NEXTRUSH UNPLUGGED WEEKEND*TEHRAN BURNS AS US-ISRAELI BOMBING CAMPAIGN CONTINUES IN IRAN*A GLIMPSE OF HELL*

 

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NEWSDUMP ALERT: MASSIVE BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN IRAN FIRES BURNING IN TEHRAN

The Iran War continues in both Iran and Lebanon missiles continue to be fired sporadically from Iran at Israel.

US President Donald Trump's vowed to hit Iran "hard' yesterday....

                             AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG

                                      BBC NEWS BLOG

NEWSDUMP UPDATE:  AT 2 AM SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 8TH CLOCKS MOVE FORWARD ONE HOUR IN ALMOST ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

The music this week my musical collection stretches from the 1930's to the early 1980's including the Big Band sound.   In my dormitory in the late 1970's someone loved this recording and they played it a lot...

                       "PENNSYLVANIA 6-5000"-GLENN MILLER AND HIS ORCHESTRA

                        "A SWINGIN' SAFARI"-BILLY VAUGHN AND HIS ORCHESTRA

                               "WEDDING SONG (THERE IS LOVE)"-NOEL PAUL STOOKEY

Going to a wedding today that's the plan so I had to include the "Wedding Song" by Noel Paul Stookey in the music this week.

      "Do you know that in Scripture Jesus spoke about Hell four times more often than he did about Heaven?"....

 

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FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 379*'ADVANCED DETERRENCE' EXPANSION OF FRENCH NUKES*FRANCE AND IRAN WAR*MACRON CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UN FORCE IN LEBANON*

 

                 (NEWS, COMMENT AND ANALYSIS WITH MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES)

Amidst the Iran War said to be about Iran's quest to acquire nuclear weapons an idea France opposed President Emmanuel Macron this week rolling out expansion of France's nuclear weapons and their linkage to European defense.

Macron's Monday announcement coming days after European ally Belgium seized an oil tanker off its coast linked to Russia's "Shadow Fleet".

"France expands number of nuclear warheads and talks with the Netherlands about 'nuclear deterrence'"-NOS Netherlands

In the aftermath of his announcement other European nations like the Netherlands and Poland expressed interest in joining the 'advanced deterrence'.

A letter read in the Dutch parliament from its government said the details of nuclear cooperation could not be made public.

On Tuesday evening President Emmanuel spoke regarding the Iran War and France's response to it.

The French military did not fire the opening shots in the war but has opened fire in defense of French military facilities established in the Persian Gulf region since.

Macron noting the dispatch of the aircraft carrier "Charles De Gaulle" to the Eastern Mediterranean in a 'defensive' measure.

 Macron expressed disdain for Iran's current government while acknowledging the US and Israel operated 'outside international law' with the warfare they waged such as the assassinations of Iranian leadership.

Macron announcing the beefing up of security around sensitive buildings in France involving members of the military called "Operation Sentinel"...

                    BFM-TV Story Macron Iran War Speech

BY THE END OF THE WEEK FRANCE JOINING OTHER NATIONS CONDEMNING AN ATTACK ON THE UNITED FORCES BASE IN LEBANON THAT WOUNDED SOLDIERS FROM GHANA.

THERE HAVE BEEN FREQUENT INCIDENTS OF ISRAELI FORCES HARASSING OR ATTACKING THE UN TROOPS IN SOUTHERN LEBANON...

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NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/6/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*US EASING RUSSIAN OIL SANCTIONS*STOCKS DOWN, OIL RISES 12.67 PERCENT*NEW ATTEMPT ASSASSINATE IRANIAN LEADERS*TRUMP SEX ASSAULT ALLEGATION EPSTEIN FILES*HUNGARY TAKES UKRAINE GOLD*DEADLY IRAN GIRLS SCHOOL ATTACK LINKED TO US*DUTCH MINISTER WON'T RULE OUT MILITARY DRAFT*

 

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                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

In Ecuador the US military attacking a drug trafficking supply complex. 

The military operation described as successful...The Hill USA

  IN TORONTO THREE OF THE 12 CHARGES DROPPED AT THE SEXUAL ASSAULT TRIAL OF BILLIONAIRE BUSINESSMAN FRANK STRONACH.

THE JUDGE IN THE CASE INDICATING A LACK OF CONVICTING EVIDENCE RELATED TO THE CHARGES.

SEVEN WOMEN CAME FORWARD TO MAKE ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE AGAINST STRONACH DATING FROM DECADES AGO...CBC NEWS CANADA

Fox News reporting the movement of a third US aircraft carrier to the Middle East region.

The "George HW Bush" carrier will go to the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

The "Gerald Ford" carrier previously there is already moving south through the Suez Canal with the "Abraham Lincoln" carrier positioned southeast of Iran in the Arabian Sea...DD Geopolitics "X" (Fox News Video Embed)

HEZBOLLAH FORCES IN LEBANON ON THE BORDER WITH SYRIA FIGHTING ISRAELI TROOPS LANDED BY HELICOPTER LATE TONIGHT.

THIS HAPPENING IN THE BAALBEK REGION AROUND BRITAL, LEBANON.

THE REPORT ORIGINATING WITH THE 'AL MAYADEEN' MEDIA OUTLET...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                  LATE IRAN WAR NEWS

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NBC NEWS REPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS EXPRESSED 'PRIVATE INTEREST' IN SENDING US GROUND TROOPS TO IRAN.  TALK OF SMALL GROUPS TAKING ON 'SPECIAL MISSIONS'.

EXTENSIVE ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS INSIDE IRAN TONIGHT.

SOME IRANIAN MISSILES FIRED AT ISRAEL DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO SATURDAY.   NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.

THE US STATE DEPARTMENT BYPASSING CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE SALE OF 12,000 BOMBS TO ISRAEL.   THE 151.8 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL INVOLVES 1,000 POUND BOMBS.

SAUDI ARABIA SAYS IT DOWNED AN IRANIAN MISSILE AIMED AT AN AIRBASE NEAR RIYADH...

NEWS INSIDE MARCH 7TH, 2026 BLOG OF TIMES OF ISRAEL

Three Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tankers diverting from Europe to make their deliveries in Asia.   That's because Asian customers are willing to pay more for the natural gas amid shortages triggered by the Iran War...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

TO DEAL WITH SKYROCKETING OIL PRICES THE US EASING SOME OIL SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA WITH MORE EASING POSSIBLE.

US TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSANT THAT INDIA HAS BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO IMPORT RUSSIAN OIL...TASS RUSSIA

In Chicago today a funeral service for the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Jackson participated in the 1960's civil rights movement then entered politics first as a third-party advocate later as a Democrat seeking the Democratic Party presidential nomination multiple times.

Three former Democrat presidents spoke at the service Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and Barrack Obama.

Mr. Obama offered a eulogy praising the work of Reverend Jackson but also offered some remarks seen as indirect criticism of President Trump.

In part Obama saying: "Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions.  Another setback to the idea of the rule of law.  An offense to common decency"...The Hill USA

ISLAMIC MILITANTS KIDNAPPING MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA TODAY.

THE MASS KIDNAPPING BELIEVED TO RETALIATION FOR THE KILLING OF THREE MILITANT LEADERS BY NIGERIA'S MILITARY.

THE US MILITARY IS TRAINING NIGERIA'S MILITARY TO SHARPEN ITS WARFARE AGAINST THE ISLAMIST FORCES...NDTV INDIA

US President Donald Trump with a demand for 'unconditional surrender' from Iran.

This comes alongside a new attempt by Israel to assassinate the top leadership of Iran.

Israel attacking a bunker in Iran believed to be used by those top leaders.

The damage caused is now being assessed.

The story from insider journalist Barak Ravid of Israel's Channel 12 and Axios in the US...Barak Ravid "X"

THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASING FILES ON THE ACCUSATIONS OF SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL ASSAULT AGAINST US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.

THE ACCUSATIONS A PREVIOUSLY UNREVEALED PART OF THE EPSTEIN FILES.

A WOMAN INTERVIEWED IN 2019 DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST TERM BY THE FBI MAKING AN ALLEGATION DATING BACK TO THE 1980'S WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER...MIAMI HERALD...

REPORTER JULIE K. BROWN OF THE 'MIAMI HERALD' SAYS MORE THAN 30 PAGES OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACCUSER REMAINS MISSING...JULIE K. BROWN "X"

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The markets today.  

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 453.19 points or .95 percent.

The NASDAQ plunging 361.31 points or 1.59 percent.

In New York this evening the price of oil closed at 91 dollars, 27 cents a barrel up ten dollars 26 cents or 12.67 percent...Marketwatch

UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE US ROSE TO 4.4 PERCENT...(NEWS AGENCIES)

Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales dropping his re-election bid following revelation of his affair with a former staffer who later killed herself.

He had come under pressure from Republican leadership and other members after he publicly acknowledged the affair this week...The Hill USA

HUNGARY MOVING AGAINST UKRAINE ARRESTING SEVEN UKRAINAN BANK EMPLOYEES AND SEIZING A SHIPMENT OF GOLD MOVING THROUGH ITS TERRITORY.

THIS FOLLOWS CUTOFF OF OIL FROM RUSSIA ON A PIPELINE THROUGH UKRAINE.

PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN THREATENING MORE MEASURES TO GET THE OIL FROM RUSSIA MOVING INTO HUNGARY.

THIS WOULD MEAN CUTTING OFF IMPORTS OF GOODS TO UKRAINE THAT MOVE THROUGH HUNGARY.

THE TENSIONS UNDERWAY WITH VOTERS IN HUNGARY GOING TO THE POLLS ON APRIL 12TH...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

BRITISH LABOUR PARTY MP JOANI REID VOLUNTARILY SUSPENDED.    THIS FOLLOWS HER HUSBAND'S ARREST OVER ACCUSATIONS OF SPYING FOR CHINA...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

                     IRAN WAR DAY SIX 

                                               (UPDATED AS ABLE)

                                    (NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)

Day Six of the Iran War.

Iran announcing attacks on US facilities in Kuwait.

Iran says 1,332 have died in the US and Israeli attacks.

Two US officials saying the deadly attack on an Iranian girls school that killed 175 happened as the US military was attacking the area.

The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk calling for a prompt and transparent US investigation of the attack...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog...

Israeli attacks and incursions continue in Lebanon with Hezbollah launching attacks into Israel.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the war has created a greater demand for Russian oil and natural gas.

Tensions in northern Iraq as a militarized camp of Kurdish Iranian was attacked likely by Pro-Iranian Iraqi forces.

Kurdish officials in northern Iraq officially say they will not be part of any ground invasion of Iran which the US and Israel appear to be seeking.

The Oil Minister of Qatar speaking of normality in energy deliveries being set back months by the war that has included Iranian attacks damaging infrastructure of the energy industry.

He spoke of energy production being forced into a shutdown within weeks in an interview with the "Financial Times".

Last night's Israeli airstrikes in Tehran described as the 'worst ever' on the city...

                        BBC News Blog

IN THE DUTCH HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER) FOR DEFENSE DERK BOSWIJK ADMITTING DUTCH YOUNG PEOPLE MAY BE DRAFTED TO JOIN THE ARMED FORCES.

THE NETHERLANDS SETTING A GOAL OF 122,000 UNIFORMED AND NON-UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY IN FOUR YEARS.

IF THAT CANNOT BE ACHIEVED YOUNG PEOPLE WILL END UP FACING COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

Germany's historic Cologne Cathedral will charge admission for visitors.

The gothic house of worship is facing increased costs for its maintenance, operation and protection.

The amount of the fee to be introduced later this year remains to be determined.

Access to the cathedral still free for believers and worshipers...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/5/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*TRUMP REMOVES DHS SECRETARY*BOMBING OF IRAN CONTINUES, IRANIAN ATTACKS CONTINUE*MORE THAN 1,000 DEAD IN IRAN SINCE WAR STARTED*US PLANE WENT DOWN IN IRAN, CREW SAFE*CONGRESSMAN'S AFFAIR WITH EX NOW DEAD AIDE TO BE PROBED*

 

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                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

LATE TONIGHT A UKRAINIAN ATTACK ON THE RUSSIAN PORT CITY OF SEVASTOPOL IN CRIMEA.

NINE PEOPLE HURT FOLLOWING THE ATTACK WITH DAMAGE TO A FIVE-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING...TASS RUSSIA

US President Donald Trump insisting he has to be involved in picking Iran's next leader.

Trump rejecting the notion that Mojtaba Khamanei, the son of assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would replace his father as Supreme Leader...Times of Israel

In the Iran War late developments tonight include Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait in the Persian Gulf alongside continued US and Israeli bombing attacks on Iran...(News Agencies)

IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES A 219-212 VOTE REJECTING A RESOLUTION LIMITING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POWERS TO CONDUCT THE IRAN WAR.

FOUR DEMOCRATS SUPPORTING PRESIDENT TRUMP WERE JARED GOLDEN OF MAINE, HENRY CUELLAR OF TEXAS, GREG LANDSMAN OF OHIO AND JUAN VARGAS OF CALIFORNIA...THE HILL USA

US President Donald Trump removing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

Her replacement is Oklahoma Republican US Senator Markwayne Mullin.

Controversy swirling around Noem who has been given a new task by Mr. Trump as a special envoy for "The Shield Of Americas"...The Hill USA

WESTERN MEDIA PAINTING A NEGATIVE PICTURE BUT CHINA OPTIMISITIC ABOUT ITS ECONOMY IN SPITE OF TRADE TURMOIL WITH THE UNITED STATES.

4.5 TO 5 PERCENT GDP GROWTH IS PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR AS CHINA RELIES ON MARKETS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR WHAT HAS BEEN STEADY AND SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH.

THE ANNUAL PROJECTED GROWTH PLAN PREPARED FOR THE MEETING OF CHINA'S 'PEOPLES CONGRESS'...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The markets today.  

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 784.67 points or 1.61 percent.  The NASDAQ down 58.50 points or .26 percent.

At 455 pm New York Time the price of oil 78 dollars 71 cents a barrel up four dollars three cents or 5.4 percent...Marketwatch

                   IRAN WAR DAY 6

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IRAN SAYS IT ATTACKED A US MILITARY HEADQUARTERS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TODAY

AN OIL REFINERY IN BAHRAIN DAMAGED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK TODAY.

THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REPORTING 131 DRONES AND SIX MISSILES ATTACKING TODAY.

THE BOMBING OF TEHRAN CONTINUING TODAY.

A SECOND IRANIAN NAVAL VESSEL ON ITS WAY HOME FROM A NAVAL SHOW IN INDIA IS NEAR SRI LANKA IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S US SUBMARINE SINKING OF ANOTHER IRANIAN WARSHIP NEAR SRI LANKA THIS SHIP REPORTING ENGINE TROUBLE.

NATO SECRETARY GENERAL MARK RUTTE SPEAKING OF IRAN BEING CLOSE TO BECOMING A THREAT TO EUROPE.

THERE IS A STORY OF AN IRANIAN MISSILE 'APPROACHING TURKEY'.   IRAN DENYING THE IMPLICATION IT WAS TRYING TO ATTACK TURKEY.

THIS IS SIMILAR TO STORIES OF RUSSIAN MISSILES OR DRONES IN THE UKRAINE WAR APPROACHING POLAND.

KURDISH FORCES IN IRAQ SAID TO BE PREPARING FOR A GROUND INVASION OF WESTERN IRAN SUPPORTED BY THE US AND ISRAEL.  THIS ACCORDING TO INSIDER MEDIA OUTLET "AXIOS".

THEY HOPE TO INVADE THE KURDISH REGION OF IRAN AND SET UP A SEPARATE KURDISH STATE INSPIRING MORE UPRISINGS AMONG THE POPULATION...TASS RUSSIA...

THE OFFCIAL DEATH TOLL IN IRAN SINCE ISRAELI AND US ATTACKS BEGAN SATURDAY IS 1,045.

EVENTS RELATED TO THE IRAN WAR CONTINUE TO UNFOLD INCLUDING ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS AND A GROUND INVASION IN LEBANON.

LEBANESE AUTHORITIES REPORT 77 KILLED SO FAR...AL JAZEERA QATAR LIVE BLOG...

TWO DRONES ATTACKED AZERBAIJAN A NATION NORTH OF IRAN CLOSE TO IRAN'S CAPITAL CITY TEHRAN 

IRAN SEES THIS COUNTRY AS A BASE OF COVERT IF NOT OVERT OPERATIONS AGAINST IT BY INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES.

THERE IS A STORY NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BUT COMING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES THAT A US F-15 WARPLANE CRASHED IN IRAN YESTERDAY MORNING.

ONE SOURCE POINTS TO THE NOTION THE PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN.

RESCUE FORCES WERE SENT TO GET THE TWO-MEMBER CREW OUT AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING THEM OUT...OSINTdefender "X"

In an interview with a conservative media host Texas Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales admitting to an affair with a former aide.

That former aide died after setting herself on fire.

Gonzales saying he 'made a mistake' and had a 'lapse in judgement'.

He failed to win outright in his primary election yesterday and faces Brandon Herrera in a runoff election in May.

Yesterday the House Ethics Committee announced a formal investigation of the affair...The Hill USA

In Australia a former CEO and a former lawyer for Star Casino found to have violated the Corporations Act.

A judge ruling they 'failed' to exercise their duties in relation to a Chinese tour operator's money laundering scheme.

He also ruled that Australian corporate regulators failed to make a case against seven other board members of Star.

CEO Matthias Bekier and lawyer Paula Martin could face fines of up to 1,050,000 Australian Dollars or 741,930 US Dollars...ABC News Australia

NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN OVERSEEING THE TESTNG OF STRATEGIC (NUCLEAR) CRUISE MISSILES FROM A NEW WARSHIP.

THE SEA TO SURFACE MISSILES TESTED YESTERDAY AFTER KIM'S TUESDAY INSPECTION OF THE 5,000 TON 'CHOE HYON' DESTROYER.

NORTH KOREA'S GOVERNMENT MEDIA SAYING ITS NAVY IS MAKING 'SATISFACTORY PROGRESS' IN EQUIPPING ITSELF WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 3/4/2026*HOUSE VOTES TO KEEP ITS SEXUAL MISCONDUCT FILES CONFIDENTIAL*IRANIAN WARSHIP SUNK BY US SUB OFF SRI LANKA*ISRAEL PUSHES DEEPER INTO LEBANON*NETANYAHU STATEMENT EXPRESSES OUTRAGE AS ISRAEL'S AG CALLS FOR FIRING OF NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER*US MILITARY ANTI-DRUG OPERATION IN ECUADOR*

 

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                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AIR DEFENSES ACTIVATED IN TEHRAN AMID MORE AIR ATTACKS ON THE CITY...(AL JAZEERA)

THREE KILLED IN A DRONE ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON LATE TONIGHT...(AL JAZEERA)

An explosion late tonight involving an oil tanker at anchor off the coast of Kuwait.  A small craft observed leaving following the blast.   The vessel taking on water with an oil leak also reported...United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations "X"

LATE TONIGHT IN ISRAEL AN ALERT FOR AN IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK BUT NO CASUALTIES ARE REPORTED.   

ISRAEL PLANNING TO LOOSEN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC MOVEMENT AND PUBLIC GATHERINGS AT NOON TOMORROW...(TIMES OF ISRAEL)

Three wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack late tonight in Russia's Saratov Region.   This is called 'preliminary data' by the local governor...RIA Novosti Russia (Translation Prompt)

IN THE US SENATE WHERE THERE IS MORE SUPPORT FOR THE IRAN WAR A WAR POWERS RESOLUTION BROUGHT UP FOR A VOTE THIS EVENING.

THE VOTE TO LIMIT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WAR POWERS FAILING 53-47 WITH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRAT JOHN FETTERMAN OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE MAJORITY.

IN THE MINORITY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN RAND PAUL OF KENTUCKY...AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL

There is a major power outage in all of western Cuba.  A thermoelectric power plant east of Havana has gone down.

Restoration of power could take up to 72 hours...(CBC News Canada)...CBC NEWS STORY

THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING JEFFREY EPSTEIN BASED ON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES WANTS TO HEAR FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI.

A RESOLUTION TO SUBPOENA HER PASSING 24-19 WITH SOME REPUBLICANS JOINING DEMOCRATS TO SUPPORT IT.

THE RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE OF SOUTH CAROLINA...THE HILL USA

The US House voting against releasing files on sexual misconduct involving members of the House.

The 357-65-1 vote moving the matter of releasing files to the House Ethics Committee rejected the resolution of South Carolina Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace.

There are current allegations surrounding Republican Congressman Tony Gonzales of Texas over an affair with a former staffer.

That staffer died after setting herself on fire last year...THE HILL USA

A CARGO SHIP UNDER THE MALTESE FLAG ATTACKED NEAR THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

THE CREW ABANDONED SHIP...TASS RUSSIA

In the UK the husband of a Labor Party MP is one of three men arrested on accusations of spying for China.

David Taylor is married to MP Joani Reid.

Reid issuing a statement saying she was not involved in her husband's business activities.

She says 'as far as I know' she did not meet with anyone who is a Chinese national involved in business, diplomacy or government...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)

THE POWER GRID IN IRAQ HAS GONE DONE.   EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO RESTORE ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN THE COUNTRY....AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 238.14 points or .49 percent.

The NASDAQ rose 290.79 points or 1.29 percent.

At 439 pm New York Time the price of oil moving higher towards the close of trading at 75 dollars 99 cents a barrel up one dollar 43 cents or 1.92 percent...Marketwatch

                                        (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)

AN IRANIAN WARSHIP WAS SUNK OFF THE COAST OF SRI LANKA AN ISLAND NATION SOUTHEAST OF INDIA.

LOCAL OFFICIALS SAY THE FRIGATE WAS SUNK BY A SUBMARINE WITH 79 CREW MEMBERS RESCUED.

ONE FATALITY CONFIRMED WITH 101 REPORTED MISSING...TASS RUSSIA...

THE US MILITARY LATER RELEASED A VIDEO OF A TORPEDO STRIKING THE IRANIAN WARSHIP 'DENA' IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.   

THIS TORPEDO SANK THE VESSEL IT WAS ALREADY ON FIRE...OSINTdefender "X

Israel ordering the mass evacuation of Lebanese citizens living south of the Litani River as it intends to invade and attack a major part of Lebanon.

In other Iran War developments people visiting and working in the Persian Gulf region are making their way home from the area of the conflict...NOS Netherlands Iran War Blog

AN ANGRY REACTION FROM ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TO THE REQUEST BY ISRAEL'S ATTORNEY GENERAL GALI BAHARAV-MIARA TO FIRE 'FAR-RIGHT' NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN-GVIR.

IN HER REQUEST TO ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT TO FIRE HIM, SHE NOTED THAT MR. BEN-GVIR HAS UNDERMINED THE INDEPENDENCE OF ISRAEL'S POLICE FORCE.

MR. NETANYAHU'S OFFICE ISSUING A STATEMENT SAYING IT IS 'INCONCEIVABLE' THAT BEN-GVIR SHOULD BE FIRED DURING AN 'EXISTENTIAL WAR AGAINST IRAN'...TIMES OF ISRAEL

The US military launching a joint operation with Ecuador's military to combat drug trafficking.

The operation inside Ecuador linked to fighting the activities of "designated terrorist organizations"...REUTERS-ECONOMIC TIMES INDIA

IN A GEORGIA COURTROOM 55-YEAR-OLD COLIN GRAY FOUND GUILTY OF FOUR COUNTS OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE MASS SCHOOL SHOOTING ATTACK ATTRIBUTED TO HIS SON COLT GRAY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.

MR. GRAY GIVING HIS SON A RIFLE AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

PROSECUTORS SAID HE RECKLESSLY ARMED HIS SON AND WAS AWARE OF HIS DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH.

COLT GRAY, WHO IS NOW 16, IS CHARGED AS AN ADULT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ATTACK...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 3/3/2026*LUTNICK TO TESTIFY OVER EPSTEIN TIES*GOP SENATOR SLAMS DHS SECRETARY*POLISH PRIME MINISTER SEEKS NUKE WEAPONS*TRUMP DENIES NETANYAHU FORCED WAR*CLINTON'S COMBATIVE UNDER EPSTEIN QUESTIONING*IRAN WAR COVERAGE*IRAN DEATH TOLL NEARS 800*US MARINES DEADLY SHOOTING OF RIOTERS IN PAKISTAN

 

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News of the Iran War throughout this summary at various spots but first...

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

(UPDATED) THE TEXAS US SENATE PRIMARIES TONIGHT COMPETITIVE RACES INVOLVING BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.

INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN US SENATOR JOHN CORNYN AND MAIN CHALLENGER TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON HEADED TO A RUNOFF ELECTION.

THE RACE AMONG DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN JASMINE CROCKETT AND TEXAS STATE REPRESENTATIVE JAMES TALARICO TOO CLOSE TO CALL...NBC NEWS RESULTS PAGE

                        IRAN WAR NEWS 3RD SUMMARY

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ISRAELI AND US AIRSTRIKES IN IRAN TONIGHT INCLUDING THE USE OF B-2 BOMBERS BY THE UNITED STATES.

SIRENS ACTIVATED IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR INCOMING MISSILES FROM IRAN.  ONE MISSILE INTERCEPTED NO INJURIES REPORTED.

SAUDI ARABIA SAYS IT INTERCEPTED AND DESTROYED NINE DRONES ENTERING ITS AIRSPACE...NEWS AGENCIES-MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

INCIDENTS TONIGHT INVOLVING SHIPPING IN WATERS OF THE ARABIAN SEA SOUTH OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

AN EXPLOSION NEAR ONE VESSEL OFF THE COAST OF OMAN...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...

LATER OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES THE STEEL PLATING OF A VESSEL DAMAGED BY A PROJECTILE...UNITED KINGDOM MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"

IRAN HAS PROCLAIMED 'FULL CONTROL' OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BY THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS NAVY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

LATE TONIGHT HEZBOLLAH CLAIMING A ROCKET ATTACK ON A CONCENTRATION OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS IN NORTHERN ISRAEL.  SIRENS WERE ACTIVATED IN THE AREA WARNING OF AN ATTACK...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

CNN REPORTS THAT THE US HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PROBING JEFFREY EPSTEIN IS SEEKING SEVEN MORE WITNESSES FOR TESTIMONY.

THEY INCLUDE BILLIONAIRE BILL GATES AND WALL STREET LAWYER KATHRYN RUEMMLER WHO WORKED AT THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE...OSINTdefender "X"

US COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK AGREEING TO VOLUNARILY APPEAR BEFORE THE US HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

THERE IS RENEWED CONTROVERSY OVER LUTNICK'S TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN FOLLOWING RELEASE OF THE EPSTEIN FILES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

THEY REVEALED A DEEPER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LUTNICK AND EPSTEIN THAN PREVIOUSLY KNOWN PUBLICLY OR ADMITTED TO BY MR. LUTNICK...THE HILL USA

"We're beginning to get the American people believing that deporting people is wrong.  It's the exact opposite...

The way you go about deporting them is wrong, the fact that you cannot admit to a mistake, which looks like under investigation, it's going to prove that Ms. Good and Mr. Pretti probably should not have been shot in the face and neck..."

At a US Senate hearing today those are some of the words used by outgoing Republican US Senator Thom Tillis who delivered a scathing criticism of US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

His criticism aimed at mistakes he sees in the mass deportation policies of the DHS including the officer involved killing in Minneapolis and the numerous detentions of American citizens.

Tills stressing the need for 'quality' instead of 'quantity' in the deportations he also slammed the quashing of independent internal probes by an inspector general within the department...The Hill USA 

POLISH PRIME MINISTER DONALD TUSK SPEAKING OF POLISH 'NUCLEAR DETERRENCE' THAT IS 'AUTONOMOUS'.

POLAND IS HOLDING TALKS WITH FRANCE AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FOLLOWING FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON'S ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS COOPERATION WITH OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

IN HIS SPEECH MR. MACRON ALSO SAID FRANCE WILL BUILD MORE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS PART OF AN 'ADVANCED DETERRENCE' PROGRAM...REUTERS

The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 403.51 points or .83 percent.

The NASDAQ fell 232.17 points or 1.02 percent.

At 453 pm New York Time the price of oil 74 dollars 62 cents a barrel up three dollars 39 cents or 4.76 percent.

Overnight the price of oil in a steady rise in New York a 7.5 percent increase since yesterday's close the price per barrel over 76 dollars 70 cents by morning...Marketwatch

                  IRAN WAR DAY FOUR

              (MORE WAR NEWS AND WAR NEWS LINKS LATER IN SUMMARY)

                        (UPDATES INSIDE THIS SECTION POSSIBLE)

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING THE US WILL ESCORT OIL TANKERS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IF NECESSARY

HIS COMMENTS CREATING POSITIVE MARKET CHANGES INCLUDING A SLOWING OF THE INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF OIL.

MEANWHILE IRAN VOWING NOT TO ALLOW ANY VESSELS THROUGH THE STRAIT.

EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN THE NORTHERN IRAQI CITY OF ERBIL THIS EVENING.

MISSILE LAUNCHES FROM LEBANON ON ISRAEL MOST OF THE MISSILES INTERCEPTED.

MORE BRITISH WARPLANES SENT TO CYPRUS FOLLOWING A DRONE ATTACK THE OTHER DAY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LAUNCHED FROM LEBANON.

ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS UNDERWAY IN LEBANON AGAINST HEZBOLLAH INCLUDING A GROUND INCURSION INTO SOUTHERN LEBANON.

THERE HAVE BEEN ISRAELI AND AMERICAN ATTACKS ON IRAN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV TALKING WITH IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ABBAS ARAGHCHI.

LAVROV SPEAKING OF RUSSIA'S WILLINGNESS TO CONTRIBUTE TO A POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC SETTLEMENT.

THERE WAS A STRONG EXPLOSION REPORTED IN DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES THIS EVENING.

AIRCRAFT FLYING TO DUBAI WERE DIVERTED AT AROUND THE SAME TIME.

IRAN'S DEFENSE MINISTRY SAYS THE US AND ISRAEL WILL BE FORCED TO END THE WAR IN THE COMING DAYS.   THIS IS AN APPARENT REFERENCE TO STOCKPILES OF MUNITIONS POTENTIALLY RUNNING OUT.

US PRSIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS IRAN'S NAVY, AIR FORCE AND AIR DEFENSES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS DENYING THAT ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU FORCED HIM INTO THE IRAN WAR.

MR. TRUMP SAYING THAT HE 'MIGHT HAVE FORCED ISRAEL'S HAND'.

MR. TRUMP SPEAKING AT THE WHITE HOUSE ALONGSIDE VISITING GERMAN CHANCELLOR FRIEDRICH MERZ.

TRUMP ALSO SAYING IRANIAN 'LUNATICS' WERE 'GOING TO ATTACK FIRST'..TIMES OF ISRAEL

The Ukraine War continues with 200 drones used by Ukraine to attack the Belgorod Region of Russia on Ukraine's border.

One person killed in the latest drone attacks...Tass Russia

THE VIDEOS OF THE CLINTON'S UNDER QUESTIONING BY A REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THEIR TIES TO JEFFREY EPSTEIN REVEAL FEISTY ARGUMENTS.

BOTH BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON DENYING ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WRONGDOING BY EPSTEIN.   

MRS. CLINTON EVEN MORE COMBATIVE THAN MR. CLINTON.  SHE BANGED A TABLE ON OCCASION.

BILL CLINTON DID LINK HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH EPSTEIN TO POLITICAL FUNDRAISING...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                         IRAN WAR NEWS

                 (UPDATED AS ABLE DUE TO PERSONAL COMMITMENTS)

                                          SOURCES FOR NEWS INCLUDE:

                               MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                                                 TIMES OF ISRAEL BLOG

                                                        BBC NEWS BLOG

               TASNIM NEWS AGENCY IRAN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                     RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

ISRAEL EXPANDING ITS EVACUATION ORDER LIST TO INCLUDE 80 NEW TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN LEBANON.

ISRAEL WIDENING ITS MILITARY OFFENSIVE IN LEBANON AGAINST HEZBOLLAH.

IRAN'S RED CRESCENT SOCIETY REPORTS 787 KILLED IN THE WAR IN IRAN SO FAR

IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON LOCAL TIME A NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS BY IRAN ACROSS THE MIDDLE EAST.  

IRAN SAYING THIS WAVE OF ATTACKS IS THE 15TH WAVE SINCE THE WAR BEGAN

IRAN SPEAKING OF THE NOTION OF FALSE FLAG ATTACKS ON EMBASSY BUILDINGS TO BE BLAMED ON IRAN

US MARINES GUARDING THE US CONSULATE IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN OPENED FIRE ON ATTACKING RIOTERS SUNDAY.

10 KILLED IN THE GUNFIRE WITH OTHER PRIVATE SECURITY FORCES PARTICIPATING.

THE RIOT IN OPPOSITION TO SATURDAY'S ASSASSINATION OF IRAN'S AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI BY ISRAEL...Reuters

BREAKING NEWS: IRAN WAR DAY THREE*AYATOLLAH ASSASSINATION VIOLENCE TRIGGERING EVENT*WHITE HOUSE 49 TOP IRANIAN LEADERS DEAD*QATAR, UAE WANT 'OFF RAMP' TO CONFLICT*ALL SIDES CONTINUE ATTACKS*US MIGHT DISPLAYED IN DUBAI*KUWAIT SHOT 3 US WARPLANES DOWN BY MISTAKE*

 

    (LATEST NEWS AT TOP OF POST WITH LINKS USED AS SOURCES FOR THIS POST)

                              LINKS TO NEWS SOURCES:

                 MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

                                        OSINTdefender "X"

                    RIA Novosti Russia Blog (Translation Prompt)

                                             BBC News Blog

                                         Times Of Israel Blog

              Tasnim News Agency Iran (Translation Prompt)

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU DEFENDING THE WAR IN A FOX NEWS INTERVIEW...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

US MARINES OPENED FIRE LAST WEEKEND ON ANTI-WAR RIOTERS AT THE US CONSULATE IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN.

TEN KILLED OTHERS WOUNDED IN THE GUNFIRE ORIGINALLY ATRIBUTED TO PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES...(REUTERS)

THE MARKET REACTION OIL PRICES UP 1 DOLLAR 22 CENTS OR 1.71 PERCENT SINCE THE CLOSE OF TRADING IN NEW YORK LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

THE PRICE TONIGHT AT 1023 PM 72 DOLLARS 45 CENTS A BARREL.

GAS PUMP PRICES HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA JUMPING 20 TO 40 CENTS A GALLON DURING THE DAY.

Saudi Arabia downing eight attacking drones overnight into Tuesday.

Israel taking down two drones coming from northern Lebanon early Tuesday morning.

Amazon confirming that two of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates were 'directly struck' by drones.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY OVER MANAMA, BAHRAIN LATE TONIGHT DURING AN IRANIAN ATTACK.

MORE EXPLOSIONS IN RIYADH SAUDI ARABIA LATE TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE EARLIER DRONE ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY.

US AIR FORCE REINFORCEMENTS ON THEIR WAY TO THE BATTLEFIELD.  

MORE THAN A DOZEN KC-135 AIR REFUELING TANKERS MOVING EASTWARDS OUT OF THE US CROSSING THE ATLANTIC CONTINUING ACROSS EUROPE.

The Israeli military ordering the evacuation of the Haret Hreik neighborhood in the southern Beirut suburbs ahead of an air attack.

PRESIDENT TRUMP VOWING RETALIATION FOR THE DRONE ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY IN SAUDI ARABIA TONIGHT.

The assassination of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by Israel was the assassination of a religious leader, a Shia Muslim leader.

Violent repercussions beyond normal warfare have already been noted in the rioting going on in Pakistan aimed at US diplomatic buildings.

More violence is likely with Americans as targets.

In his observations regarding the civil wars in the Middle East backed by the US-UK in recent decades Peter Hitchens has noted a leaning towards Sunni Islam originating in Saudi Arabia versus Shia Islam originating in Iran.

LATE TONIGHT SAUDI AUTHORITIES CONFIRMING AN ATTACK ON THE US EMBASSY IN RIYADH BY TWO DRONES.

THE ATTACKING CAUSING A SMALL FIRE AND SOME MATERIAL DAMAGE.

EARLIER IN THE DIPLOMATIC QUARTER OF SAUDI ARABIA'S CAPITAL CITY OF RIYADH TWO EXPLOSIONS AND RISING SMOKE.

FOREIGN EMBASSIES AND THE HOMES OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS ARE LOCATED THERE.

Qatar says it intercepted two attacking Iranian missiles.

TONIGHT, THE US STATE DEPARTMENT WARNING AMERICANS TO LEAVE MORE THAN A DOZEN MIDDLE EASTERN NATIONS

More air attacks on central Tehran tonight with the parliament building one target.

US CENTRAL COMMAND SPEAKING OF 11 IRANIAN SHIPS SUNK IN THE GULF OF OMAN

At the White House today it was said that 49 top Iranian leaders were assassinated so far in the war.

SOME AIRLINE FLIGHTS NOW LEAVING THE GULF ARAB STATES WITH OPERATIONS ALLOWED AT AIRPORTS DEPENDENT ON SECURITY CONDITIONS.

The Israeli military says it's 'deepened aerial control' in western Iran hitting both air defenses and missile launchers.

THE ELITE "JERUSALEM FORCE" (QUDS FORCE) OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS WARNING THAT 'HAPPY DAYS ARE OVER' AND THAT IRAN'S ENEMIES 'WILL NO LONGER BE SAFE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, NOT EVEN IN THEIR OWN HOMES'.

52 dead and 154 wounded in Israeli air attacks on Lebanon that began last night.

IT'S BEEN SAID THE FIRST CASUALTY IN WAR IS THE TRUTH AND THAT MAY BE RELECTED IN SOME OF THE VARIOUS STATEMENTS AND REPORTS COMING OUT TODAY.

Iran's Tasnim News Agency reporting that Israel attacked an oil refinery to blame it on Iran.  The report also says Israel plans a similar attack on the port of Fujariah in the United Arab Emirates.

BUSINESS MEDIA OUTLET "BLOOMBERG" REPORTING THAT QATAR AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WANT ALLIED NATIONS TO GET US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO BRING AN END TO THE CONFLICT.

THIS IS DESCRIBED AS 'FINDING AN OFF RAMP'...BLOOMBERG (PAY WALL-HEADLINE ONLY)

President Trump saying the US will do 'whatever it takes' in Iran even ground troops if needed.

The US military says it attacked an Iranian drone carrier on Saturday disputing Iran's claim of an attack on the US aircraft carrier "Abraham Lincoln".

THE WAR CAUSING ISRAEL TO SUSPEND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION AT ITS OFFSHORE LEVIATHAN IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN.

QATAR ALSO SUSPENDING PRODUCTION OF LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS...TASS RUSSIA

In the midst of the Iran War said to be about Iran's nuclear program French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron announcing a new more robust French nuclear weapons policy that includes 'sharing' them with other European countries...(More in daily news summary...Link

THE POLITICALLY TROUBLED BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER TELLING THE HOUSE OF COMMONS HE DOES NOT SUPPORT 'REGIME CHANGE FROM THE AIR'.

BUT BRITISH BASES ARE BEING USED FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE WAR STARMER CALLING THOSE OPERATIONS 'DEFENSIVE'.

FOUR BRITISH WARPLANES PARTICIPATING ACTIVELY IN DEFENDING QATAR.

President Trump selling the war through phone calls to members of the media including one he dissed in the past.

CNN's Jake Tapper called by Mr. Trump.

CNN is moving to Pro-Trump ownership through acqusition

18 MEMBERS OF THE US MILITARY NOW REPORTED 'SERIOUSLY WOUNDED' IN THE WAR.  THAT WORD DIRECTLY FROM THE PENTAGON

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE IS NOT SURE WHO LEADS IRAN RIGHT NOW.

THAT MAY BE AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE UNCERTAINTY AND PROMOTE STREET PROTESTS IN THE COUNTRY

Qatar says two Iranian warplanes, seven missiles and two drones were downed by air defenses today.

The air defenses of the United Arab Emirates destroyed 15 missiles and 148 drones today.

ISLAMIC JIHAD SAYS ITS LEADER WAS ASSASSINATED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BEIRUT.

Iran proclaiming its 11th wave of attacks since the war began calling its military actions "Operation True Promise".

Iran also saying the fate of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is uncertain since he was targeted in an Iranian attack.

OVER DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TODAY A GIANT FLYOVER OF US MILITARY MIGHT INCLUDING HELICOPTERS, WARPLANES AND GIANT C-17 CARGO PLANES.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME OPINION EXPRESSED IN ARAB COUNTRIES THAT US EMPHASIS ON THE DEFENSE OF ISRAEL WAS AT THEIR EXPENSE...OSINT Europe "X" (Video Embed)

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth defending the war at the Pentagon this morning with US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine expecting more US casualties.

Four members of the US military now confirmed dead.

Hegseth denying the conflict is a regime change war but acknowledging that Israel's assassination of top Iranian leaders meant 'the regime sure did change, and the world is better off for it'...The Hill USA

THE PENTAGON SAYING KUWAIT MISTAKENLY SHOT DOWN THOSE THREE US F-15 WARPLANES.

ISRAEL SAYS ADDITONAL AIRSTRIKES ARE BEING CONDUCTED ON TEHRAN.

US CENTRAL COMMAND NOW SPEAKING OF THE THREE AMERICAN WARPLANES DOWNED IN KUWAIT  HAVING BEEN TAKEN DOWN APPARENTLY  BY 'FRIENDLY FIRE'.

ALL SIX CREW MEMBERS SAFE.

SAUDI ARABIA SAYS ONE OF ITS MILITARY BASES NEAR RIYADH CAME UNDER ATTACK WITH ATTACKING OBJECTS INTERCEPTED.

Israel intending to allow limited airline service in its airspace this evening under controlled conditions.

A CIVILIAN AIRLINER LEAVING THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE WAR BEGAN.

Sirens sounding at the British military base in the island nation of Cyprus in eastern Mediterranean early this afternoon.

There are reports of a drone sighting in the area.

EXPLOSIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF TEHRAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AFTERNOON LOCAL TIME.

AN AMAZON DATA CENTER IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DAMAGED IN AN IRANIAN ATTACK.

One crew member killed in an explosion and fire on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman.

IRAN IS CLAIMING THE SHOOTDOWN OF THREE US WARPLANES.

AUTHORITIES IN KUWAIT SPEAK OF SEVERAL US AIRCRAFT CRASHING IN KUWAIT.

VIDEOS WERE MADE WHEN ONE PLANE CRASHED IN KUWAIT THE CREW APPEARING TO BE OK.

Two wounded in an Iranian missile attack on the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.

Iran says it targeted the offices of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the headquarters of Israel's air force.

THE US AND SIX GULF ARAB STATES DENOUNCING WHAT THEY CALL IRAN'S 'DANGEROUS ESCALATION' TARGETING THE GULF STATES HOSTING US MILITARY BASES USED TO ATTACK IRAN.

A small fire ignited at the Ras Tanura oil refinery operated by Saudi Arabia's ARAMCO.   It was apparently caused by a drone attack.

THREE DRONES SHOT DOWN OVER THE ERBIL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NORTHERN IRAQ.   ITS WHERE A US MILITARY BASE IS LOCATED.

Two people killed in an attack on the western Iranian city of  Sanandaj.   A later report spoke of three deaths.

ISRAEL IS PROMISING AN INTENSIFICATION OF ITS ATTACKS ON LEBANON.

ONE KILLED IN THE IRANIAN ATTACKS ON BAHRAIN IN THE PERSIAN GULF.

A series of missile salvos fired at Israel by Iran this morning initially no casualties are reported.

31 killed and 119 wounded in Israeli attacks in Lebanon so far officially according to the Lebanese health ministry.

OVERNIGHT ISRAEL LAUNCHING ATTACKS ON HEZBOLLAH IN LEBANON AS HEZBOLLAH LAUNCHED ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL.

HEZBOLLAH LEADERS KILLED IN ASSASSINATION ATTACKS BY ISRAEL.

THE CHINESE XINHUA NEWS AGENCY REPORTED SMOKE RISING OVER THE US EMBASSY IN KUWAIT THIS MORNING.

Iranian missile attacks this morning on Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Israel.

A US WARPLANE WENT DOWN IN KUWAIT TODAY DUE TO A 'FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT'.

THE CREW OF THE F-15 A PILOT AND WEAPONS OFFICER MET LOCAL RESIDENTS FILMING THEM ON PHONE CAMERAS AFTER THEY PARACHUTED TO THE GROUND...OSINTdefender "X"