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Spanish newspaper El Pais had first reported ​the news on Monday, citing military sources.

The closure of the #airspace forces #military ​planes to bypass #NATO member #Spain en route to their targets in the #MiddleEast, but it does not include emergency situations, El ​Pais added.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #InternationalLaw #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast #allies


"This decision is part of the decision already ​made by the Spanish government not to participate in or contribute ‌to ⁠a #war which was initiated unilaterally & against #InternationalLaw," Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said during an interview with radio Cadena Ser when asked if the decision ​to close #Spain ​#airspace could ⁠worsen relations with the #US.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #allies


#Trump raised the idea of #US forces seizing Iran’s #Kharg Island, its main #oil terminal in the Persian Gulf.

“Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,” Trump told the newspaper. “It would also mean we had to be there (on Kharg Island) for a while.”

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Iran #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
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#US cedes key #war mission to #Israel — killing top Iranians

The division of responsibility has left Israel to hunt & kill Iranian leaders ruthlessly, using an #ArtificialIntelligence apparatus built to #assassinate with lethal proficiency.

As US & Israeli military commanders met to map out war with #Iran, they deliberated over how to divide responsibility for an array of targets, including missile batteries, military bases & nuclear sites.

#law #WarCrimes #IranWar
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Nice. That’s taking a stand.

#Spain closes airspace to #US planes involved in #IranWar, defense minister says

Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved ​in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its ‌previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said Monday.

"We don't authorize either the use of military bases ​or the use of airspace for actions related ​to the #war in #Iran," she told reporters ⁠in Madrid.

#geopolitics
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"Trump’s one consistent explanation is enjoyment. Trump felt good after kidnapping Maduro in Venezuela. He called into Fox and Friends to talk about how nice it would be to repeat the experience. He now says that the war in Iran is 'fun.' Hegseth uses similar terms."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #PerformativeMasculinity #domination
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#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 #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast


An Iranian attack on a military base in #SaudiArabia wounded at least 15 #US service members, including 5 who were seriously wounded in the attack….

#Iran fired 6 ballistic missiles & 29 drones at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan air base in a Friday attack that wounded at least 15 troops, including 5 seriously…. US officials initially reported that at least 10 US troops were injured, including 2 seriously wounded.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #war #Trump #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #MiddleEast


#IranWar

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 #war last month.

#TrumpsWar #US #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
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#Trump #idiocracy

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 #war #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast

#GiftArticle

nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/m…


US AWACS hit in Iran strike


...The E-3 Sentry is a cornerstone of US air operations, serving as a flying command centre that provides command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. In service since the 1970s, AWACS aircraft have played a crucial role in major conflicts, including Operation Desert Storm, the Kosovo war, campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the fight against the Islamic State under Operation Inherent Resolve.

Developed in the and widely exported to allies such as France, the UK, and Saudi Arabia, the E-3 is among the most widely used AWACS platforms globally. It enables forces to monitor vast airspaces, coordinate aircraft, and manage complex battle environments in real time. ...

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#awacs #destroid #iran #war


Behind the scenes with the #Trump #admin during a month of #war

A day-by-day look behind the scenes as #KaitlanCollins covered the #WhiteHouse for #CNN in March.

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Invoking “faith” in #wartime, Pete #Hegseth breaks norms & worries critics

The #defense secretary is upending decades-old norms, & current & former leaders say his proselytizing violates the #Constitution & undermines troop cohesion.

#law #Trump #Republicans #FreedomOfReligion #Christianity #Evangelism #NewApostolicReformation #NAR #military #war #NationalSecurity #geopolitics
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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 their assistance. He has 2X delayed deadlines for Iran to reopen the #StraitOfHormuz.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #propaganda #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #economy
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The #war in #Iran is very unpopular among the people of the #US

Imagine Iran could cause a regime change in the USA

#war #us #Iran


"Before Iran, there was Covid: Trump falls apart in a crisis. But journalists are still letting him write the headlines."

As Dan Froomkin says, this is exactly analogous to how the press behaved when Trump careened from lie to lie and bogus solution to bogus solution during the Covid crisis of his first term.

~ Dan Froomkin

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #media
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"If any one day could define the hazy transition from slow to rapid decay — 24 hours that truly defined the decline of the American empire from its pedestal as a global superpower — it would have to be March 23."

~ Will Bunch

#Trump #LaGuardia #AirTravel #airports #ICE #ClimateChange #InsiderTrading #Iran #war #oil #gas #corruption #authoritarianism
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#WallStreet slumps on #MiddleEast uncertainty. #US #stocks had their biggest loss since the #war with #Iran started, with the S&P 500 falling 1.7%. #Nasdaq confirms correction.

#economy #TrumpsWar #Trump
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#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 target Iran’s energy plants if the crucial shipping lane remained closed.

#TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast #economy
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“15 minutes before Trump announced that the U.S. would postpone strikes against Iran’s energy infrastructure, the volume of stock market trades mysteriously spiked and the price of oil just as mysteriously plunged."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #Iran #war #PredictionMarkets #StockMarket #InsiderTrading #profiteering
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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 #Israel #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #idiocracy
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insider trading on war

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#US #war #Trump #USPol #betting


"Donald Trump’s unlawful war in Iran is escalating rapidly, and the gap between what he’s saying and what’s actually happening has never been wider. We are now seeing the deployment of one of the most elite rapid-response forces in the United States military, the 82nd Airborne Division. This is not a symbolic move or a small advisory presence."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Iran #war #military #troops
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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 #RulesOfWar #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/poli…


"We will, eventually, get a negotiated settlement with Iran. There will be no change of the Iranian regime, nor unconditional surrender. Which means that President Trump will have failed to achieve his primary war aims."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #RegimeChange
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As Kaylor notes,

"White supremacists have appropriated Crusader imagery to cast themselves as Christian warriors fighting to drive out Muslims and others in the name of God."

#Trump #Hegseth #violence #WhiteChristianNationalism #war #HolyWar #Iran #zionism #Islamophobia
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"He’s about to wind down and exit because he doesn’t give a damn about anything except maintaining his wealth and power — and the war is now costing him both.

It’s hurting his financial backers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar — whose wealth has been seriously diminished by the war and whose vulnerability has been exposed."

~ Robert Reich

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #economy #oil #gas #ApprovalRating
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"The Iran conflict has been sold to the public as a story with a clear objective, to stop their nuclear program, punish its proxies, restore deterrence, and then, by magic, stability reigns. But when you dig deeper, you don’t find a coherent plan; you find a chaotic conflict with no endgame. There is no path toward resolution, but rather an endless catastrophe."

~ Mark Mansour

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #lies #disinformation #propaganda
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"Simmons is the father of 28-year-old Master Sergeant Tyler Simmons, who was among the six crew members killed last week when their refueling plane crashed in Iraq."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #lies #disinformation #propaganda
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"The father of a dead U.S. serviceman has denied claims by Pete Hegseth that he told the Defense Secretary to 'not stop until the job is done' – referring to the war in Iran.

'No, I didn’t say anything along those lines,' Charles Simmons told NBC News in an interview Thursday, recalling his encounter with Hegseth at the Dover Air Force Base in Delaware."

~ Mike Bedigan

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #lies #disinformation #propaganda
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"People are still trying to pretend there's some sophisticated plan here."

~ Ron Filipkowski quoting Gregg Carlstrom

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz
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"All the madman posturing in the world can’t change this simple fact: Iran knows how badly Trump needs to get the oil-price situation under control. Again and again, Trump has signaled he will let other foreign-policy objectives fall by the wayside to address this major domestic concern."

~ Andrew Egger

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz
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thebulwark.com/p/better-to-tac…


"Anyone who speaks casually about the death and destruction and madness of war is a despicable monster."

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #KhargIsland #oil #gas #Marines #troops
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The Washington Post is taking things seriously tonight. Here is their headline:

“Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up raise specter of battle for Hormuz.”

It’s not boots on the ground. It’s blood on the ground. At the whim of one man, the blood of thousands has already been spilled. No matter who it belongs to, all blood is precious."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #KhargIsland #oil #gas #Marines #troops
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