For now, links to an interview from National Public Radio; reports from Reuters, the Cradle, and Middle East Eye; a discussion from Consortium News; and analyses from MintPress News via ScheerPost and from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for today’s WEST BANK, MEDIA, GAZA and LEBANON, and down for IRAN 6-6-26.) — MCM
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Trump says Iran’s military is ‘totally destroyed.’ Here’s where their stockpiles stand. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR speaks with Sina Azodi, who teaches Middle East Politics at George Washington University, about Iran’s missile and drone stockpiles and its strategy in deploying them. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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U.S. eyes Iranian assets for Gulf allies’ reconstruction, source says, by David Lawder, Eman Abouhassira and Ahmed Elimam | Reuters WASHINGTON / DUBAI — The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repairs of future damage caused by Iran, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday, a day after a wave of attacks by Iran against Kuwait and Bahrain. READ MORE . . . A report from the Cradle is HERE.
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FROM JUNE 6 Watch: The World This Week — ‘The war: Putin’s view.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News will spoke on Saturday evening with retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern and journalist Patrick Lawrence. The last half hour or so of discussion concerned the Iran war. (Former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter was intended to participate from St. Petersburg, Russia, but apparently a connection failed.) Click HERE for video.
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FROM JUNE 6 Pentagon raises alarm over Israel’s ‘unhinged’ spying on U.S. officials, by Elis Gjevori | Middle East Eye The Pentagon has raised Israel’s counterintelligence threat level to its highest category, NBC News and the New York Times reported on Saturday, exposing behind the scenes tensions in a relationship Washington often treats as untouchable. READ MORE . . . A report from the Cradle is HERE.
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FROM JUNE 2 NDAA: New U.S. bill would fuse Israel and U.S. militaries into one, by Alan MacLeod | MintPress News / ScheerPost Amid widespread and growing public opposition to the Israeli genocide of Gaza and South Lebanon, a controversial new bill seeks to formally integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries like never before, making it difficult to tell where one ends and the other begins. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 29 Congress quietly moves to integrate U.S. and Israeli militaries, by Ben Freeman | Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Buried in the House’s version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act released on May 26, is section 224, entitled “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.” READ MORE . . .
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