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Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

• Jun 1 – War On Iran: After Israel Threatened Beirut Iran Announced To Further Reduce Global Oil Supplies
• Jun 2 – War On Iran: Economic Reality Will Force Trump To Defy The Lobby’s Pressure
• Jun 5 – War On Iran: – Iran Needs Escalation To Avoid The Ceasefire Trap
  Related:
  – Oil industry warns Trump administration of price spikes within weeks – Politico
  – Trump Dreads an Iran Deal Worse than Obama’s (archived – Atlantic
  Talks have stalled in part because the president keeps aiming for a grand finale.
  – Iran Severely Damaged US Air Ops Center in Qatar Soon After War Began – Air and Space Forces
  – Exclusive: Israel sent troops to Azerbaijan during Iran war as part of secret network across region, sources say – CNN
  – A new defence champion is rising from the Gulf (archived) (UAE) – Economist

• Jun 4 – Can Russia Refrain From Hitting Back? – by English Outsider
  Related:
  – The attritional war in Ukraine: a brief update – Warwick Powell
  – Is Ukraine-Russia War Entering the End Game? – A Model of Attritional Warfare Suggests Yes – Peter Turchin
  – Ukraine’s plot to force Putin to sue for peace – Telegraph
  – AI drones – Ukrainian mid-range drone war: effects, statistics, Russian counter-measures. – Events in Ukraine

• Jun 6 – Israel Asks For A Guaranteed Share Of U.S. Weapon Purchases
  Related:
  – Pentagon Sees Growing Espionage Threat From Israel (archived) – NY Times
  – How to Understand the Israeli Bid to Forego US Military Aid (“its a shell game”) – Jewish Current
  – Revealed: Israel’s curriculum for ‘influencing public consciousness’ – 972mag

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Cont. reading: The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-118

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Of interest:

Iran’s New Grand Strategy – How a Remade Islamic Republic Will Reshape the Middle East (archived) –
Narges Bajoghli and Vali Nasr / Foreign Affairs

News & views related to the war in Ukraine …

News & views not related to the wars in Ukraine and Iran …

News & views related to the war on Iran …

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Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

• May 25 – War On Iran: – Netanyahoo Blocked Imminent Deal
• May 26 – War On Iran: – There Isn’t Going To Be Another Ceasefire Deal
• May 30 – War On Iran: – U.S. Ratcheting Fails
  Related:
  – Iranian dissident news network received £650mn of debt relief (archived) – FT
  – The U.A.E.’s Secret Role in the War Involved Dozens of Strikes on Iran (archived) – WSJ
  – U.S. has not confirmed that Iran placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz, sources say – NBCnews
  – Why Iran fears a deal today means more war tomorrow (archived) – FT
  – Trump Continues to Sabotage Any Chance of Making a Deal with Iran – Larry Johnson
  – Secret Mossad branch revealed: ‘We are not done with Iran. We are just getting started’ – Israel Hayom

• May 28 – The Ukraine Conflict End State? – by English Outsider
• May 29 – The Real Reason Why Russia Invaded Ukraine – by English Outsider
  Related:
  – Dead Men and Prisoners Listed in Ukrainian Mobilisation Fraud Scheme – GGTV
  – Ukraine’s long-range strikes are reaching twice as deep. Russia’s refineries, meanwhile, keep bouncing back. – Meduza
  – “The cokehead who runs Kiev.” – The Floutist

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Cont. reading: The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-112

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Last week’s posts on Moon of Alabama:

• May 18 – War On Iran: – Trump’s Stock Investments May Hold Him Back
• May 20 – War On Iran: – Was This Really The Crazy Plan For Regime Change In Iran?
• May 21 – Axios Announces Date For New Attack On Iran
• May 22 – Tulsi Gabbard Fired / Resigned
• May 23 – War On Iran: – Pushing The Can Down The Road (Again)?
  Related:
  – A Temporary U.S.-Iran Framework Could Redraw the Middle East Without Ending the Conflict – Elijah Magnier
  – Iran War: Trump Announces Iran Deal with Iran Already Disputing His Claims; Hawk Heads Exploding; Even if Pact Concluded, Strait of Hormuz Traffic Expected to Reach Only 40% of Old Level by Year End – Naked Capitalism
  – Republican politicians warn Iran ceasefire deal could strengthen Tehran, would be ‘disaster’ – Jerusalem Post

• May 19 – U.S. And China Dismiss British Disinformation
  Related:
  – Xi Jinping Was Only Humoring Trump (archived) – Atlantic
  – ‘Chess Piece’ to ‘Blood Bag’? What Trump-Xi Summit Could Spell for India – The Wire
  – A familiar slander: Counterpunch and the recycling of anti-China talking points – Socialist China

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Other issues:
Cont. reading: The MoA Week In Review – OT 2026-106

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