Monday, March 2, 2026
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT MONDAY 3/2/2026*FRANCE INCREASING NUCLEAR ARSENAL SHARING IT WITH EUROPE*COURT MARTIAL OVER NEW ZEALAND NAVY SHIP SINKING*
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IT'S BEEN SAID THAT THE IRAN WAR IS ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM THE THREAT OF IT ACQUIRING A NUCLEAR WEAPON.
FRANCE ONE OF THE NATIONS EXPRESSING THAT CONCERN.
BUT TODAY FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON ANNOUNCING EXPANSION OF FRANCE'S NUCLEAR ARSENAL.
MACRON ALSO OFFERING TO 'SHARE' ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITH EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
MR. MACRON CALLING FRANCE'S NEW NUCLEAR POLICY 'ADVANCED DETERRENCE"
HE SAID HIS POLICY WILL STRENGTHEN THE 'INDEPENDENCE' OF EUROPE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The Day Three Iran War Special Report...Breaking News: Iran War Day Three
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 73.14 points.
The NASDAQ up 80.65 points or .36 percent.
At 455 pm New York Time driven by the Iran War the price of oil 71 dollars 28 cents a barrel up four dollars 26 cents or 6.36 percent...Marketwatch
The Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado intends to return to Venezuela 'in the next few weeks.
Machado speaking of her participation in an 'orderly, sustainable and irreversible transition to democracy'...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN NEW ZEALAND THREE NAVAL OFFICERS WHOSE FACE CHARGES IN THE SINKING OF THE NAVAL VESSEL "MANAWANUI".
THE SHIP RAN INTO A REEF OFF THE COAST OF SAMOA IN OCTOBER OF 2024 WHILE ON A SURVEY MISSION.
INVESTIGATION OF THE MISHAP BY NEW ZEALAND'S NAVY FOUND THE CASE OF THE SINKING TO BE HUMAN ERROR...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND...
THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD REPORTING THAT THE OFFICERS CHARGED ARE THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN COMMANDER YVONNE GRAY, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MATTHEW GAJZAGO AND LIEUTENANT THOMAS BEAMISH...Wikipedia-HMNZS Manawanui
Sunday, March 1, 2026
BREAKING NEWS: IRAN WAR DAY TWO*HEZBOLLAH ATTACKS ISRAEL, ISRAEL ATTACKS LEBANON*US MILITARY DEAD*ASSASSINATIONS SHAKE UP IRAN'S LEADERSHIP*SHIPPING ATTACKED IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ AREA*DEADLY ATTACKS ON IRAN, ISRAEL, UAE*PUTIN CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF KHAMENEI*
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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC NEWS AGENCY IRAN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
BBC NEWS BLOG
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OSINTdefender "X"
TIMES OF ISRAEL BLOG
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THE PRICE OF OIL MOVING HIGHER IN SUNDAY NIGHT TRADING THE NEW YORK PRICE AT 1138 PM 70 DOLLARS 83 CENTS UP THREE DOLLARS 80 CENTS OR 5.68 PERCENT.
THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE CONFIRMING A DRONE ATTACK ON THE BRITISH MILITARY BASE ON CYPRUS.
Air raid sirens going off in Kuwait Monday morning.
FOUR KILLED IN ISRAELI ATTACKS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON EARLY MONDAY.
Iran putting out the word that it is not willing to negotiate contrary to comments made by US President Donald Trump earlier today,
LATE TONIGHT HEZBOLLAH FIRED ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL LEADING TO AN ORDER FROM ISRAEL'S MILITARY FOR EVACUATION OF 50 SOUTHERN LEBANESE VILLAGES.
ISRAEL LAUNCHING ATTACKS ON VARIOUS HEZBOLLAH TARGETS IN LEBANON
President Trump is acknowledging there will likely be more US casualties in the conflict.
Three wounded in an Iranian missile attack in Jerusalem tonight.
IT IS REPORTED THAT THE US AND ISRAEL HIT MORE THAN 2,000 TARGETS THIS WEEKEND.
The leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon saying 'we will undertake our duty to confront the aggression'.
The Pro-Iranian group reduced in its ability to wage war by Israel including the mass pager assassinations of its top leaders.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP URGING THE IRANIAN PEOPLE TO 'TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY'.
HE VOWS TO AVENGE THE DEATHS OF US SOLDIERS IN AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer opening up the use of British bases for what he called 'defensive strikes' against Iran.
Starmer claiming lessons were learned from British participation in the Iraq War of 2003.
France is taking a similar position.
Both counties parroted the positions of Israel and the United States regarding Iran's nuclear program being a threat prior to the war while depicting themselves as more 'neutral' parties.
NEW EXPLOSIONS IN TEL AVIV THIS EVENING DURING AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK.
Iraqi security forces on the attack against Pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Forces in western Iraq. That according to the Iraqi government
THIS EVENING IN ISRAEL AIR RAID SIRENS IN THE SOUTH POSSIBLE THEY ARE WARNING OF AN ATTACK FROM THE SOUTH NAMELY THE HOUTHIS IN YEMEN.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told ABC News in the US that Iran's military capabilities remain intact in spite of the massive attacks.
Iran claims destruction of the US THAAD missile system operated by the United Arab Emirates for defense of its territory.
THOSE AMERICANS THREE MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY KILLED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK WERE IN KUWAIT WE ARE TOLD.
KUWAIT ONE OF THE COUNTRIES COMING UNDER IRANIAN MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACK IN THE WAR.
THE ATTACKS LINKED TO THE PRESENCE OF US MILITARY FACILITIES IN THOSE COUNTRIES.
Other news unfolding this weekend tensions with Russia ratcheted up with the seizure of an oil tanker related to Russia by Belgium also the deadly attack in Austin, Texas early this morning suspected as terrorism...News Summary-Intelligence Report Sunday 3-1-2026
FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON THE PHONE WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
A British Typhoon warplane pre-positioned to Qatar before the war began shooting down an Iranian drone approaching Qatar.
THE FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'CHARLES DE GAULLE' RELOCATING TO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN FROM ITS PRESENT BALTIC SEA STATION.
THE CARRIER WAS TO BE INVOLVED IN NATO MANEUVERS AIMED AT RUSSIA. THIS ACCORDING TO BFM-TV IN FRANCE.
IN IRAN 20 REPORTED KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON A GYM IN THE CITY OF LAMARD.
THE CITY OF SHARJAH IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES CAME UNDER ATTACK BY IRAN.
A HOSPITAL IN TEHRAN SAID TO HAVE BEEN HIT IN AN ATTACK
The death toll in that earlier Iranian rocket attack on Beit Shemesh, Israel is now nine with more than 40 wounded.
A bomb shelter smashed and a synagogue destroyed in the attack.
Israel announcing the call up of nearly 100,000 reservists whose use would likely be in ground warfare.
Where Israel Intends To Launch A Ground War Is Not Clear Gaza a distinct possibility perhaps Lebanon depending on the situation but there may be other options not clear at this time.
IRAN SAYS IT ATTACKED THREE BRITISH AND AMERICAN TANKERS IN NEARBY WATERS.
20 killed and more than 100 injured in anti-US protests in Pakistan.
Iran's government radio and television building attacked in Tehran.
THE US AND ISRAEL ARE NOW SAID TO HAVE ACHIEVED 'AIR SUPERIORITY' IN IRAN WITH GREAT FREEDOM TO CARRY OUT BOMBING ATTACKS THROUGHOUT IRAN.
More explosions tonight in Tehran as the US-Israeli bombing attacks on Iran's capital city continue.
Pro-Iranian forces attacking the US military facility at the Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq. Drones used in the attack.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THAT NINE IRANIAN SHIPS HAVE BEEN SUNK.
TRUMP ALSO SAYS THAT IRAN'S NEW LEADERSHIP WANTS TO TALK WITH HIM.
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MR. TRUMP SPEAKING WORDS THAT HELP MARKETS REDUCE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE WAR.
The US military claiming the sinking of an Iranian warship in a southern Iranian port.
US CENTRAL COMMAND REPORTS THREE DEATHS IN THE US MILITARY. FIVE WERE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.
THE CASUALTIES LIKELY FROM IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS.
"We will continue the path of the leader. Our armed forces are crushing the bases of the enemy."
That's part of the video message today from Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian...OSINTdefender "X (Video Embed)
IRAN SAYS IT FIRED FOUR MISSILES AT THE US AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'ABRAHAM LINCOLN' BELIEVED TO BE IN THE GULF OF OMAN.
A French naval facility in the United Arab Emirates has been attacked.
THE PORT OF DUQUM IN OMAN ATTACKED BY IRAN.
THERE ARE ATTACKS REPORTED ON COMMERCIAL SHIPPING NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"
"a cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law"
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADMIR PUTIN WITH THAT STATEMENT IN A CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO IRAN'S PRESDIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN.
PUTIN COMMENTING ON THE ISRAELI ASSASSINATION OF SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI.
PUTIN NOTING KHAMENEI HELPED TO MAINTAIN FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND RUSSIA.
IRAN AND RUSSIA ARE IN A 'STRATERGIC PARTNERSHIP'.
Three killed and 58 wounded in the United Arab Emirates since the Iranian missile attacks began.
Eight killed in central Israel in an Iranian missile attack on Beit Shemesh.
Missile defenses did not stop the attack the Israeli military says it is conducting an investigation.
THERE HAVE BEEN DEADLY CLASHES OUTSIDE THE US EMBASSY IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN AS PROTESTERS APPROACHED IT AND FOUGHT WITH POLICE
IN KARACHI PAKISTAN PROTESTERS VANDALIZING THE PROPERTY OF THE US CONSULATE.
TWO PEOPLE WOUNDED BY DRONE WRECKAGE IN DUBAI
IRANIANS MOURNING THE DEATH OF SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMANEI A CROWD OF MOURNERS SEEN IN CENTRAL TEHRAN.
Pro-Iranian Rioters seeking to approach the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq being forced back by Iraqi security forces.
NEW EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN TEHRAN AT MID-MORNING LOCAL TIME.
Iran's Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani saying Israel seeks to split Iran into pieces to weaken Iran as a nation.
He described US President Donald Trump as 'the perfect symbol of plunder'.
Larijani also saying:
"America and the Zionist regime burned the hearts of the Iranian nation, and we will burn their hearts too"
THE IRANIAN ATTACKS CONTINUED AT MID-MORNING ON QATAR AND DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
THE ELECTION OF A NEW SUPREME LEADER IN IRAN IS SAID TO BE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS.
Iranian attacks on Iraq this morning directed as US bases and facilities in the country.
An explosion and fire seen at the Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq...OSINTdefender "X" (Photo Embed)
THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF IN ISRAEL THIS MORNING IN TEL AVIV SEVERAL ALERTS IN JUST ONE HOUR
In the wake of yesterday's assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei three men now carrying out his responsibilities.
They are President Masoud Pezeshkian, the leader of Iran's judiciary and a clerical member of the Guardian Council.
148 deaths in the attack on a girl's elementary school in southern Iran
MANAMA THE CAPITAL OF BAHRAIN ATTACKED THIS MORNING BY IRAN ITS THE SITE OF THE US NAVY'S FIFTH FLEET HEADQUARTERS
MORE MISSILE ATTACKS FROM IRAN ON BOTH DOHA THE CAPITAL OF QATAR AND DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES THIS MORNING
This morning confirmation of more assassinations of Iranian leadership in the Israeli attacks.
Commander In Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Mohammed Pakpour and Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani Secretary of Iran's Defense Council killed.
NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 3/1/2026*NEWSDUMP WEEKEND*EPSTEIN MEDICAL NETWORK TREATED HIS GIRLS*DEADLY SHOOTING ATTACK IN TEXAS SUSPECTED TERRORISM*RUSSIAN 'SHADOW FLEET' TANKER SEIZED BY BELGIUM*DAY TWO IRAN WAR*KIM'S DAUGHTER PARTICIPATES IN NEW NORTH KOREAN RIFLE TEST*I
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
There has been a major news story linked to Jeffrey Epstein and the recently released Department of Justice Files this weekend.
It's about a network of medical professionals who treated girls being used by Epstein.
It was said among other things that the medical services provided were to 'keep his girls sexually fit'.
The New York Times published the story using information contained in the three million pages of DOJ files.
Pelvic exams, liposuction and mole removal among the services provided.
One picture from the files shows a medical procedure being performed involving stitches being removed from a woman's head by a prominent New York plastic surgeon.
It happened in Jeffrey Epstein's New York apartment...Daily Beast Story
RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES TOOK DOWN 172 ATTACKING UKRAINIAN DRONES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The Iran War is causing a reaction on the New York oil market Sunday night the price at 70 dollars 89 cents a barrel up three dollars 87 cents or 5.77 percent at 1140 pm Eastern US Time...Marketwatch
The early morning shooting attack in Austin, Texas that killed three and wounded 14 a suspected act of terrorism.
The suspect a naturalized US citizen. He wore a sweatshirt with the words "Property of Allah" on it and underneath said to have had a t-shirt with the Iranian flag on it...Fox News USA
Afghan forces conducting an operation in Pakistan killing ten ISIS members.
ISIS has been conducting terrorist attacks in Afghanistan since US and allied forces were expelled from the country by the Taliban.
In recent days Pakistan carried out a series of attacks on Afghanistan linked to Pakistani Taliban attacks...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)
BELGIUM'S MILITARY SEIZING AN OIL TANKER LINKED TO RUSSIA'S 'SHADOW FLEET' OFF ITS COAST.
FRANCE SAID TO HAVE ASSISTED WITH THE SEIZURE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
The Iran War Is Covered In This Special Post...Breaking News: Iran War Day Two
IN BANGLADESH THE SUDDEN FIRING OF THE CENTRAL BANK CHIEF.
BANGLADESH BANK GOVERNOR AHSAN H. MANSUR ABRUPTLY LOSING HIS JOB TO BUSINESSMAN MD MOSTAQUR RAHMAN.
MR. RAHMAN LINKED TO THE NEW BANGLADESH NATIONAL PARTY GOVERNMENT...TELEGRAPH INDIA
VIDEO OF NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN AND DAUGHTER JU AE INSPECTING AND TEST FIRING NEW SNIPER RIFLES
Video from North Korea showing the unveiling of a new sniper rifle with ruler Kim Jong-Un and his daughter Ju Ae prominent in the event.
Both of them are seen test firing the rifle.
Ju Ae's presence at the event reinforcing intelligence estimations that she is the designated successor to Kim.
Just days ago Ju Ae prominent at a major military parade in North Korea's capital Pyongyang...
Yonhap News Agency South Korea
ANGER IN A POOR BOLIVIAN CITY AS AUTHORITIES TORCHED CASH FOLLOWING A DEADLY PLANE CRASH.
22 KILLED WHEN THE PLANE CARRYING MONEY TO A REMOTE PART OF BOLIVIA WENT DOWN IN THE CITY OF EL ALTO.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOUGHT WITH AUTHORITIES AS THEY SOUGHT TO SNATCH UP MONEY FOLLOWING THE CRASH.
49 ARRESTED ACCUSED OF VANDALISM...REUTERS-ASIA ONE SINGAPORE
Amidst the war in Israel the identity of a celebrity accused of raping a 15-year-old minor released.
Military reporter Yoav Zeitoun, a prominent Israeli personality, revealed as the suspect.
He is accused of committing the rape last Tuesday after meeting the minor through the app Grindr.
In court Zeitoun has disputed the account of the relationship between him and the minor given by police...Maariv Israel (Translation Prompt)
Saturday, February 28, 2026
NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*WAR WITH IRAN*REMEMBERING MOM*WHO DO YOU WANT TO CRUCIFY?*I DID NOT XI THIS COMING...*CHINA GETS "A BOMBED"*NOT QUIET ON CHINA'S WESTERN FRONT*THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS*
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BREAKING NEWS: ISRAEL AND US ATTACK IRAN LAUNCHING WAR
TRUMP AND NETANYAHU DEFINE WAR AS ONE TO CHANGE IRAN'S GOVERNMENT URGE POPULAR REVOLT
US, ISRAEL TRIED TO KILL IRAN'S LEADERS IN INITIAL ATTACKS
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI CONFIRMED DEAD
IRAN FIRES MISSILES AT ISRAEL AND US BASES IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN RETALIATION
FATALITIES REPORTED IN IRAN AND SYRIA...
BREAKING NEWS SPECIAL REPORT-COVERAGE LIMITED BY PERSONAL COMMITMENTS BUT WILL HAPPEN AT INTERVALS
FULL FRIDAY NEWSDUMP SUMMARY FEBRUARY 27, 2026 INCLUDING NUIMEROUS STORIES THAT EMERGED PRIOR TO THE CONFLICT
THE OPENING OF 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' TONIGHT FEBRUARY 28, 2026...
Time for music and in the 1970's my go to music was Country Music a sampling from 1974...
"JOLENE"-DOLLY PARTON
"THAT'S THE WAY LOVE GOES"-JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ
"NO CHARGE"-MELBA MONTGOMERY
There's a song I listened to a lot in 1974 not really able to fully appreciate its content. My maturity was interrupted only recently has it emerged in a fuller bloom.
REMEMBERING MOM
Melba Montgomery's "No Charge" reminds me of the passing of my mother five years ago this past week.
Mom did so much for me in my immaturity over the years filled voids and gaps too many of them for a child who just wasn't able to grow up.
Sexual harms happened when I was young but one thing I spoke to my mother in the morphine coma on that awful COVID-era day she passed was this.
I appreciated the fact that she kept me from going to some man's house back when I was 11 years old. That guy and a buddy of his he worked with collected pictures of children and yes eventually the law got involved.
But the punishment was mild compared to today "Alan Dershowitz Law" was in force the "Epstein Deal" of decades ago heck more the norm of those times.
That's a heck of a lot to think about. You just need God's Word after this...
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy'.
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.
He causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and unrighteous"
MATTHEW 5:43-45 NIV BIBLE
I think about mobs wanting to demonize people right now hurt them harm them during this Holy Season we are reminded of the mob that said:
"Crucify Him!"
WHO DO YOU WANT TO CRUCIFY RIGHT NOW?
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Ilhan Omar, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Alan Dershowitz, Ghislaine Maxwell. Heck Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky. Maybe Bret Baier or Wolf Blitzer I actually gave them a few minutes this weekend.
There's a prayer list for you this weekend but for me I think of the people in the 12-step program and certainly my family members.
Pray for the peace and serenity that these folks need in their lives I am fortunate to have something of those things on this very troubling weekend.
I identify openly as a Pharisee, a Hypocrite I want to criticize others not look at myself.
More Music "Would You Crucify Him?"...
"WOULD YOU CRUCIFY HIM?"-JOHN MICHAEL TALBOT
"DON'T SHOOT THE WOUNDED"-CHUCK GIRARD
"EYE OF THE STORM"-MARK HEARD
Let's go to the China War Update the steady stream of negative news about China turning into dropping the "A-Bomb" on China in some of the latest media reporting...
You notice Carl Douglas wearing a star in that music video but it wasn't the Star of David China is now getting the big red "A" painted on it yes China stands accused of moving in the direction of "Antisemitism"...
"China Pivoting Towards Antisemitism Driven By Geopolitics, Report Finds"-Times Of Israel
NOT QUIET ON CHINA'S WESTERN FRONT
For whatever reason conflict breaking out on China's western border between Afghanistan and Pakistan just days before the Iran War broke out.
President Trump speaking favorably of Pakistan in the conflict.
China expressing "deep concern" asking for restraint and a ceasefire between its two western neighbors.
Both these countries fighting each other just happen to border Iran as well?....
"China urges Afghanistan, Pakistan to show restraint, realize ceasefire"-Anadolu Agency Turkey (Türkiye)
ON SUNDAY THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL WAR POST ALONGSIDE THE REGULAR NEWS SUMMARY IN OUR REGULAR SUMMARY SOME FASCINATING VIDEO OF THE TEENAGE GIRL EXPECTED TO SUCCEED KIM JONG-UN AS RULER OF NORTH KOREA.
This week's post of French news includes the story of a drone incident involving a French aircraft carrier in Sweden linked to Russia...
"France Yellow Vests Week 378*Cabinet Tweaking*France And Iran War*Trade Deal Opposed By French Farmers Imposed*Conflict Between US Ambassador And French Foreign Minister*"Russian Drone" Near French Aircraft Carrier In Sweden*Italy Gets Good GDP, Credit Rating News, France Doesn't*
Looking at a letter from a prisoner who's been locked up for 13 months hoping to get a trial this month maybe a plea deal who knows. I'll pray for him.
Dr. Billy Graham On "The Power Of Forgiveness"...
Video Link-Dr. Bill Graham Pittsburgh 1993
Good Night. God Bless.
"THE ROCK THAT DOESN'T ROLL"-LARRY NORMAN
FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 378*CABINET TWEAKING*FRANCE AND IRAN WAR*TRADE DEAL OPPOSED BY FRENCH FARMERS IMPOSED*CONFLICT BETWEEN US AMBASSADOR AND FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER*'RUSSIAN DRONE' NEAR FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN SWEDEN*ITALY GETS GOOD GDP, CREDIT RATING NEWS FRANCE DOESN'T**
(NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)
(POST COMPLETED EARLY DUE TO IRAN WAR WITH UPDATING POSSIBLE IF ABLE)
FRANCE'S OFFICIAL REACTION TO THE IRAN WAR IS ONE OF OPPOSITION TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND ITS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD.
THERE IS REGRET OVER THE WAR BUT FRANCE'S OFFICIAL ISSUES WITH IRAN DOVETAIL WITH ISSUES RAISED BY ISRAEL AND THE US TO JUSTIFY IT.
On Friday the European Commission unilaterally and provisionally implementing the MERCOSUR trade deal vehemently opposed by French farmers.
That deal will allow France to be flooded with agricultural products from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
No vote of the European Parliament on the MERCOSUR deal implemented in spite of a challenge to it that will be heard in the months ahead by the European Court of Justice.
French President Emmanuel Macron speaking of 'bad manners' and a 'bad surprise' in his reaction to the imposition of the trade deal...
France 24 Story
A TWEAKING OF THE FRENCH CABINET THIS WEEK THE DEPARTURE OF THE MINISTER OF CULTURE RACHIDA DATI. SHE IS ON THE BALLOT IN NEXT MONTH'S LOCAL ELECTIONS SEEKING TO BE MAYOR OF PARIS.
CULTURAL ADVISOR CATHERINE PEGARD NAMED THE NEW MINISTER OF CULTURE.
THREE NEW DEPUTY CABINET MINISTERS WERE ALSO NAMED...
FRANCE 24 NEWS STORY
A diplomatic standoff this week between French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot and US Ambassador Charles Kushner.
The row over US government social media posting in the name of its embassy in France along with the State Department's Office of Counterterrorism.
It referenced "violent radical leftism" in connection with the killing of nationalist Quentin Deranque in Lyon. The claim also spoke of the leftist extremism being 'on the rise'.
Mr, Barrot saying the United States was not entitled to butt into a French internal matter.
The French Foreign Minister saying there were:
"no lessons to receive from the international reactionary community"...
BFM-TV News Story
US Ambassador Charles Kushner, the father of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, called into the French Foreign Ministry Monday evening to be told of France's objection to the remarks.
But Mr. Kushner was a no-show for that meeting.
That led to France saying Mr. Kushner would be barred from direct contact with French officials but then Ambassador Kushner got on the phone with Foreign Minister Barrot.
This brought the tensions to an end...
"Kushner's phone call cools France-US diplomatic row--for now"-Politico EU
On Friday US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warning US ambassadors worldwide about any statements that could 'inflame regional tensions'.
IN SWEDEN THIS WEEK AUTHORITIES TOOK DOWN A DRONE APPROACHING THE DOCKED FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER 'CHARLES DE GAULLE' IN MALMO.
SWEDEN'S MILITARY SUSPECTED THE DRONE CAME FROM A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SHIP OFFSHORE.
ON FRIDAY SWEDEN CONFIRMING THE DRONE WAS OF RUSSIAN ORIGIN...
BFM-TV FRANCE
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of France lagging in relation to neighboring Italy with some observers unsettled others taking the situation with a 'grain of salt'.
But for the credit ratings agencies Italy and other southern European countries like Spain and Portugal its been a year of upgrading.
But France is part of a list of nations including China and the US where credit ratings have been downgraded.
France's credit rating downgrade linked to political instability and the delay of the pension reform plan to raise the retirement age in France to 64...
"Southern Europe Upgraded, US France China Downgraded"-The Chosun Daily South Korea
THIS AFTERNOON IN PARIS A YELLOW VESTS MARCH...YELLOW VESTS PARIS FEBRUARY 28, 2026 WEEK 378
For now that's the news from France.
BREAKING NEWS: IRAN ATTACKED BY ISRAEL, IRAN RETALIATES IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS*SUPREME LEADER DEAD*IRAN TELLS SHIPS NOT TO OPERATE IN STRAIT OF HORMUZ*OPENING ATTACKS ASSASSINATION STRIKES ON IRANIAN LEADERSHIP*MORE THAN 200 KILLED IN IRAN*NETANYAHU IN SEPTEMBER "WE NEED TO DESTROY THE IRANIAN AXIS"*IRAN ATTACKS ISRAEL, US BASE NATIONS IN REGION*
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"we need to destroy the Iranian axis...that is what stands before us in the coming year, which could be a historic year for the security of Israel"
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SPEAKING TO ISRAEL'S MILITARY LEADERSHIP ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 2025...
"Defeat of the Iranian axis is 'within our means', says Netanyahu The prime minister delivered a Rosh Hashanah address to the IDF General Staff forum in Tel Aviv"-Jerusalem Post September 23, 2025
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OSINTdefender "X"
MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
RIA Novosti Russia Blog (Translation Prompt)
ISRAEL ATTACKING IRAN IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED A JOINT US-ISRAELI OPERATION
ASSASSINATION STRIKES CARRIED OUT IN CENTRAL TEHRAN TO KILL TOP IRANIAN LEADERS
ISRAEL'S MOSSAD SPY AGENCY CALLING ON IRANIANS TO 'RETURN IRAN TO ITS GLORIOUS DAYS'....
There are explosions reported in multiple Iranian cities at numerous locations across Iran.
Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz described the initial attacks on Iran as "pre-emptive".
Mainstream US media outlets speaking of US-Israeli coordination in the attacks on Iran.
US warplanes based on land and on the "Abraham Lincoln" aircraft carrier at sea are attacking Iran.
THE REUTERS NEWS AGENCY SAYS THE US AND ISRAEL PICKED TODAY'S DATE TO ATTACK IRAN WEEKS AGO.
JUST HOURS AGO, US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPOKE OF NO DECISION ON AN ATTACK HAVING BEEN MADE.
Iran's holy city of Qom the city of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attacked.
Part of the information being reported by mainstream media is that Ayatollah Khamenei was moved to a safe location how the media know this not clear.
Iran's Press TV reporting injuries in the attacks. Two locations in Tehran the capital city were attacked with Iranian state media speaking of attacks on five cities.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FORMALLY ANNOUNCING THE ATTACKS ON IRAN.
THE PRESIDENT POSTING AN EIGHT MINUTE VIDEO ON TRUTH SOCIAL...OSINTdefender "X" (Video Link Trump Statement)
Iranian warplanes in the skies over the capital city of Tehran following the attack MIG-29 aircraft sighted.
Reuters quoting Iranian officials promising a 'crushing response' to the attacks.
Seven missiles impacting near the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Leader's Residence in Tehran during the initial attacks this morning.
In his eight-minute video announcing the attacks US President Donald Trump speaking of a military campaign to destroy Iran's capability to produce missiles.
Trump saying Iran's missile industry will be "totally obliterated".
IRAN'S MEHR NEWS AGENCY SAYS THAT PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN WAS NOT HURT IN THE ATTACKS ON TEHRAN THIS MORNING.
Hospitals in Israel directed to move their operations to underground and safe areas.
The attacks on Iran launched in the middle of the night US time if Iran retaliates by the time many Americans wake up in the morning they will see visual images of Israel being attacked.
In his statement earlier President Trump saying Iran's Navy will also be destroyed and that Iran's military 'must lay down their arms or die'
There have also been cyberattacks on Iran this morning with several news agencies and mobile apps impacted according to Iran's Fars News Agency.
IRAN HAS BEEN BAITED TO RESPOND WITH THESE ATTACKS THE US MILITARY, ISRAELI MILITARY READY FOR ANY RESPONSE BY IRAN'S MILITARY.
IRANIAN COUNTERATTACKS WILL JUSTIFY MORE ATTACKS ON IRAN BY THE US AND ISRAEL.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps speaking of 'a strong and decisive response' to the attacks on Tehran.
If I were the Iranians a measured response proportional to what was actually done to them this morning would make sense.
A lot of attacks reported but note no sign of any follow-up attacks from the US and Israel.
Perhaps they hoped to flush out a big Iranian response that would have been shot out of the sky.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED FOR REGIME CHANGE IN HIS EIGHT-MINUTE VIDEO SAYING TO THE IRANIAN PEOPLE:
"When we're finished take over your government"
The New York Times speaking of several days of military operations against Iran.
MISSILES LAUNCHED FROM IRAN TOWARDS ISRAEL
A second wave of attacks on multiple Iranian cities not attacked in the first wave.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WITH A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART THAT THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL HAVE:
"embarked on an operation to remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran"
IRAN LAUNCHING ATTACKS AT BASES OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE REGION USED TO ATTACK IT IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT
ALSO QATAR WHERE FOUR BRITISH WARPLANES ARE DEPLOYED TO HELP PROTECT THE US BASE THERE.
Syria reporting four killed due to an Iranian missile impact in Sweida located in southern Syria near Israel.
THE UNITED STATES CALLING THE MILITARY OPERATION 'EPIC FURY'.
ISRAEL'S MILITARY SAYING THE ATTACKS THIS MORNING WERE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AIMED AT IRAN'S LEADERS INCLUDING PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN AND SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI
Iran reports 57 killed in an attack on an elementary school in the southern part of the country.
IRAN SAYS IT DESTROYED A US RADAR SITE IN QATAR USED FOR MISSILE TRACKING
UPDATE
(1230 PM US EASTERN TIME, 930 PM IRAN TIME)
More Iranian missile barrages Saturday evening aimed at Israel and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the eastern end of the Persian Gulf being told by VHF radio that the strait is closed.
These broadcasts linked to Iran. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center with an advisory...
UKMTO Shipping Advisory Persian Gulf Region
THE LUXURIOUS PALATIAL CITY OF DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNDER ATTACK WITH FOUR INJURED IN A FIRE IN THE CITY.
MOUNTING EVIDENCE IN RECENT YEARS OF THE UAE BEING ISRAEL'S SILENT PARTNER WAGING WAR IN YEMEN AND SUDAN FOR THE ISRAELIS.
THE UAE ALSO TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE HORN OF AFRICA WHERE ISRAEL HAS RECOGNIZED SOMALILAND IN THE NORTH OF SOMALIA AS AN INDEPENDENT STATE.
US FORCES ARE ALSO BASED IN THE EMIRATES WITH MANY FLIGHTS OF US TRANSPORT PLANES IN AND OUT OF THE UAE IN RECENT WEEKS.
Iran telling us 63 killed at a girls school in the southern part of the country that was hit in the US-Israeli attacks.
ON FOX NEWS THIS MORNING JENNIFER GRIFFIN EXPLAINING THE FIRST ATTACKS ON IRAN WERE IN PART AN EFFORT TO KNOCK OUT IRAN'S AIR DEFENSES IN PREPARATION FOR FUTURE ATTACKS.
GRIFFIN ALSO NOTING THE FIRST USE OF ATTACK DRONES BY THE UNITED STATES ON A BATTLEFILD.
This evening an attack on the Iranian city of Bushehr where a nuclear power plant is being built with Russian assistance.
Explosions in other Iranian cities Urmiye and Qom.
This evening the Iranian missile barrages on Tel Aviv described as more intense.
MORE THAN 200 KILLED IN IRAN IN TODAY'S ATTACKS ACCORDING TO IRAN'S RED CRESCENT SOCIETY.
The spin from Israel is that some Iranian leaders were eliminated in the initial attacks this morning. Who those leaders were not so clear?
President Trump did speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once the war started.
Israel says it hit 500 targets in Iran today.
12 INJURED IN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS AIMED AT US MILITARY FACILITIES IN KUWAIT ACCORDING TO KUWAITI AUTHORITIES
Iran says one of its missiles hit a US 'MST combat support ship...IRNA News Iran (Translation Prompt)
ISRAEL WARNING RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE AN INDUSTRIAL AREA IN THE CITY OF ISFAHAN (AL JAZEERA)
(UPDATE AT 730 PM EASTERN US TIME, 4 AM IRAN TIME)
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING WITH CERTAINTY THAT IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI WAS KILLED IN THE INITIAL ATTACKS.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SPEAKING WITH LESS CERTAINTLY BUT BELIEVING THAT KHAMENEI WAS KILLED.
What is confirmed by Iran tonight is the death of four members of the Ayatollah's family including his daughter.
MORE NEGATIVE DETAILS COULD EMERGE REGARDING THE WAR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS HERE IN THE USA AND ISRAEL, NOT TO MENTION IRAN.
BAD NEWS OFTEN GETS PUT OUT LATE AT NIGHT IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION.
Israeli authorities are trying to rescue the survivors of an Iranian missile strike in central Israel late tonight.
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKING TO US MEDIA OUTLETS ABOUT THE WAR ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS WITH A MESSAGE THAT THINGS ARE 'GOING WELL'.
From Israeli officials one person killed 121 wounded in Iranian attacks so far.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF IRANIAN ATTACKS ON DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IRAN EXPLAINING THE ATTACKS SAYING THE TARGET WAS A US CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FACILITY.
One fatality 25 injuries at the site of an Iranian missile attack in Tel Aviv...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
IRAN NOW OFFICIALLY CONFIRMING THE DEATH OF SUPREME LEADER AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI IN THE INITIAL ATTACKS THIS MORNING...
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC NEWS AGENCY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
And concluding today's post the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps promising 'the fiercest offensive operation in the history of the Iranian armed forces'.
This in retaliation for the assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei.
Good Night. The Day Two War Post Will Post After Midnight Eastern US Time.
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