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“The U.S. destroyed 16 mine-laying Iranian vessels, though President Donald Trump said in social media posts that there were no reports of Iran planting explosives in the Strait of Hormuz“: US Says It Destroyed 16 Mine-laying Vessels as Iran Threatens to Block Gulf Oil Exports (AP) “The Iranian military released footage of missile launches from…

Trump said, “the war is very complete. But at a later event with Republican lawmakers in Miami, he [said] the U.S. still needed to achieve ultimate victory’” … Trump Gives Mixed Messages About When the War with Iran Will End (NPR) … while the Pentagon was less ambiguous, saying “that there are more Americans that are going to…

“Strikes on nonmilitary infrastructure were a ‘serious escalation,’ analysts said, and could widen the war’s impact on civilians” … Vital Desalination Plants in Iran and Bahrain Are Attacked (NY Times) … “Horizontal escalation occurs when a state widens the geographic and political scope of a conflict rather than intensifying it vertically in a single theater”…

The NIC report’s “findings, confirmed to The Washington Post by three people familiar with the report’s contents, raise doubts about President Donald Trump’s declared plan to ‘clean out‘ Iran’s leadership structure and install a ruler of his choosing”: Intel Report Warns Large-scale War ‘Unlikely’ to Oust Iran’s Regime (Washington Post) The number of countries involved…

As the war continues … Explosions Rock Iran’s Capital, and More Attacks Target Israel as US Warns Bombing Will Intensify (AP) Trump demands Iran’s “unconditional surrender … Trump Demands ‘UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER’ from Iran; U.S. Evacuates Citizens from Middle East (Washington Post) … and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explains what he meant: WATCH: Leavitt…

Consequences of the war: Iran Retaliates After Israel Strikes Beirut and Tehran as War Enters Day 7 (NPR) Five Ways the Iran War Could Affect You – in Charts (BBC) Threats Against Americans, Especially Jews, Skyrocketing Since Beginning Iran War, Nonprofit Says (abc 7 Chicago) Iran War Could Save Vladimir Putin’s Failing Ukraine Invasion (Atlantic…

“The war powers resolution is the eighth on which Congress has voted since June. All of them have failed”: Senate Rejects Resolution to Force Trump to End Iran Strikes (Washington Post) “[A]fter he U.S. and Israel intensified their bombardment of Iran on Wednesday” … Iran Launches Missiles at Israel as Attacks in Middle East Commence…

“Donald Trump has admitted the airstrikes on Iran’s leadership have been so effective that at least two government members he had prospectively earmarked to lead Iran had been killed in airstrikes”: Chaos Signals Iran Struggling to Function as War Turns into Fight for Survival (The Guardian) The war front is expanding: Iran War: Israel Launches…

Unable (or unwilling) to restrict itself to military targets, Iran is pushing other  states into supporting the war they cautioned against: Iran’s Targeting of Airport, Ports and Hotels in Reaction to US Strikes Has Forced Gulf Nations onto Front Lines of a War They Want No Part in (The Conversation) Threat from Iran Conflict Spreads…

War casualties mount: US, Israel Pound Iran as Trump Signals Willingness to Talk to New Leadership After Khamenei’s Death (AP) 3 American Troops Killed, and Trump Says More ‘Likely,’ in War Against Iran (NPR) The net of hostility expands: Israel Strikes Hezbollah in Lebanon as Iran Conflict Spreads Across Region (Washington Post) War Widens to…