The Feb 28 attack occurred the same day as a #US #Tomahawk cruise missile struck a #school in the city of #Minab, several hundred miles away, killing 175 people. In the case of #Lamerd, though, it involved a weapon that had been #untested in combat.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #Trump […]
On the 1st day of the #war with #Iran, a weapon bearing the hallmarks of a newly developed #US made #BallisticMissile was used in an attack that struck a sports hall & adjacent #ElementarySchool near a #military facility in southern Iran, acc/to weapons experts & a visual analysis by NYT. Local […]
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New #US Missile Hit #Iran Sports Hall & #School, Analysis Shows
The #Pentagon used missiles #untested in combat in a deadly attack that struck #civilian sites near a #military compound on Feb 28, acc/to visual evidence examined by NYT & weapons experts.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar […]
#Netanyahu says #Israel will widen its #invasion of southern #Lebanon
Netanyahu said Israel would expand what he called the “existing security strip” in Lebanon as Israeli forces continue to target the #Iran backed #Hezbollah militant group.
“We are determined to fundamentally change the […]
#Iran warns the #US against a ground invasion as regional powers meet in Pakistan
Iranian forces “are waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire & punish their regional partners forever,” the country’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said.
Qalibaf […]
Michael Rubin, a historian at the American Enterprise Institute who worked as a staff adviser on #Iran & #Iraq at the #Pentagon from 2002 to 2004, said #Trump is “the first president of any party in recent history that hasn’t self-constrained to live within rhetorical boundaries.” [what a nice […]
As the war entered its second month on Saturday, Trump’s penchant for embellishments, exaggerations & falsehoods is being tested in an environment where the stakes are much higher than an isolated political fight.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #IranWar #TrumpsWar #propaganda #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars […]
Trump's conflicting messages sow confusion [& disbelief] over the #IranWar
#Trump says the #US is winning the #war with #Iran even as thousands of additional American #troops deploy to the #MiddleEast.
He has pilloried other countries for not helping the US, only to say later he does not need […]
#Israel says it targeted a #journalist killed in #Lebanon
1 of 2 journalists killed in a strike on southern Lebanon on Saturday was targeted for being a suspected #Hezbollah intelligence operative, the Israeli military claimed, without providing evidence.
Israel’s statement about Hezbollah’s […]
An airstrike hit Iran’s #University of Science and Technology in Tehran [#IUST] on Saturday, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
The strike damaged #research & #education buildings, IRNA reported, citing the university’s public relations office.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war […]
#Kuwait’s international #airport has been hit by drone attacks, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Saturday.
It said the attacks severely damaged the airport’s radar systems.
No casualties were reported.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange […]
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Yemen’s #Iran backed #Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on #Israel on Saturday, raising concerns about the rebel group entering the fighting in the #MiddleEast. Israel said it intercepted the missile, the first time it has faced fire from #Yemen since the start of the […]
The deployment of the vessels -- which can be used for surveillance or kamikaze strikes -- has not been previously reported. It comes despite a series of setbacks in the US Navy’s years‑long effort to field a fleet #of uncrewed surface vessels, Reuters reported last year →
Exclusive: The US […]
What could possibly go wrong?
Exclusive: #US deploys uncrewed #DroneBoats in conflict with #Iran
The US has deployed uncrewed #drone speedboats for patrols as part of its operations against Iran, the #Pentagon said, the first time Washington has confirmed using such vessels in an active […]
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#Trump sending #paratroopers to #Iran
Under the #RulesOfWar, it is illegal to kill paras while they are in the air
… but those rules have been annulled by #USA launching illegal hostilities against a sovereign state, with no clear aim or justification
#MAGA should expect #US #BodyBags
#Pentagon considers diverting #Ukraine #military aid to the #MiddleEast
A shift would highlight the growing trade-offs required for the #US to sustain its #war with #Iran as the conflict depletes the military’s critical munitions.
#TrumpsWar #Trump #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RegimeChange […]
#Iran had threatened to retaliate against the region’s vital #infrastructure, like #desalination facilities, if #Trump followed through.
Trump said he was holding off on carrying through his threat because talks aimed at ending the #war are going “very well.”
Trump’s announcement on social […]
#Trump said Thursday he will delay a threatened strike on #Iran #energy #infrastructure & extend his deadline for Tehran to reopen the #StraitOfHormuz until April 6, claiming talks to end the #war are “going very well.” The move marks a pullback from Trump’s earlier warning that the #US would […]
#Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a #NuclearBomb
The debate among Iranian hardliners over whether Tehran should seek a #nuclear bomb in defiance of an escalating #US - #Israel attack is getting louder, more public & more insistent, sources in the country say.
#TrumpsWar #war #Trump #Netanyahu […]
Disgusting & certainly not “#Christian”
At #Pentagon Christian service, #Hegseth prayed for #violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’
#US #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the #Iran #war began, prayed Wednesday to have […]
#Iran foreign minister says his government does not plan any negotiations to end the #war
In an interview with Iranian state TV late Wednesday, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also said that no talks with the #UnitedStates have taken place, contradicting Trump’s claims.
“No negotiations have […]
“They’re completely diminishing what they’re asking the nation to do in Iran,” Buccino said in an interview. “It seems almost obscene relative to the actual violence and suffering that’s involved with this.”
…as the #war enters its 4th week, the #Trump admin is facing increasing pushback from […]
Buccino had closely followed the reports of the 13 Americans killed & >200 injured in the #US & #Israel #war in #Iran.
But Trump’s top communications team, he said, had decided to treat the international conflict like a big joke. #Veterans who were already questioning the war’s strategy & […]
When the retired #US #Army colonel Joe Buccino first saw White House posts mixing #Iran #war footage with clips from cartoons & video games, he felt something he had rarely experienced from US #military messaging: disgust.
The #veteran, who served multiple tours in Iraq & Afghanistan, & was […]
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In Trump’s war messaging, #veterans see something new — & disturbing
#Service members & families who lost loved ones say the #Trump team’s memes & jokes trivialize #combat & #sacrifice. Trump aides say the backlash sends views soaring.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #TrumpsWar #US #Iran […]
While the Marine units are trained in missions that include supporting #US embassies, evacuating civilians & disaster relief, the soldiers of the #82ndAirborne are trained to parachute into hostile or contested territory to secure key territory & airfields.
#BootsOnTheGround #TrumpsWar #Iran […]
#US to deploy around 1,000 #troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the #MiddleEast
The US #military is preparing to deploy around 1,000 troops from the #82ndAirborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days…. It’s the latest addition of American troops after US ofcls last week said […]
In a series of conversations over the last week, Prince Mohammed [#MBS] has conveyed to #Trump that he must press toward the destruction of Iran’s hard-line government, the people familiar with the conversations said.
MBS, the people said, has argued that #Iran poses a long-term threat to the […]
Saudi Prince Is Said to Push #Trump to Continue #Iran #War in Recent Calls
Prince Mohammed bin Salman [#MBS] sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the region, according to people briefed by #US officials on the conversations.
#law #murder #WarCriminals #TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange […]
Trump's step-back sent share prices higher & #oil prices sharply lower to below $100 a barrel, a sudden reversal of a market swoon caused by his weekend threats & Iran's vows to respond.
Those gains were in jeopardy on Tuesday, however, after Iran's powerful parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer […]
