US and Iran conflict thread. ( merged threads)

[Steal2B]

FOLLOW THE MONEY

MIDDLE EAST INVESTORS ARE BETTING THINGS ARE NOT WORSE THIS WEEKEND​

April 26 (Reuters) - Most stock markets eked out small gains on Sunday despite hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough in the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran fading, with stalled talks underscoring the hardening positions ‌of both Tehran and Washington.

March and April US-Iran fighting has deepened instability in the Middle ⁠East, with Tehran striking its Gulf neighbours and there are conflicting reports of both negotiation progress or failures.

Recent fighting resuming between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a forceful assault on Hezbollah targets on Saturday, put a U.S.-brokered ceasefire under further strain.

Saudi Arabia	(.TASI) rose ⁠0.1% to 11,122
Qatar	(.QSI) was up 0.1% to 10,668
Egypt	(.EGX30) firmed 0.1% to 52,421
Bahrain	(.BAX) added 0.2% to 1,937
Oman	(.MSX30) fell 0.5% to 8,120
Kuwait	(.BKP) rose 0.3% to 9,469

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/most-gulf-equities-nudge-higher-despite-stalled-diplomacy-iran-2026-04-26/

 

[DoD1776]

Most of Obama's deportations were people caught sneaking in and sent back.

There *aren't* people sneaking in under Trump, so he's got to hunt down the ones that are here and have blended into society.

That is 100% a success story.

Illegal border crossing numbers plummeted in February: report https://share.google/qGzWVNdwgOiq1fNT2

i wish I could live in the bubble you live in.

But this must be part of trumps 37d chess plan right?

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/white-house-house-republicans-mass-deportations

 

[Defilade]

i wish I could live in the bubble you live in.

But this must be part of trumps 37d chess plan right?

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/white-house-house-republicans-mass-deportations

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Yes just trust the plan.

 

[DoD1776]

Yes just trust the plan.

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[Defilade]

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[Saltwater60]

Yea, there's different sects of all of them that disagree on the details.

But, the bottom line is that all of them from all 3 religions believe in the same God, the god of Abraham.

The Jews and Christians mostly gave up killing each other over the details centuries ago. You don't see Baptists killing Catholics like you do the Sunnis and Shias.

The Muslims will get there sooner or later.

I think assuming the Muslims will stop killing themselves and others at some point might be short sighted.
I know there are plenty of “Christian” churches I wouldn’t step foot in but that doesn’t mean I’d ever do them harm. Of course there are some wackos that have done some bad things under the name of whatever religion they claim to be so they are the exception to the rule and those people deserve whatever they get.

 

[Saltwater60]

Reports from southeast Asia ( seeming to cite Iranian sources) claim that one-fourth of the IRG's asymmetric fleet of 1000 speedboats were destroyed as collateral damage during the March US and Isreal strikes but most remain intact since they were kept in tunnels or civilian areas.

These sources also claim that the Somalia Ambassador to Ethiopia is claiming to shutdown (with potential help from Iran backed Houtis in Yemen) the narrow marine transport bottleneck (Bab al-Mandab) with speedboats to shut off another 5-10% of the world's oil supply (mostly from Saudi Arabia's alternate pipelines just placed back in service) and 10-15% of world trade. Today the Somalia press is distancing themselves from the Ambassodor's claim.

Best of luck to them. Why aren’t we using drones to hit all these small machine gun boats? Sink them all.