For now, links to a report from the Associated Press and an interview from Consortium News; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for Iran 4-4-26.) — MCM

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U.S. rescues aviator whose fighter jet was shot down in Iran, by Matthew Lee, Konstantin Toropin, Sam Metz and Samy Magdy | AP  WASHINGTON — The United States said today it rescued a service member missing behind enemy lines since Iran downed a fighter jet, as President Donald Trump escalated pressure on Tehran with a new looming deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

* Among the news organizations with frequent war updates, photos and occasionally maps are Al Jazeera, the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, and Middle East Monitor: HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. AP and El País reports in Spanish are HERE and HERE. *

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FROM APRIL 4  The World This Week — w/ Scott Ritter: ‘Back to the Stone Age.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News talks with author Scott Ritter, former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer and former UN Special Commission weapons inspector, about the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Russia as a beneficiary and a potential actor in ending it, the Ukraine war, NATO and the UE, Donald Trump in “panic” mode, Joe Biden, the possible use of atomic weapons, Pete Hegseth and recent Pentagon firings, the F-15 pilot rescue mission, and other related topics. Click HERE for video of conversation.

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TO BE CONTINUED