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Rockets and at least five drones were launched at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad early on March 17 from areas around the city, Iraqi security sources said, describing the attack as the most intense since the start of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran reut.rs/4bve3Y4

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Iraq's oil minister said Baghdad is talking to Iran about allowing some of the country's oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the state ‌news agency reported, as Iraq seeks to ease disruptions to crude exports following recent attacks on tankers in its own waters reut.rs/4sfD5S8

reut.rsIraq in talks with Iran to safeguard oil tanker traffic through HormuzIraq's oil minister said Baghdad is talking to Iran about allowing some of the country's oil ​tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the state ‌news agency reported on Tuesday, as Iraq seeks to...
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Iran's football federation is in discussions with FIFA about moving their World Cup matches to Mexico from the United States due to concerns about the safety of their players, Iranian football president Mehdi Taj said reut.rs/4rwfzPH

reut.rsIran negotiating with FIFA to move World Cup games to Mexico from USIran's football federation is in discussions with FIFA about moving ​their World Cup matches to Mexico from the United States due to concerns about the safety of their players, Iranian football ‌presi...
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BREAKING: Iran's security chief Ali Larijani has been killed, Israel's defense minister said. Larijani would be the most senior Iranian leader killed since the opening US-Israeli joint strikes on February 28, which killed former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reut.rs/4siQpW2

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Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli military had killed Iran's security chief Ali Larijani and the head of its Basij militia in airstrikes overnight

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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the EU has not closed its doors on participating in an operation near the Red Sea, adding that the member states do not want to put their people in harms way in the Strait of Hormuz, and are looking for diplomatic ways to keep the strait open

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Iran’s oil empire has one fatal flaw — and the US knows it. The majority of its crude flows through Kharg Island, a tiny target with massive consequences. But is the risk worth the fallout? Peter Devlin takes a look

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The ​head of ‌the United States' ​National Counterterrorism ​Center, Joseph Kent, ⁠has ​resigned over ​the US-Israel war in ​Iran, ​saying in a ‌letter ⁠to President Donald Trump posted ​on ​X ⁠that 'Iran posed ​no ​imminent ⁠threat to our ⁠nation' reut.rs/4uAz1NV

reut.rsUS National Counterterrorism Center director resigns over war in IranJoseph Kent said ⁠that "Iran posed ​no ​imminent ⁠threat to our ⁠nation."

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theoctoberist.bsky.social
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This is interesting in 3 ways. He isn’t a particularly decent person. This SHOULD at the very least lead to a call for Trumps impeachment over providing information to Congress .. oh wait! That’s right he didn’t ask Congress. Should WRECK the relationship with Israel. Oh wait, the money. Sorry.

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President Emmanuel Macron said France would never take part in operations to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, pushing back on comments by President Donald Trump that Paris was willing to help reut.rs/4uGvZrJ

reut.rsFrance will never take part in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait amid hostilities, says MacronPresident Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday France would never ​take part in operations to unblock the ‌Strait of Hormuz, pushing back on comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that Paris was willing t...
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Exclusive: The US has encouraged Syria to consider sending forces into eastern Lebanon to help disarm Hezbollah, but Damascus is reluctant to embark on such a mission for fear of being sucked into the war and inflaming sectarian tensions, sources said reut.rs/4sgpbPF

reut.rsExclusive: US encourages Syrian action against Hezbollah, Damascus is hesitant, sources sayThe United States has encouraged Syria to consider sending forces into eastern Lebanon to help disarm Hezbollah, but Damascus is reluctant to embark on such a ​mission for fear of being sucked into th...
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President Trump said the United States was informed by most of its NATO allies that they did ‌not want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran, a move he described as a 'very foolish mistake' reut.rs/4beaoPE

reut.rsTrump says NATO's refusal to help on Iran is "very foolish mistake"President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States had been informed ​by most of its NATO allies that they did ‌not want to get involved with the country's military operation in Iran, a move he ...
The Frankenmuppet🇨🇦
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Not our monkey, not our circus. Joining an offensive war we were not even consulted on beforehand just to share the blame? No thank you NATO is not meant to be an offensive force... it is, by its very definition, defensive. Why would we ever want to join the American empires foolish war

OUI-YES-NON-MERCI! // YES-NO ??
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Trump is he conscient he make a major mistake with Israel with that war before consulting no one, not even with the Democrat! Now, he is fuck without world help! Everything was done without Intelligent research. It is time to put Trump in the garbage!

Mike Szeller
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The foolish mistake was his in not consulting with his (former) allies about starting a war with Iran. Oh and having started trade wars with them, and generally insulting them over and over, with the occasional threat. And now he doesn't understand why they don't want to jump in?

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Exclusive: Initial findings by an internal UN inquiry suggest Israeli tank fire hit a UN position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian peacekeepers, according to a Western military source reut.rs/3Ptgkf3

reut.rsExclusive: Early indications show Israel tank fire hit UN Lebanon base, source saysInitial findings by an internal U.N. inquiry suggest Israeli tank fire hit a U.N. position in southern Lebanon on March 6, wounding Ghanaian ​peacekeepers, according to a Western military source, unde...
Dan Beaton 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
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NATO wasn’t consulted, was deliberately left in the dark, and is right to be cautious to not escalate a highly dubious war by a historically ignorant strongman wannabe. Has anyone seen any evidence of weapons of mass destruction ?

Xan
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Xan
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Xan
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