The country that arrests #WhiskyPete #Hegseth for #WarCrimes - especially if they force his landing while flying through their airspace - will benefit from SUCH A BONANZA of #tourism by #Americans. For decades. Who will it be?
2 US warplanes now shot down; search ongoing in #Iran for 1 missing crew member An F-15 fighter jet & an A-10 attack plane were lost to hostile fire. 2 Black Hawk helicopters also were hit, injuring the crews, before safely returning to their base, officials said.
The claim came as #Iran fired on targets across the region, setting Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi #oil refinery one fire. The state-run #Kuwait Petroleum Corp said firefighters were working to control several blazes there.
Kuwait also said that an Iranian attack caused “material damage” to a #desalination plant. Such plants are responsible for most of the #DrinkingWater for Gulf states, & they have become a major target in the #war.
#US fighter jet shot down over #Iran, search underway for crew, US official says
The prospect of US pilots being alive & on the run inside Iran during an ongoing conflict greatly raises the stakes for the US in the conflict. Iranian officials called on civilians to be on the lookout for survivors.
Trump threatened to extend attacks on #civilian infrastructure in #Iran after a #US strike cut a major highway bridge on Thursday, prompting a defiant response from Iran, which hit a #desalination #water plant in #Kuwait & said more would follow.
…Trump’s speech perpetuated the dissonance that has characterized the #IranWar from the start. In Trump’s first extended speech about the #war, delivered 32 days into it, he did not provide a clearer picture. This is not the fog of war. It’s the fog of Trump’s rhetoric & perhaps his thoughts.
Risky commando plan to seize #Iran #uranium came at Trump’s request A plan briefed to #Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran’s #nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.
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.
"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.
#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.”
#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.
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.
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.
"It's been 10 days🚨since #Hegseth & Caine last briefed on #Iran. No CENTCOM briefing since 3/10, & no Pentagon daily press briefing at all. We learn more of what the #US military has been doing from bystander videos than #DoD. Historic lack of transparency & accountability." -M Miller
Why aren't Johnson & Thune being hounded 24/7? They need to be reminded: the #US is committing #WarCrimes daily, #Netanahu's comminting even more, all with taxpayer💰while troops may be slaughtered‼️ #IranWar #USPol
The United States is dropping land mines around villages in Iran. Images posted to social media Thursday show what experts said are U.S. land mines dispersed across a residential area in southern Iran, in what appears to be the first instance in more than two decades of American forces using the weapons.
The photos show American BLU-91/B anti-tank land mines, which are released from an aircraft as part of the Gator mine scattering system, according to four munitions experts who reviewed the imagery at The Washington Post’s request. The United States is the only party in the Iran war known to possess the system.
LAND MINES ARE A WAR CRIME! What in the actual fuck are we doing here? This is a violation of law, of sense, and of humanity. Den Hague for everyone involved.
#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.
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.
I’m in Belgium on a work-related trip; first time I had the chance to pick up a printed copy of Belgian newspaper De Morgen since I started working for them.
I know print is dying, but seeing your cartoons in ink on actual paper is still something special :)
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.
Patriot missile involved in #Bahrain blast likely #US-operated, analysis finds
Middlebury Institute of International Studies researchers concluded with moderate-to-high confidence that the suspect missile was likely launched from a #US Patriot battery located about 4 miles (7 km) to the southwest of the impacted neighborhood.
#Trump says the #US will “obliterate” #Iran power plants if it doesn’t fully open the #StraitOfHormuz within 48 hours
Trump issued the ultimatum on social media while he spent the weekend at his resort in Florida.
He said he’s giving Iran exactly 48 hours to open the vital waterway or face a new round of attacks. He said the US would destroy “various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!”
