Crescent International
Under the cover of ‘rescuing’ a downed airman, the US operation was meant to steal Iran’s enriched uranium according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on April 6.
He said that there were “many questions and uncertainties” about the ‘rescue’ operation.
“The area where the American pilot was claimed to be present in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province is a long way from the area where they attempted to land or wanted to land their forces in central Iran,” Baghaei said.
“The possibility that this was a deception operation to steal enriched uranium should not be ignored at all.”
He added that the operation was “a disaster” for the US.
Iran’s military said several US aircraft had to “make emergency landings” in southern Isfahan province after being hit during the mission, with the US “forced to heavily bombard the downed aircraft” as a result.
The Iranian version was corroborate by a US official speaking to The Washington Post, who admitted that US forces had to blow up two C-130 cargo planes and at least two MH-6 “Little Bird” helicopters as they were departing Iran.
Iran had said their forces destroyed the US aircraft in Isfahan, central Iran.
The number of planes shot down or destroyed also points to a deception operation that failed.
On April 3, Iran shot down an American F-15E fighter jet.
Both crew members ejected from the plane.
The same day, two A-10 Warthogs were also shot down as well as two Black Hawk helicopters.
While a search operation was launched for the two crew members, the location of the downed planes in Isfahan province lends credence to Baghaei’s statement.
It also explains why Donald Trump hit such a rage because the operation he launched to steal Iran’s uranium which is believed to be in Isfahan, was foiled.
In one day, the US lost several planes.
These included one F-15E, two A-10s, two Black Hawk helicopters and two transport planes.
Surely, the two transport planes hundreds of miles away from where the airman was shot down down were not needed.
While Trump claimed it was a ‘daring’ search and rescue operation, Iran’s military called it “a deception and escape mission,” insisting it was “completely foiled.”
Enraged by the failure, Trump resorted to crude language surpassing his usual vulgar standards railing against Iran.
Even the British tabloid press was appalled at his use of such foul language.
The Daily Mirror, for instance, said the president has stooped to a “childish new low” with the post, which it describes as “gutter-mouthed”.
Its headline said: “Unhinged”.
In his April 1 televised address, Trump had claimed “Iran’s navy has been obliterated, its airforce has been obliterated and its missiles and launchers have been obliterated.”
With all the Iranian forces and defences “obliterated”, one wonders how Iran managed to shoot down not one but at least six US aircraft in a single day?
For the record, Iran has also shot down not one but two F-35 stealth bombers.
The F-35s are supposedly so sophisticated that they cannot be detected by radar.
Yet, Iran’s air defences shot down two of them.
Trump’s total failure has sent him into a fit of rage.
More disasters await him as he continues to bomb civilian infrastructure including universities, schools, bridges, hospitals and refineries in Iran.
All these constitute war crimes.
