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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran has reportedly ordered all of its members to stop using communications devices, at least until they can all be inspected.
The order came a few days after pagers and handheld radios used by the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah blew up, killing 39 and injuring over 3,000 more.
Two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters on Monday that the IRGC plans to inspect all of the electronics carried by its operatives. The IRGC gets most of its equipment from China and Russia and, in the wake of the Hezbollah blasts, the IRGC fears its supply lines may not be secure.
The security officials said Iran is also worried about “infiltration by Israeli agents, including Iranians on Israel’s payroll,” so a “thorough investigation” of middle- and high-ranking IRGC officers has begun. MORE
I’d say IDF succeeded in their ultimate goal
Awe… no more Radio Derka Derka.
I am reading that actual Hezbollah warfighters don’t use those things. They mostly use buried fiber optics and couriers to communicate. Almost all of the people killed and wounded were non-combatants who were in Hezbollah’s occupation administration, which performs day-to-day operations and services in governing south Lebanon.
If all of this is true—and I have my doubts—Israel’s “victory” was not the master-stroke it is being portrayed as, and Hezbollah’s military position was not dealt a serious blow, in spite of the massive civilian collateral damage. Note the the attack which allegedly killed a number of Hezbollah commanders did not involve pagers or radios, but missiles.
And if all this I am reading is true, and not just cope, Israel has made a big blunder and certainly hadn’t won any hearts and minds with this pager stunt. Israel may have wasted time and resources being clever.
But when your tormentors are brutal, you must also be brutal. So make sure that your own brutality is effective and persuasive. Meanwhile Hezbollah has not moved an inch northward of the Litani River. This is not like Gaza. Not at all.
Thirdtwin – I think you are right. I know I read months ago that they (Hezbolla) had gone to couriers for messaging. Hadn’t heard of the Fiber, but it makes sense, however boobytrapping pagers, cell phones and walkie talkies really sends a powerful message that makes them pretty twitchy about using anything as in “what else have the Jews rigged up?”
Harry….yes, it makes them think before using any type of communication device in future. Akin to Project Eldest Son….do I really want to fire this weapon?!
Back to the stone age! Oh wait…
@ Thirdtwin TUESDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER 2024, 9:42 AT 9:42 AM
That is what they’d have you believe anyway. Their propaganda arm in the western “journalism” establishment are going to push whatever they are told.
IDF should deliver a huge Trojan Horse to them with a sign saying Acme Joo Bomb and when they open it…kaboom.
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too bad, *******
You want secure comms?
Two cups and a string.
Orrrrr……courier.
…so how did they communicare the “do not use your communication devices” order?
@JDhasty
Which propaganda arm, though? Left, or right? Jewish, or Muslim? I don’t trust any of them anymore. The facts in these events usually come out later, in an oblique way, and we have to connect the dots in time and space to get some semblance of the truth.
If by, say, June 2025, Hezbollah is still dug in south of the Litani River, Israel is still “mopping up” in Gaza, and Netanyahu is under house arrest, how successful, really was the pager strike?
The Israeli company behind the beepers is apologizing for the technical issues and is offering a free replacement to anyone who was affected by the recent issue.
😁
@thirdtwin
I’ll have to respectfully disagree.it looked like a classic decapitation strike to me. Just a question of how far down the neck to cut. So what if it got a bunch of guns and butter functionaries as well. No food, no new arms no pay, etc etc. The fuss caused the leadership to call a crisis mgmt meeting and because their usual comms were compromised, the Israelis were able to figure out the deets and killed the leadership with a missile. A leaderless army is just a mob and an unsettled one at that. They are treading carefully now and are properly set up for some hurt. Fiber optics and couriers can be intercepted. It was considered great sport in the Rev War era. Not the fiber optics part, of course. I’d say things are moving decidedly in the right direction for the Israelis and I await their next move, likely more conventional, with some interest.
Gojira, all I’m saying is that the truth about the effectiveness of the pager strike lies somewhere in between the competing narratives of “decapitation strike” and “twas merely a scratch”.
Smoke signals maybe?
@Thirdtwin
I think you might be confusing an opening gambit with a ‘win the war in a day’, end-game scenario. This has reverberated right up to the highest echelons of the IGRC where they looking at each other as possible leaks and triple checking their devices. Confusion rules the day in Iran and their with their proxies in Hezbollahland. If the Israelis elect to stop here, they’re idiots. If they’re made to stop here, we’re idiots.
That has to be the coolest military operation in a long time. Wylie E coyote Genius.
Thought I read that Israel had fixed up goats to explode when a certain type of contact is initiated by Hezbollas.
Couldn’t be true…or could it?
Gojira, if the Israelis had blown up the coms at the time of an invasion, that would be a great opening gambit. But they didn’t do that. They blew up all the comms in a standalone spree, because they feared their subterfuge had been discovered. At least, that was the excuse Israel gave. I don’t know if I believe that, either. And this is why I said I don’t trust any of the narratives being presented by anyone.
Even the narrative which tells me that “confusion rules the day in Iran”. It’s a nice thought, but is it true? And same with the missile strike which allegedly killed a gaggle of IRG bigs who’d gathered to discuss the comms attack. It’s a little bit too perfect. Could be true, though, but I’m not biting. Let’s see where the lines are in a few months.
@Thirdtwin
Stand alone spree? Hardly.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/after_11_months_of_letting_hezbollah_shoot_at_it_israel_is_destroying_hezbollah.html
You are right to be cynical. We are being played right, left and center. But we wander through the fog and try to make the best sense we can. This won’t end until Iran is out of the picture. That is our piece and we’re doing a poor job of it. This current business in Lebanon vaguely reminds me Gulf War I where we took our time putting all our ducks in a row and then proceeded to do our, what appeared at the time, magic, including many decap strikes. Some good footage of Iron Dome at work in the AT article, btw.