipment was hit and that 60 more service members have been placed on the injured list in the past 10 days alone instead of just all this bizarre propaganda video CENTCOM is posting showing more strikes on Iranian civilian oil tankers.

9:30Ben Meiselas:I mean, look, take a look over here, more footage from last night or from 48 hours ago, So the Iran strikes on the U.S. bases in Jordan, you can see the U.S. Patriot missile interceptors and you can see a lot of the Iranian ballistic missiles striking their targets. And of course, I noted the multiple strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz by Iran. The price of oil going up, up, up, up, up. We believe that we'll probably hit close to$120 per barrel by the end of this week. It's already above$101 a barrel. We're seeing record high diesel prices, record high crude prices as well, gas prices and diesel prices.

10:21Ben Meiselas:Let me just share with you. I mean, this is what was going on in Jordan as the Jordanian people were having a rooftop dinner cheering on the Iranian ballistic missile strikes of the US military bases. This footage right here should strike fear into the Jordanian monarchy. Here, let's play this.

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12:39Ben Meiselas:in the region as well, in Yemen. They've made major advances in the past 24 hours against the Saudi-aligned forces in Yemen, right? So you have the Houthis, which control a lot of Western Yemen, and then you have the Saudi-backed government in Yemen as well. And we've seen a lot of strikes after Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa Air Base in Yemen. We saw the Houthis strike back hard over the past two months or so in Saudi Arabia, striking multiple refineries over there. Then we've had a back and forth escalation there amongst Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-backed government in Yemen and the Houthis, which is backed and allied with Iran.

13:25Ben Meiselas:But the Houthis, Ansar Allah, as they are called, have made major, major advances getting into MOCA, one of the final remaining areas that the Saudi-backed government controlled in Western Yemen by the Bab al-Mandab Strait over there. And this is a major advancement overnight by the access of resistance group, the Houthis, pushing out, pushing back the Saudi-aligned government over there. Yemeni accounts are reporting strategic withdrawals of Saudi coalition forces from the port city of Al-Quaqa to prioritize defense of Al-Mokha. Then we saw a retreat from Al-Mokha. I'll just show you some of the videos right here of what we were seeing and the massive large advances right here of the Yemeni armed forces.

14:22Ben Meiselas:We'll take a look right over here. Let's play it.

14:30Ben Meiselas:And with all of that taking place, Donald Trump, like the snake oil salesman that he is, what was he speaking about last night at the convention? Oh, after the election, we win the war. After the election, gas goes down to$2 a gallon. Just after the war, Iran's going to magically give up. Here, this is what Trump said. You can see for yourself. I think the war is going to end immediately after the election. I think the war will end immediately after the election. Because they can't hold out any longer. They're desperate to try and affect the election so that we can get a nice, weak group of people in there and leave them alone and let them have their nuclear weapon.

15:14All they want is a nuclear weapon. And if they had a nuclear weapon, the whole world is in deep trouble.

15:20Ben Meiselas:And who's making money off of all of this? U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff made nearly$107 million last year from a holding company affiliated with the cryptocurrency firm he co-founded with Trump, who put a lot of money into that. Pakistan did. United Arab Emirates, the spy sheikh, as it's called, the president of UAE's brother, invested hundreds of millions of dollars into this that enriched Donald Trump and Whitcoff personally. Trump himself reported earning$526 million from the sale of cryptocurrency tokens through World Liberty Financial. And with all of this going on, three byline alert from the Wall Street Journal.

16:03Ben Meiselas:Vance, Rubio and others have discussed with Donald Trump that Tehran could continue to resist U.S. pressure under the blockade, potentially extending the conflict past Inauguration Day in January 2029. Alex Ward, one of the top military reporters out there for the journal and in general, top White House advisors raised privately with Trump the prospects that the Iran war could drag on through the remainder of his term. U.S. officials said a message at odds with Trump's public assurance of a swift victory. Wall Street Journal reports in the Oval Office and Situation Room discussions, Vance Rubio and others have discussed with the president that Tehran could continue to resist U.S.

16:45Ben Meiselas:pressure under the blockade and other military tactics, potentially extending the conflict past inauguration date, January 2029. The closed-door discussions come as Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that the war will end immediately after the midterm elections in November because they can't hold out any longer. The Pentagon has planned to extend the deployment of some air defense units in the Middle East with no firm end date. A third Marine Expeditionary Unit is preparing to deploy to the region this fall. The Pentagon is also rotating Air Force fire squadrons into the region. So that's where we're at right now, folks.

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