Thursday, March 19, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 3/19/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*MORE MARINES MOVING TO WAR ZONE*NETANYAHU SIGNALS WAR OFF RAMP*US CUTS DEAL WITH BELARUS*LAWSUIT AGAINST ISRAELI FAR-RIGHT MINISTER STOPPED BY WAR*ARAB DIPLOMAT SAYS US 'HAS LOST CONTROL OF ITS OWN FOREIGN POLICY'*US GROUND INVASION OF IRANIAN COAST?*US NATIONAL DEBT TOPS 39 TRILLION*

 

                                      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)



                            News of the Iran War but first...



                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



The USS Boxer with 2,200 more Marines leaving San Diego to join the 2,200 Marines on the USS Tripoli in the Iran War Zone...OSINTdefender "X"



US DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TULSI GABBARD QUESTIONED ABOUT HER VIEWS ON IRAN IN A HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARING.


GABBARD NOTING THAT ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE DIFFERENT GOALS IN THE CONFLICT WITH ISRAEL MORE FOCUSED ON A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN IRAN...THE HILL USA



        IRAN WAR DAY 20 FINAL UPDATE

                              (SOME INFORMATION MAY BE ADDED)


AIR RAID ALERTS IN KUWAIT AND THE UAE LATE TONIGHT.



POWERFUL EXPLOSIONS IN TEHRAN EARLY FRIDAY WITH AIR ATTACKS UNDERWAY ON IRAN'S CAPITAL CITY.


SIRENS ACTIVATED IN BAHRAIN FOR IRANIAN ATTACKS EARLY FRIDAY.


IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS FOCUSED ON THE HAIFA AREA OF NORTHERN ISRAEL LATE TONIGHT.


NO CASUALTIES REPORTED.


ROCKETS FIRED FROM LEBANON INTO THE NORTHERN BORDER REGION OF ISRAEL BY HEZBOLLAH.


EARLIER EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN THE JERUSALEM AREA DURING IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS...


                  AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


                   ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



"Iran can no longer enrich uranium and produce ballistic missiles"


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu making those comments to foreign media tonight.


They could indicate Mr. Netanyahu is ready to seek an end to the Iran War he launched...


                                  ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




Belarus, a nation bordering both Russia and Ukraine as well as NATO nations, getting a break on United States sanctions.


This following the release of 250 political prisoners by the authoritarian president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.


Lukashenko held talks with Trump Administration envoy John Coale to arrange the deal...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)





AT A EUROPEAN SUMMIT HUNGARY AND SLOVAKIA BLOCKING A 90 BILLION EURO (103.81 BILLION US DOLLAR) LOAN FOR UKRAINE.


THIS ANGERING OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND EUROPEAN UNION LEADERSHIP.


THEIR ANGER ESPECIALLY AIMED AT HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN.


ORBAN FACES RE-ELECTION NEXT MONTH AND IS DEMANDING UKRAINE ALLOW RUSSIAN OIL TO PASS THROUGH TO HUNGARY.


THE LEFT-WING OPPOSITION IN HUNGARY IS ALIGNED WITH THE EU ON UKRAINE...TASS RUSSIA...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


In Israel the High Court delaying a lawsuit seeking to remove Israel's 'far-right' National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.


Opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government say Ben-Gvir has abused power politicizing his position that controls policing and prisons in Israel.


The court forced to delay action as Prime Minister Netanyahu says wartime conditions prevent him from responding to the lawsuit...Times Of Israel



BUSES SUBWAYS AND TRAMS SHUT DOWN IN SEVERAL PARTS OF GERMANY TODAY.  WORKERS STAGING WARNING STRIKES.


WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS AT THE CENTER OF THE LABOR DISPUTES BETWEEN PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATORS AND WORKERS IN THOSE GERMAN REGIONS...TAGESSCHAU GERMANY (TRANSLATION PROMPT)


The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 203.72 points or .44 percent.

The NASDAQ down 61.73 points or .28 percent.

At 416 pm in New York the price of oil 94 dollars 96 cents a barrel down one dollar 36 cents or 1.41 percent...Marketwatch


                         IRAN WAR DAY 20

                                                      (UPDATED AS ABLE)


AN ATTACK TONIGHT ON A HEADQUARTERS OF THE IRANIAN-ALLIED POPULAR MOBILIZATION FORCES IN IRAQ.


THE PMF CONDENMNING THE US ATTACKS AS AN ESCALATION AND A THREAT TO IRAQ'S NATIONAL STABILITY.


SPAIN EVACUATING 99 OF ITS SOLDIERS IN IRAQ WHO WERE WORKING ON MISSIONS LED BY THE UNITED STATES.


FRANCE'S FOREIGN MINISTER VISITING LEBANON. JEAN-NOEL BARROT SAYS HE IS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON. 


HE WILL VISIT ISRAEL TOMORROW.


FRANCE ALLOCATING TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF HUMANITARIAN AID FOR LEBANON.



IRAN SAYS A US F-35 STEALTH WARPLANE WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.


AN F-35 MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT A US MILITARY BASE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ACCORDING TO US CENTRAL COMMAND.  THE PILOT SAID TO IN 'STABLE CONDITION'.



Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi saying 'there would be no winners in a prolonged conflict' urging an end to military operations in the Iran War.


He was speaking with the British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper also saying talks to permanently end the war should be held through 'equal dialogue'...Anadolu Agency Turkey (Turkiye)



MISSILE FRAGMENTS CAUSING SOME DAMAGE AT AN OIL REFINERY IN HAIFA, ISRAEL.


FOUR PALESTINIAN WOMEN REPORTED DEAD IN THE IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL.


IRAQ EXTENDING CLOSURE OF ITS AIRSPACE FOR ANOTHER 72 HOURS.


"America has lost control of its own foreign policy"


OMAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER BADR ALBUSAIDI WRITING IN 'THE ECONOMIST'.   

HIS COMMENTS NOTING WARS WITH IRAN TWICE IN LESS THAN A YEAR THEIR IMPLICATION IS THAT ISRAEL CONTROLS US FOREIGN POLICY.

HE CONDEMNED IRAN'S ATTACKS ON GULF ARAB STATES BUT ALSO NOTED THAT IRAN'S GOVERNMENT IS IN A SURVIVAL MODE.


PRESIDENT TRUMP REPEALING A FEDERAL LAW (JONES ACT) BANNING FOREIGN SHIPPING FROM MOVING GOODS IN THE UNITED STATES.   THIS IS DESIGNED TO EASE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE WAR.  THE REPEAL IN EFFECT FOR 60 DAYS.


PATIENTS AND HOSPITAL STAFF INJURED IN AN ISRAELI ATTACK IN SOUTHERN LEBANON.



ATTACKS CONTINUE ON IRAN ONE ATTACK IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF IRAN KILLING TWO AND WOUNDING THREE.   ONE OF THE DEAD DESCRIBED AS A MEMBER OF THE SECURITY FORCES...



                                AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG../



PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW CONSIDERING DEPLOYMENT OF US GROUND TROOPS IN THE IRAN WAR.


THIS INCLUDES THEIR POSSIBLE USE TO TAKE OVER THE NORTH SHORE OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN IRAN...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



The US national debt now topping 39 trillion dollars.   It was just five month ago that the debt crossed the 38 trillion-dollar mark.


Some budget watchdogs and economic academics speaking of an unsustainable situation...FORTUNE



RUSSIA IS HELPING CUBA WITH ITS OIL SHORTAGE SHIPPING FUEL THERE.

ACCORDING TO 'FOX NEWS' ONE TANKER SWITCHED OFF ITS TRANSPONDER DISGUISING ITS TRIPT TO CUBA TO DELIVER RUSSIAN FUEL.

CUBA SHORT ON FUEL AFTER THE END OF VENEZUELAN FUEL SHIPMENTS EARLIER THIS YEAR...FOX NEWS USA

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