Links to two reports from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (Scroll down for IRAN 1-22-26, and for GAZA and UKRAINE.) — MCM

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander warns the US, says his force has its ‘finger on the trigger,’ by Elena Becatoros | AP  DUBAI — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is “more ready than ever, finger on the trigger,” its commander said today, as U.S. warships headed toward the Middle East. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Scale of Iran’s nationwide protests and bloody crackdown come into focus even as internet is out, by Jon Gambrell | AP  DUBAI — Cities and towns smell of smoke as fire-damaged mosques and government offices line streets. Banks have been torched, their ATMs smashed. Officials estimate the damage to be at least $125 million. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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