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IRGC says they whacked the Carrier Lincoln with 4 rockets… unclear how that turned out…but of course if they are not satisfied, they’ll repeat until they bang things up. Ahem ‘memberin’ the fire on Forestal – the one ignited by McCain…

https://t.me/iribnews/317664

IRAN Topic … pic.twitter.com/qYXbqIOavj

— 🇷🇺 STANISLAV KRAPIVNIK 🇷🇺 (@STANISKRAPIVNIK) March 1, 2026

BREAKING:

🇮🇷🇦🇪 Iran has started striking oil rigs

An Iranian Shahed-136 drone targeted an Emirati oil rig in the Persian Gulf pic.twitter.com/dAwD37tOKq

— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 1, 2026

For all those wallowing in premature pro-US/Israel triumphalism, there’s a harsh dose of reality heading your way.

“Twenty million barrels of oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. Today the number may be zero. Not because Iran mined the water.
Not because a tanker was hit.
Because Lloyd’s of London picked up the phone.”

BREAKING: Yesterday, the U.S. reached out to Iran through Italy, suggestingna ceasefire; Tehran ‘rejected the idea outright’ – Yedioth Ahronoth MES

BREAKING: The IRGC Navy has struck another vessel that tried to cross the Strait of Hormuz

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/29201

via MoA:

‘Bombing a country on the other side of the globe won’t make the Epstein files go away’ — Rep Thomas Massie

https://t.me/rtnews/137804

This is obviously a big part of why this is happening.

Posted by: Norwegian | Mar 1 2026 15:19 utc | 193

Direct hit on Zionist "embassy" in UAE pic.twitter.com/rCwEGW5DWA

— Hassan Mafi ‏ (@thatdayin1992) March 1, 2026

via MoA

Michael Hudson’s opinion of the empire’s perfidity.

The Ayatollah was killed while leading a meeting to discuss Iran’s agreement to cede its enriched uranium stock

My interpretation is that according to the report by the Omani referee, Iran had agreed to much more stringent restrictions on enriched uranium than the earlier pact had called for.
The Ayatollah called his fellow religious leaders to discuss how much Iran could give up in order to prevent war by ceding control of its enriched uranium.
The U.S. military saw that here was a great chance to kill many of the leading decision makers all together was killed while leading a meeting to discuss the terms of Iran’s agreement.
Any such agreement was precisely what the US and Israel could not accept, because peace would have prevented their plans to consolidate and weaponize their control over Middle Eastern oil, its transportation and the investment of its oil export revenues.
This truly is perfidy that will go down in history. The U.S. attack was to preventIranian moves to peace, and enable Trump to continue his false claim that Iran had refused to give up its desire to have its own atom bomb.
In sum, the attack showed that there was nothing that Iran could concede that would be accepted to the long-standing U.S. drive to control Middle Eastern oil, and to use Israel and ISIS/Al Qaeda as its two allied client armies there. Both parties, like the Iranian Nazis, were driven by ethnic and religious hatred of their designated enemies.
It will be interesting to see how many of Trump’s associates made big bets that oil prices would soar when markets open on Monday. U.S. oil companies will make a killing. China and other oil importers will suffer. U.S. financial speculators also will make a killing off their suffering to the extent that it is reflected in their stock and bond market and exchange rates.
Will Congress and the financial regulators investigate? The markets were not expecting war – and in fact were vastly underestimating its risks on Friday.
For the rest of the world, the financial crisis (to say nothing of the moral outrage) will define the next decade of international political and economic restructuring.

At his patreon site
Seems like an accurate assessment to me.

Posted by: Lantern Dude | Mar 1 2026 15:24 utc | 198

Michael is still continuously updating his article.  We are sending it far and wide.  On the site here, some updates are already in.  Yikes, it is busy .. none of us get something fully written and then the daily noise overshadows it again.

Remembering I F Stone’s principle of credibilities … Never believe a story until it’s been officially denied… 😉

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Bang! Pow! Gotcha!… DONKAN on X: “DESTRUIDAS CENTRALES NUCLEARES ISRAELÍES El reactor y las instalaciones nucleares de Israel fueron atacados por misiles de Fatah y Khyber. Según informes de hoy, domingo 1 de marzo de 2026, las tensiones han alcanzado un nivel sin precedentes y la instalación nuclear de

trans late o tronic> ISRAELI NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS DESTROYED Israel’s reactor and nuclear facilities were attacked by missiles from Fatah and Khyber. According to reports today, Sunday, March 1, 2026, tensions have reached an unprecedented level and the Dimona nuclear facility (Negav Nuclear Research Center) has been targeted in retaliatory attacks. International news sources and eyewitnesses have confirmed that Iran has fired dozens of ballistic missiles at the Dimona nuclear reactor in southern Israel in response to joint US and Israeli attacks. Sirens have sounded across the Negev and massive explosions have been reported. Although Iran claims to have successfully attacked the facility, the Israeli military (IDF) has so far refused to confirm the exact extent of the damage and has imposed a strict media blackout to prevent the publication of images and videos from the site. Military and nuclear experts have warned that a direct hit by hypersonic missiles on the facilities could cause a leak of radioactive materials and a widespread environmental disaster in the region.

ENDE

https://x.com/donkan_onca/status/2028089924814012667?s=46

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Ahemwunder what Salty Sal will say…mayday mayday mayday … — … ?

The war on tankers…gCaptain on X: “Belgium just boarded and seized the shadow fleet tanker Ethera in the North Sea 🇧🇪 The vessel — reportedly linked to an Iranian sanctions network — is now under escort to Zeebrugge after a coordinated operation with French naval support. https://x.com/gCaptain/status/2028139221148631215

(note the term “shadow fleet” simply means “enemy ships”… it’s a war propaganda term…)

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https://x.com/zardsi/status/2028091591957631437?s=46 Claim: “Iran’s latest missiles have struck Israeli military camps in Beit Shemesh. There are reports that close relatives of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who were serving in the military have been killed.”

via MoA

From Tehran’s perspective, the “social contract” that allowed these sultanates to exist—trading regional neutrality for Western protection—is officially dead. The February 28 strikes proved that these bases aren’t just “defensive”; they are the launchpads for decapitation strikes against the Iranian state.

The “wisdom” of keeping these monarchies around has vanished for Iran for several cold, hard reasons:

Iran now views places like Qatar (Al Udeid) and Bahrain (5th Fleet) not as sovereign neighbors, but as literal extensions of U.S. territory.
The IRGC has shifted its doctrine: if a missile is launched from a sultanate’s soil, the sultanate is held legally and militarily responsible.
Why fly a drone 1,000 miles to Israel when you can hit the nerve center of U.S. operations just 150 miles across the Gulf?
If they can’t sell oil because the Strait of Hormuz is closed, their “thriving” economies collapse instantly.
Iran knows that without oil revenue, these families cannot pay their mercenary armies or keep their populations quiet.
While Qatar shares the North Dome/South Pars gas field with Iran, Tehran can now argue that a “shared” resource shouldn’t benefit a host of American bombers.
In places like Bahrain and parts of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, there are significant Shia populations who have been suppressed for decades. Iran no longer has any incentive to keep these populations calm. By broadcasting the images of “girl children” killed in the U.S. strikes, they are effectively igniting an internal revolt against the Sultans.
With the Houthis successfully closing the Red Sea and striking Eilat and Tel Aviv, Iran has proven that its proxies can strangle the sultanates’ trade routes from the other side.

With the Houthis successfully closing the Red Sea and striking Eilat and Tel Aviv, Iran has proven that its proxies can strangle the sultanates’ trade routes from the other side.
If the “Sultan families” fail because they can’t sell oil and can’t protect their people from Iranian missiles, Iran wins a massive strategic victory without even needing a ground invasion. They simply let the internal economic collapse do the work.

Posted by: James | Mar 1 2026 17:43 utc | 333

Mr P, I picked up somewhere that one would need a massive thing to shoot an aircraft carrier … Like a nuke or an Oreshnik or massive firepower.  Would you know?  They say 4 missiles went flying against one of the carriers, but I have no idea of what it would take to do damage?  Do you have an idea?

This is said to be the US base at Erbil, Iraq zone…https://x.com/i/status/2028175491547406353  Presumed to have been removed for some sort of reason… If valid, that’s a real humdinger of a fire!

It is said that….  https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/174701  

The leaders of Germany, France, and Britain have threatened Iran with military action if it continues to launch attacks on the territories of Middle Eastern countries.

There are reports that three more countries may soon join Israel and the United States in launching strikes against Iran. Currently, the air forces of these countries are coordinating their actions with the US Central Command…

No one ought to be surprised by this

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Der kleine Anführer Merz spricht aus seinem Garten….  Merz: “We don’t know how far the region will be drawn into escalation by Iran’s harsh counter attacks. We call on Tehran to cease these indiscriminate attacks.”

Only targeted political assassinations acceptable, we are civilized white people here…..

https://x.com/m_simonyan/status/2028176026132463704?s=46  https://x.com/i/status/2028176026132463704   (video auf Kraut)

The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force has officially deployed its Su-35 fighter jets in an operation targeting a U.S. base in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. This marks the first time Iran has unveiled and operationally used its newly acquired Russian fighter aircraft. https://x.com/IRMilitaryMedia/status/2028248415881105668

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speaking of targets…

https://english.news.cn/europe/20260302/71daf7d02719458e83c7745bfbf775b6/c.html

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NICOSIA/LONDON, March 1 (Xinhua) — An explosion was reported late Sunday near the British Royal Air Force Akrotiri based in Limassol in southern Cyprus, according to local media.

A strong blast was heard in the vicinity of the British air base, with sirens activated and aircraft seen taking off from the facility, according to Philenews.

Meanwhile, Cyprus Mail reported that around midnight, UK military personnel stationed at the base were instructed to take cover after the explosion was heard.

Hezbollah has entered

Iran has started attacking Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, targeting the ARAMCO refinery at Ras Tannoura”

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/29391

+vid
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“All operations at ARAMCO’s Ras Tannoura refinery in Saudi Arabia have been suspended”

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/29392

+vid

They say…and imho true...Khatm Al-Anbiyaa Central HQ confirmed the downing of an American F-15 fighter jet by Iranian air defenses on the Kuwait-Iraq border. The jet was downed by the Khatm Al-Anbiyaa HQ forces. https://t.me/VanessaBeeley/43378

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Alfred 777 (locals) posted>

t seems Iran has started bombing the huge Saudi oil refinery at Ras Tanura – on the Gulf. It has shut down. It produces half the refined products consumed in Saudi Arabia.

The Saudis can theoretically send 5mbd of crude to the Red Sea. However, if Iran targets any pumping station, this pipeline would also stop.

—–the AI says of this matter….

The East-West Crude Oil Pipeline (Petroline) has 11 pumping stations spaced along its 1,200 km route from Abqaiq to Yanbu. [gem](https://www.gem.wiki/East-West_Crude_Oil_Pipeline)

Specific locations include Pump Station 6 near Sajir (coordinates 24°42’5″N 44°58’26″E), and Stations 8 and 9 in the Dawadmi and Afif governorates near Riyadh. These stations use gas turbine-driven pumps powered partly by a parallel natural gas line, supporting the pipeline’s 5 million bpd capacity. Exact positions of all 11 stations are not publicly detailed beyond these examples due to security concerns. [english.ajel](https://english.ajel.sa/features/details-on-the-targeted-saudi-aramcos-oil-pumping-stations)

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Claim...attack on Turkey NATO Air Base Incirlik If that’s true we’ll soon have confirmation.

https://rumble.com/v76h3xg-iran-hacked-israels-kompromat-files-exposing-elite-pedophiles-days-before-w.html    Film at 11? Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out… 

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Zone OZ running dry? Maybe so… Hey, that ws a theme in On the Beach, wasn’t it? https://cairnsnews.org/2026/03/02/did-iran-hit-uss-abraham-lincoln-with-four-missiles/

Alfred says: “Moronic Zionist psychopaths are running Australia”. and “𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴”

Truman recommended plowing with mules…very peaceful and soothing to the spirit. 

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Alex the Younger briefs from Cyprus…yup, Brit base got kissed…

Interesting episode at the propaganda machine…the lady went rogue…a fine way too…

Zone CNN… Do enjoy the video 😉   One gleaning is we learn what the spin is…the nazis want the marks to think that Persia was about to “get the bomb” and the corn fed boys are protecting “us”… Hey, didn’t fat Herman say that’s how it’s done…. I’ll get the quote…and put it below.

Rod (Izzy) 🇺🇸🦅 on X: “They attempted to speak over Joy Reid, but she wouldn’t tolerate it; she was ready to state the facts whether they approved or not. The United States has tried this in various countries around the world, but it never ends well.

VIDEO…2 minutes... https://x.com/i/status/2028222714708988205

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Fat Herman quote: “Why of course the people don’t want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don’t want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” (my bold)

Ahemwunder if this video is real. If it is real there’s a hellofafire on the hanger deck, and the pretty boat is kaputski…end of myth of souperduperyankeeknowhowanjohwaynebullchitstories. Metinkum boat maybe sink.

༄𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 🔚𝗭 on X: “FIN D’UN AUTRE MYTHE Le porte-avions Abraham Lincoln, dont les États-Unis et leurs agents se vantaient ! Quatre missiles balistiques lui ont suffi ! Même s’ils essaient de le nier ! C’EST PUBLIC MAINTENANT ! https://t.co/cymBgj7TAC” / X

video…

https://x.com/i/status/2028215084971860163