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Here are 16 curated links for you — today's mix:

Iran (13) Israel (9) War (5) America (4) Military (3) France (3) Oil (2) Trump (2)

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Saudi Arabia Iran Oil Markets

Oil Shock Risk: Major Saudi Refinery Halts Operations After Drone Strike

"The attack on Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery marks a significant escalation..."

zerohedge.com ·Tyler Durden ·3 min read·634 words
 
Paramount Israel Media Consolidation David Ellison

John Oliver Swipes at Paramount’s WBD Takeover Deal: ‘How the F*ck Do I Get Out of This?’

Opening Last Week Tonight, which sits under the Warner Bros. Discovery umbrella as part of HBO, Oliver addressed the looming corporate shake-up.

mediaite.com ·David Gilmour ·2 min read·345 words
 
Iran Congress Trump War America Pentagon

Three US F-15s Downed Over Kuwait As Iran War Spirals, Reports Of 'Paranoia, Anxiety' At Pentagon

Pentagon officials begin throwing Trump under the bus in Congressional briefings...

zerohedge.com ·Tyler Durden ·7 min read·1,663 words
 
Iran Israel Military War

JUST IN: Fourth US Service Member Killed in Operation Epic Fury, CENTCOM Announces

A fourth U.S. service member was killed in the strikes on Iran over the weekend, U.S. Central Command announced Monday morning.

mediaite.com ·Tom Durante ·1 min read·265 words
 
Israel Iran America

At least 153 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says

Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is "not aware" of operations in the area

bbc.com ·3 min read·593 words
 
AI Military Anthropic Hegseth

Hegseth declares Anthropic a supply chain risk, restricting military contractors from doing business with AI giant

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed artificial intelligence firm Anthropic a supply chain risk on Friday, following days of increasingly heated public conflict with the AI company

cbsnews.com ·5 min read·1,060 words
 
Oil Hezbollah War Israel Iran

Iran War Widens as Iran Attacks Saudi Oil Infrastructure, Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Strikes

A daily update on the Iran war, today focusing on Iran’s attack on Saudi oil assets, the economic war, and kinetic events like F-15 downings.

nakedcapitalism.com ·Posted byYves Smith ·1 min read·13 words
 
Iran AI Data Center AWS

AWS UAE suffers AZ outage after “objects strike data center” and cause fire, amid Iran attacks

Availability Zone in ME-CENTRAL-1 brought offline in possible drone or missile attack

datacenterdynamics.com ·1 min read·295 words
 
World Democrats War Iran Trump

‘Insane This Is Legal’: Democrats Allege Trumpworld Insiders May Be Betting on War in Iran

A blockchain analytics company said at least six “suspected insiders” profited off bets that the U.S. would strike Iran just minutes before the attacks occurred

notus.org ·3 min read·564 words
 
France Macron

France deploys its aircraft carrier to eastern Mediterranean as tensions escalate

President Macron says French base hangar in UAE hit in drone attack on Abu Dhabi port, with no casualties reported - Anadolu Ajansı

aa.com.tr ·2 min read·552 words
 
Germany Iran UK France

‘Stop reckless attacks’: France, Germany, UK pledge ‘defensive action’ against Iran as tensions escalate

France, Germany, and the UK warned they are prepared to take defensive action after Iran’s regional strikes intensified conflict across the Gulf

firstpost.com ·5 min read·1,128 words
 
EU Israel Iran Europe

Von der Leyen backs regime change in Iran, signaling policy shift at the European Commission

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for a 'credible transition' in Iran on X, contradicting the joint statement of EU Foreign Ministers who did not share the US and Israeli aspirations for regime change

euronews.com ·70 min read·15,706 words
 
Military America Egypt Türkiye Israel Iran

@ripplebrain · Mar 1, 4:55 PM · 616.2K views

In the lead up to this operation, which has been in the works for weeks, US planners correctly understood that our bases in the region are indefensible. They decided to evacuate them, but there are tens of thousands of American service members in the Middle East. What do you do with them? You can't send your entire force back home in the middle of the largest military confrontation in years. Airlifting everyone to a country out of range of Iranian missiles, like Egypt or Turkey, would create an unacceptable amount of lag time for restaffing the bases. Dumping them in Israel, Iran's largest target, isn't an option. So they put them in hotels and apartments within driving distance of the bases. And this is the result. | [Quoting @ErrolTostigson]: Is Iran retarded? What does crashing drones into random buildings achieve? They’re really not helping their cause lashing out at random gulf countries.

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Israel Iran World Gaza

The people who spent two years levelling Gaza would like you to know Iran is violating international law

In a masterclass of humanitarian restraint that has now stretched into its third glorious year, Israel has continued to show the world how deeply it respects international law.

normalisland.co.uk ·Laura from Normal Island News ·5 min read·1,229 words
 
War America Iran Israel Pentagon

America At War -- And The World Too?

'The Mood Here Is Intense And Paranoid,' Said A Pentagon Insider

roddreher.substack.com ·Rod Dreher from Rod Dreher's Diary ·12 min read·2,717 words
 
Israel Germany Iran UK France

UK, France, Germany Slam Iran For 'Reckless' Retaliation - Are Ready To Assist Israel And US

The three nations affirmed their intention to actively defend against Iran’s missile and drone strikes on March 1.

zerohedge.com ·Tyler Durden ·2 min read·465 words

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