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War On Iran – Trump Ups Demands
Things ain’t going great for the U.S. in its war on Iran.
A good time then to up the demand to the site that seems to be winning (by not losing).
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(No direct link as Trump’s Truth Social no longer works with Mozilla)From no enrichment, to no missiles, to regime-change, to now UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER – in caps.
Who or what might stop Trump from further digging the deep hole he is already in?
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Some relevant links:
– Qatar energy minister warns war will force Gulf to halt energy exports within weeks, FT says – Reuters
– Qatar warns war will force Gulf to stop energy exports ‘within days’ (paywalled, no archive) – Financial Times
– The Iran War Is Jeopardizing the Entire Global Economy (archived) – Foreign Policy
The fallout from conflict in the Gulf will be much bigger than just oil.
– The Invisible Siege: How Insurance Markets, Not Missiles, Closed the Strait of Hormuz – Shanaka Anslem Perera
And Why the Disruption Will Last Four to Sixteen Months Longer Than Any Model on Wall Street Currently Prices
– We are experiencing the largest loss of oil supply in history (3X bigger than the 1973 Arab oil embargo). The level of complacency to me is staggering. Prior playbooks do not apply! – Eric Nuttall
– He’s right. But he’s describing the math. The math is the easy part. … – Waymo’ problems
– Putin says Russia may halt energy supplies to Europe, redirect them to Asia – Anadolu
– Gulf states could review overseas investments to ease financial strains caused by Iran war (archived) – Financial Times
– Israel and America want the Kurds to join the fight in Iran (archived) – Economist
– Whenever there is talk about Kurds, people tend to accept Kurds as a single entity, … – Dunya Basol
– Of Course Trump Bombed Iran (archived) – NYT op-ed
– 86% of Trump 2024 voters approve of Trump’s war on Iran, … – Michael Tracey
– The dry and the wet burn together – LRB
• Journalist Suhaib Al-Masalmeh
Azerbaijan has begun deploying Dana M1 self-propelled artillery systems on the border with Iran.
Iranian Red Crescent: 1,332 civilians killed since the beginning of the US-Israeli war
• Journalist Youssef Fares
The Israeli army announces an attack on a senior Iranian official in Tehran.
Channel 12: The target of the attack in Tehran is the official of the Supreme Leader Ali Asghar Mir Hejazi
Fars News Agency:
An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence source said the missiles used during seven days of attacks on US and Israeli sites were mainly from 2012-2014, while Iran has newer generations.
The source noted that the design and production cycle is active, and a new pattern of attacks using advanced and long-range missiles is expected in the coming days.
French Minister of Transport: About 50 French ships are currently trapped in the waters of the Gulf and 8 others in the Red Sea
Media sources: The world’s largest shipping company Maersk announces the suspension of its services in 7 Arab countries in the Middle East, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Iraq due to rising tensions.
More than 11,000 flights cancelled in the Middle East since the war began
“Although the scenes in Tel Aviv and on the borders of Lebanon heal the grief and humanise us in this alienation that we live in, the experience of the war, with all its woes, displacement and bloodshed, has taught us to be more polite and reverent, to live it with our conscience and feelings, not to be stupid spectators on the stands of clumsy encouragement, to live the war, to experience the war, to settle the heart with the healing sadness, the sincere feeling towards all those who live it from your enemy and drink from its bitter cup, until God permits relief, there is joy postponed, a Takbir that splits the sky and shakes the earth
Journalist Youssef Fares”
Posted by: Ornot | Mar 6 2026 16:06 utc | 31
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