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Links to FIFTEEN-plus reports, analyses, commentaries and interviews (more like 25): from Agence France-Presse, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, Reuters, Al Jazeera, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Cradle, El País, and the Chris Hedges Report via Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 3-10-26, and up or down for LEBANON and WEST BANK.) — MCM
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Iran warns ready for long war that would ‘destroy’ world economy. From AFP. Iran said today it was ready for a long war of attrition that would “destroy” the world economy, after firing on two commercial ships and threatening any vessels from the U.S. or its allies. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AFP report in French, and HERE for headlines of others.
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Israel reports missile attack from Iran as conflict continues to widen. From Middle East Montor. The Israeli military said today it identified missiles launched from Iran, with air defenses working to intercept them, Anadolu reports. Incoming missile sirens sounded across central Israel, according to the daily Yedioth Ahronoth. READ MORE . . .
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Iran says will hit economic targets in the region. From Middle East Eye. Iran‘s military today vowed to strike U.S. and Israeli banks and economic centres in the region, after overnight attacks hit a bank in Tehran. “People in the region should not be within a one kilometre radius of the banks,” a spokesperson for the military’s central operational command said. READ MORE . . .
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Iran says oil will reach $200 a barrel, warns of ‘continuous strikes.’ From Middle East Eye. Iran will switch from “reciprocal hits” — after attacks — to continuous strikes on adversaries, and the U.S. will not be able to control oil prices, the spokesperson for Tehran’s Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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What is happening on Day 12 of U.S.-Israel attacks, by Elizabeth Melimopoulos of Al Jazeera and news agencies Tehran said nearly 10,000 civilian sites in the country have been bombed and more than 1,300 civilians killed in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Targets in Iran, including the capital city’s Mehrabad airport, were bombed overnight. Tehran continued retaliatory attacks on Israel and U.S. assets in the Gulf region. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. attacks Iranian mine-laying vessels near Hormuz. From NPR. Attacks and counterattacks continued throughout the Middle East today. Two cargo ships were struck in the Gulf, as some lawmakers in Washington pressed for answers on the war’s rationale. READ MORE . . .
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Iran war becomes a contest of who can take the most pain, by Jon Gambrell | AP DUBAI — The war with Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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Iran targets commercial ships, Dubai airport and oil facilities as concerns grow over global energy, by Jon Gambrell and David Rising | AP DUBAI — Iran attacked commercial ships today across the Persian Gulf and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of squeezing the oil-rich region as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded the Islamic Republic. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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U.S. strikes across Iran intensify as residential buildings are not spared. Reported by Aya Batrawy and Steve Inskeep | NPR Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would bring the most intense strikes across Iran. And residential buildings are not being spared in Tehran. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Click HERE for all six of NPR’s Iran war-related reports on today’s “Morning Edition” program.
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Spain to withdraw ambassador to Israel, by Sondos Asem | Middle East Eye Spain has decided to withdraw its ambassador to Israel, Ana Maria Salomon Perez, the Official State Gazette said today. Spain’s embassy in Tel Aviv will be led by a charge d’affaires, according to a foreign ministry source. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Cradle.
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Nearly 800,000 people displaced by war against Iran and Lebanon, by Lola Hierro | El País The escalating conflict in the Middle East has placed the civilian population in an unprecedented bind that threatens to dismantle the last remaining safe havens in the region. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same El País report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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FROM MARCH 10 Hegseth: Tuesday’s bombing heaviest yet. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Tuesday’s U.S. bombing was the most intense yet in the Iran war. Eleven days of fighting have spooked oil markets, and the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for all four Iran war-related NPR reports on Tuesday‘s “All Things Considered” program.
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FROM MARCH 6 Can Israel & the U.S. sustain Iran’s military power? Chris Hedges of the Chris Hedges Report and Alastair Crooke, retired British diplomat and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum, discuss the Iran war a few days into it, ending with Crooke terming the war a “catastrophe of miscognition” by the U.S. and Israel. Click HERE for intro, interview and transcript.
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