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Iran hits desalinization plant in Bahrain (Original Post) SamuelTheThird 21 hrs ago OP
Source, please? niyad 21 hrs ago #1
For what it's worth... NavyDem 20 hrs ago #3
I don't think we're getting back to ' normal' SamuelTheThird 20 hrs ago #4
I do not doubt that it happened. But I like to have a source when I niyad 15 hrs ago #5
AP source-Iranian drone damages desalination plant in Bahrain irisblue 21 hrs ago #2
US and Israeli military are claiming that UAE forces hit the Iranian plant Prairie Gates 15 hrs ago #6

NavyDem

(569 posts)
3. For what it's worth...
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 05:05 AM
20 hrs ago

My Girlfriend is a migrant worker in Bahrain. Her apartment was about 2 blocks from the 5th Fleet base in Bahrain that was hit. Fortunately, she was evacuated far from the base and is safe.

I asked her about this, and she said that it was indeed hit.

She also said that Iran is still shooting at Bahrain, but mostly are getting intercepted. Obviously, I cannot confirm if this is true or not.

I speculate it will get messier before it gets back to normal.

I wish nothing but bad things on the Orange Blob and his besty, Bibi

SamuelTheThird

(947 posts)
4. I don't think we're getting back to ' normal'
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 05:12 AM
20 hrs ago

the Strait is too vulnerable to asymmetric attaccks

niyad

(131,695 posts)
5. I do not doubt that it happened. But I like to have a source when I
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:11 AM
15 hrs ago

share with my groups.

irisblue

(37,326 posts)
2. AP source-Iranian drone damages desalination plant in Bahrain
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 04:26 AM
21 hrs ago
https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-us-march-8-2026-f0b20dbffaea9351ae1e54183ffe53ff

snip-"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel renewed its assault on southern Lebanon early Sunday and Iran struck a desalination plant in Bahrain as the war entered its ninth day, expanding the conflict to new types of targets across the region.

Such infrastructure is critical for drinking water supplies in the parched deserts of the Gulf. The strike came after Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a U.S. airstrike damaged an Iranian desalination plant on Qeshm Island, warning that in doing so “the U.S. set this precedent, not Iran.”

The U.S. military has not acknowledged a strike on the plant."

More there

Prairie Gates

(7,879 posts)
6. US and Israeli military are claiming that UAE forces hit the Iranian plant
Sun Mar 8, 2026, 10:13 AM
15 hrs ago


Emirates people are like "Fuck no we didn't!"

Gli Emirati Arabi Uniti negano le notizie israeliane secondo cui avrebbero preso di mira un impianto di desalinizzazione in Iran. "Si tratta di fake news. Quando facciamo qualcosa, abbiamo il coraggio di annunciarlo", ha dichiarato Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, presidente della commissionedifesa, interni e affari esteri del Consiglio nazionale federale (Fnc), su X.


From RAI News Italia:

The United Arab Emirates denied Israeli reports that they had targeted a desalinization plant in Iran. "It's fake news. When we do something, we have the courage to announce it," declared Ali Rashad al Nuaimi, president of the commission of internal defense and foreign affairs of the council of the national federation on X.



Real top-notch coordination going on there.
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