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Welcome in everyone. I hope you guys are doing great wherever you're watching from. Today I'm filming this on July 16th. All information is up to date as of July 16th.
And we had major activity over Wednesday night into Thursday today, July 16th, as massive bombing runs were carried out on Iran. Iran responding by unleashing fire on our fighter jets, ripping and soaring through the country as well as attacking Kuwait, Bahrain, unleashing missiles and drones across the Middle East. We have a ton of updates to get into after what was without question the most fierce fight of uh night of fighting that we have had in months. I will likely be live streaming tonight at 7 PM Eastern if the fighting continues into the night.
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Now, I'm going to put this on the screen right away. So, this is footage. This might be a shade of a longer video because we have so many updates to get to. So, this is explosions in a vase overnight being carried out by someone uh be sorry not someone being carried out by the United States hammering targets across Iran. Fighter jets. You can see the fire, massive fire after the bombs impacted right there. This is a terrible. So you you're not going to really be able to see this, but you can hear the bombs hitting as US fighter jets >> roll through. There you go. Massive flash. >> And there is the explosion.
And then right here we have more footage. This is an Ahmad Raz police post in Shabah Iran. There are many reports overnight that US air strikes were targeting IRGC police forces road uh roadblocks checkpoints to open up the streets for people. Let's watch. >> So you can see the massive fire right there. [ __ ]
And then here we have we have multiple reports of intense anti-aircraft uh activity throughout Iran. Is Iran open fire on our fighter jets with the air defenses? It still has. Keep in mind there is a high intelligence assessment that Russia and China have rushed in air defense systems during the ceasefire. They also have their heavy gun air defense. It is unclear how many of their uh sophisticated missile defenses, but all night long anti-aircraft activity racing up into the sky to engage US fighter jets. So there was anti-aircraft activity in Shian. More anti-aircraft activity in Esvahan. Esvahan, of course, is the home of one of their main nuke facilities where the highly enriched uranium is being hidden. It's being hidden at Esvahan and then also at Pickax Mountain. So, intense air anti-aircraft activity at Esvahan likely around the nuke facility. And that would of course be where we also would be trying to take out that anti-aircraft activity or their anti-aircraft batteries to soften up the target for when we go in to hit the nuke facilities. And then right here, anti-aircraft activity in southern Thrron as well. So, we have anti-aircraft activity all over the country.
And now we are going to get into some video of the anti-aircraft activity. So, this is footage. You're going to see flashes in the sky. This is over Thrron as US fighter jets. The Iranians are attempting to engage. You can see those flashes right there. Those flashes in the sky. That is anti-aircraft fire going up. And then right here, you're going to be able to hear the explosions of the anti-aircraft batteries attempting to shoot down US fighter jets. Fortunately, as of me filming this video, and I forgot to mention at the start, we also bombed a ship. That is right. The US bombed a ship. Fortunately, I can report as of me recording this video that there is no evidence that any US fighter jet was hit or taken down.
Now, in terms of where the US was hitting, we have explosions in Connor with US fighter jets heard overhead. So, Connor hit hard. Korum Abad also hit hard by US forces. Uh so, we have multiple locations. Semnon hit very hard by US forces. So we were flying all over the country. And then Basher, this is like the fifth or sixth day in a row that Basher has been hit by US forces as we continue to knock out what capabilities the Iranians have to soften up the targets for the next phase.
Now, we've got some incredible strike footage. So, US Central Command ended uh an evening wave of strikes against Iran at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. This would be last night. US forces struck Iranian command centers, air defense sites, missile and drone capabilities, coastal surveillance facilities to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten mariners uh crewing commercial vessels in the straight ramuse. SenCom used precision munitions to hit targets in multiple locations, including banned Dar Abbas. So, this is footage of the US going in. Let's watch. It's going to get loud. And then right here, these are missile sites obliterated. Those are drone sites taken out. Another launcher. And that is a command and control area. We got more strikes coming. Hang with us. And then we got the boat being blown up. And there it goes. The communications tower at the command and control area is down. Boom. Huge explosion. And they are towing a drone and gone forever.
Now, this is also interesting footage, and then we're going to get to the boat being blown up. Something unknown. You can see it flashing there in the sky. That is either a US fighter jet or a US drone of some kind. But right there, you can see some unknown object in the skies over Iran. And then right here, a cargo vessel or an oil tanker known as the MT Belma was trying to get to Car Island, one of the most important islands. We've talked about Car Island a lot to load up on oil. It attempted to run the US blockade. The blockade's been in effect for less than 48 hours and we've already bombed a ship attempting to breach the blockade. Let's watch. Boom. Right there. direct missile strike on the engine area of the ship, thus disabling it. A second missile coming in and you can see it smoking. That ship's not going anywhere. Completely put out of use following its attempt to breach the US blockade.
And then very, very interesting, we do, this does not look like a a bombing, but something happened. It says a major fire erupted inside the Mashad Aman raises shrine complex. That is in the far east of the country which has not really been bombed. Iranian authorities say the blaze began at an uh asphalt workshop at the complex. So where they b uh where they buried the old supreme leader as of this morning is now engulfed in flames. Yet another mysterious explosion. >> You can see the smoke right there. So yet again, these mysterious explosions taking out critical targets inside of Iran continue to be a pesky problem for the Iranian regimes.
Now Iran of course responding uh with massive strikes uh across Bahrain. So Bahrain, they unleashed fire on Bahrain as the strikes were ongoing as of this morning. This attack is currently ongoing as of me filming this. It says Kuwaiti air defense is currently intercepting hostile drone attacks with the general staff confirms explosions are results of interception. So Bahrain and Kuwait targeted in the Iranian counterattack that is unfolding.
And then furthermore we have reports of ballistic missile launches from western Iran, Aaraijan and Lauran province. So, Iran responding with ballistic missiles to the US uh wave after wave of bombing strikes. And then right here, the IRGC claims Cabar shaken ballistic missiles struck US fighter jet maintenance ramp at command centers in Jordan overnight. Again, take everything the Iranians say with a grain of salt until we actually have footage showing that those missiles impacted. They're always going to say they hit. We have no proof to suggest as of me filming this that they did, but we will continue to monitor. But Jordan also targeted by the Iranian forces. And then right here, this is drone footage. So, that is footage released by Iran uh as the war continues.
Now, we have some major updates. Then, we're going to get into some comments from uh President Donald Trump. You don't want to miss any of that. It says Iraq has suspended its crude oil loading at all terminals following a drone strike, which has been nominally attributed to Iranianbacked non-state actors in the country on a tanker at the Basra oil terminal. So, another ship has been hit by drones and blown up. This add an oil terminal in Iraq. So, now Iraq is not exporting any more oil, which is obviously not good for the global oil economy.
And then the Telegraph citing sources in Yemen reports that the Houthis are preparing contingency plans to close the Bob Eland strait in coordination with Iran if Thrron decides to escalate the conflict further. According to the report, the Houthis are expanding the ties with Somali's al-Shabaab, which of course is a terrorist organization, including the alleged transfer of Iranian drone tech with the goal of exerting influences over both sides of the strategic waterway. The Telegraph says the move would mirror Iran strategy in the Straight Hormuz, allowing Thrron to threaten two of the world's most important maritime choke points simultaneously. So, the Straight Hormuz lock down. Now they're going to go to the Red Sea and try to lock it down there, sending oil prices skyrocketing, crashing or attempting to crash or negatively impact the global economy. So not very good.
And then furthermore, Iran declared the straight horror moves an involable red line on Thursday, warning that any US strike on Iranian infrastructure, including power plants and bridges that Trump has threatened, would trigger retaliatory strikes against critical infrastructure across the Gulf. The warning comes after four consecutive days of strikes against Iranian military targets and has reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports with Washington stating the objective is set to restore freedom of navigation through the straight of hormuz following repeated Iranian attacks on commercial shipping. So this is the idiot. I'm not even going to play the video for you because it's not worth but they are now saying that this is a red line and they are going to just light up everything in the straight of Hormuz.
And then most fascinating before we get into Trump's comment, the Wall Street Journal citing US officials reports that President Donald Trump is increasingly leaning towards expanding US military operations against Iran, though no final decision has been made. According to the uh report, operations discussed in re uh recent situation room meetings include broadening air strikes, targeting Iran's underground pickaxe mountain. We've talked a lot about Picax Mountain, striking additional energy infrastructure, seizing Car Island or other strategic islands in and around the straight of Hormuz with US forces. The journal reports the discussions follow Iran's renewed attacks on commercial shipping and the collapse of the interim ceasefire. So, President Trump is leaning towards taking Car Island, more strikes, just lighting up their energy infrastructure. Again, something we absolutely are going to keep an eye on.
And then right here, some comments from President Donald Trump about the status of the war. Let's watch. >> We're booming. The country is booming. And we'll have Iran defeated soon. They'll be defeated very soon. And then I guess it'll be even better. But you know, even during this, it's been it's been amazing. I mean, to think so. I call it a military operation, but I call it whatever you want. It's uh incredible. It's like it hasn't made a dent. A lot of people thought oil would go up to $350 a barrel, and it's today it's at $79. A couple of days ago, it was at 68. It went up a little bit because I had to take tough action. >> So there is President Trump. He still believes everything is going great.
And then lastly, more comments from President Donald Trump talking about our aircraft carrier being targeted. Let's watch. >> And it's going to be a very effective one. We had 111 missiles shot a few weeks ago by our lovely friends from Iran. They were aimed at the Abraham Lincoln, which is a beautiful aircraft carrier by the way. the SS Abraham Lincoln 111 a short period of time. Out of the 111 missiles shot, 111 missiles were knocked into the sea easily. Think of that. >> So, President Trump giving credit to our incredible defenses around our aircraft carriers.
So, as of me filming this on July 16th, massive bombings tearing apart Iran. Iran responding, lighting up the sky, trying to shoot down our fighter jets. Fortunately, they have not, but they have launched attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan. We now wait to see what comes next. Like I said, I will likely be live streaming tonight. I want to know what you guys think in the comments below. Please make sure to like and subscribe and I'll see you all later with more updates.