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Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over #TrumpsWar, says #Iran posed no imminent threat
#JoeKent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the #Trump admin’s #war in Iran.
Kent said on social media Iran “posed no imminent threat to our nation, & it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel & its powerful American lobby.”
#RegimeChange #law #geopolitics
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#PlanetLabs told customers it has expanded what it calls its “area of interest,” establishing restrictions on #satellite images from “all of #Iran & nearby allied bases, in addition to the Gulf States & existing conflict zones.” It said it was placing a 2-week hold on access to new imagery from that area in the company’s commercial archive.
#law #information #censorship #Trump #geopolitics #MiddleEast #US #Israel #Iran #war
A spokesperson for California-based #PlanetLabs, which operates more than 200 #satellites in orbit, shared a message sent to affected customers this week. The message confirmed that the company had decided to take additional measures to ensure its imagery “is not tactically leveraged by adversarial actors to target allied & NATO-partner personnel & civilians.”
#law #information #censorship #Trump #geopolitics #MiddleEast #US #Israel #Iran #war
#Satellite companies restrict access to #MiddleEast imagery amid #Iran #war
2 leading spatial #intelligence companies say they are restricting access to satellite images of the Middle East in response to the #US - #Israel war with Iran.
#PlanetLabs & #Vantor, which are based in the #UnitedStates & have #federal contracts, say they were not “ordered” by any #government to restrict image #access.
#law #information #censorship #Trump #geopolitics
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All of that will be inflationary, prompting bond markets to raise borrowing #costs worldwide. Forget about rate cuts. Of the five #CentralBanks meeting next week in the United States, Europe, Britain, Australia & Canada, traders bet none will be easing & one - Australia - will be hiking.
#Trump #US #Iran #war #ForeverWars #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #geopolitics #MiddleEast
When asked about the #war, #Trump said the #US was "going to look very strongly at the straits." [whatever that means]
Share markets did not take it well. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.6% to snap two days of consecutive gains. Japan's Nikkei dropped 1.7%.
Both S&P 500 futures & Nasdaq futures fell 1%. Over in Europe, EUROSTOXX 50 futures slipped 1.1%.
#Iran #oil #inflation #economy #geopolitics #MiddleEast
Two fuel tankers are burning in Iraqi waters after being attacked by Iran's explosive-laden boats, forcing the country's #oil ports to halt operations. Oman has reportedly cleared all vessels out of its main oil export terminal, taking no chances.
That was enough to send Brent crude futures back above $100, up nearly 9% at $100.07, having hit as high as $119.5 earlier this week. US crude also gained 8% to $94.25.
#Trump #US #Iran #war #inflation #economy #geopolitics #MiddleEast
#MojtabaKhamenei statement cont∶
“One point I must emphasize is that, in any case, we will obtain compensation from the enemy. If it refuses, we will take from its assets to the extent we deem appropriate, & if that is not possible, we will destroy its assets to the same extent.”
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy
“I assure everyone that we will not refrain from avenging the blood of your martyrs. The retaliation we have in mind is not limited only to the martyrdom of the great leader of the Revolution; rather, every member of the nation who is martyred by the enemy constitutes a separate case in the file of revenge,” #MojtabaKhamenei said.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
Separated from the base by a wall painted with bright murals, the #ShajarehTayyebeh #School was the northernmost building hit on February 28. The building was destroyed during the barrage, & 150 #students were killed, according to #Iran's ambassador to the #UN in Geneva, Ali Bahreini. Reuters has not independently confirmed the death toll, which the Iranian Red Crescent said reached 175.
#war #Trump #Hegseth #US #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
An #Iran #girls #school that took a direct hit on the first day of the #war had a yearslong online presence, including dozens of photos of the #children & their activities, before it was bombed along with at least 6 other buildings in an adjacent military compound, a Reuters investigation found.
The school’s online activity calls into question how the #US #military vets & reviews strike locations.…
#war #Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
And across the United States, Canada, Europe, Britain & Mexico, #farmers blanched at the surge in #fertilizer costs.
The widening #war in #Iran has delivered a stunning punch to a worldwide #economy that has already been walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine & Trump’s chaotic policymaking.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
#Oil Shock’s Tentacles Grip #WorldEconomy: ‘This Really Is the Big One’
Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international #trade #chaos brought on by #Trump #tariffs, #war in #Ukraine & chaotic #US policymaking are facing lasting economic damage.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #energy #EnergyCrisis
All six crew members aboard a US #military #KC135 refueling aircraft that crashed in western #Iraq are dead, the #USmilitary said, adding that the circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
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He noted that the price of Russian #oil had been rising since the #war in #Iran started, & that it was likely that the #sanctions relief could be extended indefinitely.
“I do worry that this is effectively the destruction of the oil sanctions on #Russia,” said Mr. Fishman….
#TrumpsWar #US #ForeverWars #Trump #Ukraine #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #energy #EnergyCrisis
About 130 million barrels of Russian #oil is currently at sea….
The move by the #Trump admin could further divide the #US & #Europe, which has been skeptical of Trump’s attack on #Iran & has expressed a desire to continue to exert economic pressure on #Russia.
Fishman said he did not think that easing the Russia oil #sanctions would lower prices, noting that the move last week to let Russian oil be delivered to India did not have any impact.
The lifting of #oil #sanctions represents a sharp reversal from last summer, when the admin doubled #tariffs on #India as punishment for its purchases of oil from #Russia.
“In one fell swoop we’ve undone a huge amount of pressure on Russia,” said Edward Fishman, a senior fellow & director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #war #Ukraine #Trump #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #inflation #economy #energy
…Top #Senate #Democrats assailed the #Trump admin for easing #sanctions on #Russia, saying that it was done to mitigate a #war of Trump’s own making.
“This war has resulted in huge spikes in gas prices for Americans, who are now paying more at the pump than at any point in either of President Trump’s two terms,” they wrote in a joint statement.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #Ukraine #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil
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Senate Democratic Leaders Release Joint Statement on Trump Administration's Weakening of Sanctions on Russian Oil in Attempt to Dampen Economic Impacts of Trump's Iran War | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
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The exemptions, which were issued by the #Treasury Dept, will be in place until April 11. Treasury Secy Scott Bessent estimated that freeing Russian #oil could add hundreds of millions of barrels of crude to global markets [& enrich #Russia], curbing prices that have been hovering near $100 per barrel as a result of the #Iran #war.
The decision was a significant turning point in America’s effort to punish Russia for its war in #Ukraine.
The other option? Don’t attack #Iran. Idiots.
#Trump Removes #Sanctions on #Russia to Help #Oil Flow Amid Iran #War
The #US on Thursday temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil that is currently at sea, allowing it to be shipped to buyers around the world as the Trump admin scrambles to contain #energy #prices that have been soaring because of the war in Iran.
#TrumpsWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #Ukraine #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving
nytimes.com/2026/03/12/us/poli…
“We want to avoid manipulation & speculation,” Díaz-Canel said in a news conference following his speech. The talks, he said, were still “in their first phase...to establish an agenda” that high-level groups of officials on both sides would address.
“We have to construct the space that lets us move forward,” he said.
#NationalSecurity #Trump #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #Cuba #sovereignty #geopolitics #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
#NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #Cuba #sovereignty #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
#Cuba acknowledges secret meetings with #US as #Trump dials up threats
Trump has warned that Cuba is next in line after #Venezuela & #Iran, saying that the Havana regime is in its “last moments of life.”
#NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
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Officials in #Cuba report an island-wide #blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its #energy & economic crises deepen.
The Ministry of Energy & Mines reported on X a “complete disconnection” of the country’s #electric system & says it is investigating.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday warned that the island had not received #oil shipments in >3 months & that it was operating on #solar power, natural #gas & #thermoelectric plants.
This is insane. Who does he think he is? He is out of control!
#Trump Told #Cuba That Its President Has to Go
The #US has told Cuba that for meaningful progress to be made in negotiations, President #MiguelDíazCanel must step down, said people familiar with the talks.
#NationalSecurity #warmonger #MadWithPower #MafiaState #imperialism #sovereignty #geopolitics #NewWorldOrder #law #Congress #WarPowers #InternationalLaw
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The 1974 Oil Embargo: Real Energy Crisis or the Most Misunderstood Shock in American History?
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