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US strikes leave 10,000 Iranians without water as Kuwait desalination plant burns (www.middleeasteye.net)

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Iranian officials say overnight US strikes destroyed a desalination facility supplying drinking water to about 10,000 people.

Hamzeh Pour, chief executive of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company, said US strikes hit desalination pumps and electrical infrastructure in Bunji village, in Jask, cutting off water supplies to 20 villages.

"The supply of drinking water to 20 villages with a population of approximately 10,000 people has been completely disrupted," Pour was quoted by Iran's Tasnim News Agency as saying.

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[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Is this true? I just read another news item that reported Iran had targeted Kuwait's desalination plant. It is said the first casualty of war is truth.

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Seems the plant is not in Kuwait, but in Iran. Kuwait confirmed the attack and is a u.s. ally. OP is a bot perhaps

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

OP is definitely not a bot. Why do you say the plant was in Iran?

From my reading it seems there may be two plants, one in Kuwait and one in Iran, both damaged. The headline is confusing but I believe that's what they're saying.

[–] justaman123@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Tit for tat I guess, kids gonna suffer over this im mad

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sorry that was a dig at cm0002 or whatever

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

Ok I'm just saying I've interacted with them before and I really doubt they are a bot.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Are we sure this is the same facility? Your article does not contain many details.

Edit: I believe they are different.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Both can be true. Iran has capability of destroying desalination plants as does the US.

Iran hit the Kuwait desalination plant on Friday as reported by many sources:

https://apnews.com/article/iran-strikes-kuwait-gulf-bahrain-desalination-25e6d5c8d8a027897b3fb80fad57b7d2

It's obviously difficult to get reliable news from Iran, but reports of the strike on the desalination plant in Bonji village started coming in in on Saturday. Though it's possible the strike may have happened earlier.

No indication in either case of whether the desalination plants were intentionally targeted.