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Re: IRGC claims it destroyed Amazon's Bahrain data center

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Post by t-3 »

testdelacc1 wrote: post #441
andyjohnson0 wrote: post #437

Related: Ukraine have been targeting [1] warehouses owned by Wildberries, the Russian domestic equivalent of Amazon, causing $2.2bn of damage to-date. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/24/ukraine-wareho...

I wonder why they don’t target Russian data centers? Much harder to repair or replace.

Hitting the enemy where it hurts. It's much more effective to hurt Russian morale by making big explosions and petrol rain from striking a refinery or stopping/delaying shipments to the front line than by shutting down a center where a handful of people work and that won't directly impact the war. Ukraine must making fighting painful enough that the Russians withdraw, because the math of attrition favors the much more populous and richer Russians long term.

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mikestew wrote: post #480
_DeadFred_ wrote: post #472

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Wrongly flagged dead (like a lot of comments get on these Iran threads): know-how 1 hour ago [dead] | parent | next [–] Iran has been killing Americans and Israeli since the 1970s. Read a history book.

Not “wrongly flagged dead”, insta-dead because commenter is a consistent shit-poster. Put down the history book and read the comment history. If you feel strongly about it, vouch for the comment instead of reposting.

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Re: IRGC claims it destroyed Amazon's Bahrain data center

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Post by sudosysgen »

trhway wrote: post #327
input_sh wrote: post #60

After this strike, the only AWS region in the ME that remains operational is the one in Tel Aviv (a bit ironic if you ask me). UAE has been down for months, Bahrain is now offline, Saudi Arabia is still under construction.

AMZN could have for example bought a "Gepard" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard ) - easily shoots down cruise missiles and drones. Just a couple millions would have saved billions.

There are plenty of comparable systems in US bases that nevertheless were frequently hit.

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Post by Peacefulz »

radiator wrote: post #463
mkesper wrote: post #443

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These feel quite different. IRGC attacked Amazon compute. Ukraine attacked several warehouses. Comparing Wildberries to Amazon is also only half the truth. Wildberries is directly part of russian war machine as soldiers need to buy essential dual-use equipment there and they even sell weapons.

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An aggressor state doesn't get to cry foul play. I don't care what Ukraine has to resort to so they can defend their sovereignty. If Russia doesn't like how the game is being played, they can take their ball and go home.

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Post by lejalv »

hylaride wrote: post #224
emosenkis wrote: post #148

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Please explain how attacking a civilian data center in an uninvolved country is a "response".

I'm not defending it, but these countries host US bases.

Why not defend it? You provide logistical support to US war of aggression, you become a legitimate target? What is this whitewashing of military involvement? (Both for Amazon and Bahrain)

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Post by lejalv »

throwaway836123 wrote: post #288
swat535 wrote: post #278

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Iranian here, I have no love for the IRGC but I am glad they are keeping Americans from destroying our country right now. We don't need Americans to "save us", we have 90M intelligent people and can resolve our own issues. It would be great if the West started respecting the sovereignty of other nations. I have a hard time sympathizing with the Pahlavi supporters cheering the bombing of our home.

My comment wasn’t about the West saving us, nor was it about supporting Pahlavi (which I personally did, but of course I’m against the continued bombing of my country). What I’m saying is that supporting one of the biggest terrorist group in the world by the logic of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” is a grave mistake . It legitimizes one of the biggest, if not the biggest, reasons behind the current situation in…

Don't be so self-centered. Supporting the IRGC to give Trump a presidency-ending war is the rational approach for non-US citizens. Iran has been so far a much more contained risk for them than the US.

Here, have a look for what a terrorist country looks like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_interventions_by_the_U...

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Post by nutjob2 »

radiator wrote: post #463
mkesper wrote: post #443

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These feel quite different. IRGC attacked Amazon compute. Ukraine attacked several warehouses. Comparing Wildberries to Amazon is also only half the truth. Wildberries is directly part of russian war machine as soldiers need to buy essential dual-use equipment there and they even sell weapons.

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> What are Russia's reasons not to fire ballistic missiles at those factories, wherever they may be?

Russians fire at everything in Ukraine, military and civilian. They'd obviously fire on those factories except they can't find them.

Who cares what the justifications Ukraine uses, they are fighting for their existence against Russian invaders and are not openly targeting civilians.

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Post by ajross »

frollogaston wrote: post #469
ajross wrote: post #334

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As mentioned, if you want to talk nuance bring the nuance to your comment. Don't try to fake it with "Even Bush and Biden" to make yourself feel smart on HN. You aren't, that shit's dangerous because it excuses further malfesance. Bush and Biden left a functioning gulf, Trump didn't. That difference is important even if you want to talk nuance.

Why bother, if you've already (incorrectly) talked out in your head what I'm going to say? Not going to deal with this pretention.

Genuine apology if that's the sense you got. I'd love to hear the nuance. Please deliver it.

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Post by radiator »

lesuorac wrote: post #465
radiator wrote: post #463

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Presumably they don't know where they are. It's not like something being civilian infrastructure is a problem - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrain... What's somebody going to do? Complain to the UN?

So I have to make it plainer. Those factories are not all in Ukraine. The governments of the countries who host the factories have switched their rhetoric from 2023. Back then it was "oh, we cannot arm Ukraine with weapons with range longer than 100 km, because then according to international law we are complicit in attacking Russia and Russia has a legal right to strike us back". But in 2026 attacks on non-military targets are celebrated by the same governments who are now proud to have contributed to the hits.
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