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Karg Island is burning. 
The tiny strip of land in the 

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Persian Gulf that processes 90% 
of Iran's crude oil exports was 

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bombed overnight. 
Trump called it one of the most 

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powerful bombing raids in the 
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He said every military target 
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He said for reasons of decency, 
he chose not to destroy the oil 

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infrastructure for now. 
He warned that if Iran or anyone

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else interfered with a free and 
safe passage of ships through 

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the Strait of Hormuz, he would 
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Iran's response came within 
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Its armed forces warned they 
would target all oil, economic 

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and energy infrastructure 
belonging to oil companies 

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across the region that have 
American shares or cooperate 

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with America. 
Every oil and gas facility, 

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Saudi Aramco. 
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, 

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Qatar Energy, all of it. 
Then a missile struck inside the

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US embassy compound in Baghdad. 
Smoke rose above one of the 

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largest American diplomatic 
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A drone hit an oil refinery in 
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Emirates. 
Qatar announced it was 

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evacuating key areas. 
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

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Corps called on civilians to 
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locations where U.S. forces are 
sheltered across UAE cities. the

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US State Department ordered 
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families out of Oman. 
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week. 
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It is escalating in ways that 
could reshape the global energy 

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system for years. 
This is epic fury. the US Iran 

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War podcast, daily coverage of 
the conflict reshaping the 

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world. 
Carg Island does not look like 

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the center of the global 
economy. 

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It is a scrubby, flat stretch of
land in the northern Persian 

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Gulf, roughly 30 kilometers off 
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A small resident population, air
defenses, a naval base, a 

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helicopter hangar and pipelines.
Endless pipelines feeding an oil

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terminal that processes roughly 
950 million barrels of crude oil

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every year. 
Nearly all of Iran's export oil 

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passes through it before 
entering the Gulf and the 

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world's energy supply chains. 
On Friday night, Trump posted on

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Truth Social that he had ordered
strikes on the island. 

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Central Command confirmed the 
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The target struck included naval
mine storage facilities, missile

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storage bunkers, the island's 
air defenses, the Josh and Sea 

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base, the airport control tower 
and an offshore oil company's 

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helicopter hangar. 
The oil infrastructure was not 

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targeted. 
Trump said the United States had

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executed one of the most 
powerful bombing raids in the 

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history of the Middle East. 
He said every military target 

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had been totally obliterated. 
He said Iran will be wise to lay

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down its arms and save what is 
left of its country. 

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He then issued a direct trip 
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If Iran or anyone else 
interferes with a free and safe 

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passage of ships through the 
Strait of Hormuz, he would 

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immediately reconsider his 
decision not to destroy the oil 

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infrastructure. 
Iran's armed forces issued a 

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formal counter threat within 
hours. 

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Ibrahim Zalfagari, spokesperson 
for Iran's Joint Military 

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Command, warned that Iran would 
target all oil, economic and 

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energy infrastructure belonging 
to oil companies across the 

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region that have American shares
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Not a specific target, Not a 
proportional response, a blanket

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declaration of intent against 
the entire Gulf energy 

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infrastructure. 
Iran also threatened the United 

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Arab Emirates specifically. 
The IRGC said U.S. military 

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hideouts across UAE cities were 
legitimate targets following the

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Karg strikes and urged people to
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locations where U.S. forces are 
based. 

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Iranian officials said oil 
exports and company operations 

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on Carg Island were proceeding 
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The oil terminal appeared intact
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Carg Island has been untouched 
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conflict between the US and 
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Even during the tanker wars of 
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actively escorting Gulf shipping
from Iranian attack, Carg Island

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itself was never directly struck
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Friday's bombing crossed a line 
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before. 
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It is a warning a holding of 
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hostage to compliance with the 
Strait of Hormuz demand. 

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Senior U.S. military officials 
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destroyed more than 90 military 
targets while preserving the oil

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infrastructure. 
That preservation is deliberate.

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The threat to destroy it next 
time is the leverage. 

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General Dan Kane warned Trump 
before the war began that Iran 

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could try to close the Strait of
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Trump reportedly acknowledged 
the risk but decided to proceed,

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telling advisors he believed 
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taking such a step. 
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The straight has been 
effectively closed for two weeks

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and now the US is bombing the 
island that makes Iran's oil 

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economy function, threatening to
destroy the rest if the straight

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stays shut. 
Trump also said on Friday he 

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believed U.S. 
Navy escorts for tankers through

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the straight would happen soon. 
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told CNBC earlier in the week 
the Navy would not be ready 

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until the end of March. 
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added the escorts would begin as
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possible. 
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not aligned on what soon means. 
Iran, for its part, is exploring

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an alternative. 
A senior Iranian official told 

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CNN that Tehran was considering 
allowing a limited number of oil

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tankers to pass through the 
Strait of Hormuz, provided the 

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oil cargo was traded in Chinese 
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International oil is almost 
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Iran is not proposing to reopen 
the Strait, is proposing to use 

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the Strait as a mechanism to 
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dominance while the war 
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The USS Tripoli and its Marine 
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heading to the region. 
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fighter jets V22 Ospreys 
amphibious The salt capability 

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The Pentagon confirmed the 
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specify the Marines role. 
Options are being kept 

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deliberately open. 
Marine Expeditionary units 

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specialize in amphibious 
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civilian evacuations. the US 
Embassy in Baghdad was just 

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struck by a missile. 
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The Baghdad embassy strike on 
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by two Iraqi security officials.
Associated Press footage showed 

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a column of smoke rising above 
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The attack also reportedly 
destroyed an air defense system 

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protecting the embassy. 
The compound, which sits inside 

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Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, 
has been repeatedly targeted 

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since the war began. 
Iranian aligned militias in Iraq

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have intensified their 
operations as the conflict is 

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widened. 
Pete Hegseth said something at 

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his Friday Pentagon briefing 
that immediately drew legal 

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scrutiny. 
He said we will keep pressing, 

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we will keep pushing, keep 
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No quarter, no mercy for our 
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The phrase no quarter has a 
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international law. 
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surrender of enemy combatants. 
Under The Hague Convention and 

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other international treaties. 
Threatening to give no quarter 

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is explicitly illegal. 
Domestic U.S. law under the 1996

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War Crimes Act also prohibits 
such policies. 

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The Nuremberg trials upheld the 
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Democratic Congressman Eugene 
Vineman, who sits on the Armed 

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Services Committee, raised 
immediate concerns that Hegseth 

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had issued what could be 
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Legal experts in human rights 
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phrase as a potential war crime.
Senator Jeff Merkley called 

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Hegseth a dangerous amateur and 
connected the remark directly to

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the min of school strike. 
The same engagement rules that 

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produce no quarter also gutted 
the civilian protection offices 

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that would have caught the 
outdated min of targeting data 

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before 165 children died. 
Hegseth has not walked back the 

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remark. the US State Department 
offered up to $10 million for 

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information about Iran's new 
supreme leader, Mojtaba 

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Khamenei. 
The offer came through the 

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Rewards for Justice program. 
The notice listed Kamaneh 

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alongside 9 other senior Iranian
figures, including Ali Larijani,

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Intelligence Minister Esmel 
Khatib, Interior Minister 

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Eskander Momini and military 
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Rahim Safavi. 
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them as people who command and 
direct various elements of the 

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IRGC, which plans, organizes and
executes terrorism around the 

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world. the United States is now 
offering $10 million for the 

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location of the head of state of
a sovereign nation. 

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That is not how America 
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That is how America describes 
its counterterrorism operations 

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against non state actors. 
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll 
announced the United States was 

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deploying 10,000 interceptor 
drones to the Middle East. 

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The move responds directly to 
the economics of the drone war. 

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Iran has fired almost 2000 
drones since the start of 

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Operation Epic Fury. 
Each Shahid drone cost between 

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20,000 and $35,000. 
Each Patriot missile 

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intercepting it costs 4 million.
the United States has been 

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spending millions to destroy 
drones worth 10s of thousands. 

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10,000 cheap interceptor drones 
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The attrition economics are 
finally being addressed. 

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At the Pentagon briefing, 
Hegseth announced that US and 

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Israeli forces have now struck 
more than 15,000 targets inside 

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Iran, more than 1000 targets a 
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He said the war is going very 
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He said Iran's leadership is 
cowering underground like rats. 

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He said Mojtaba Khamenei is 
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He said no quarter, no mercy. 
He said the United States does 

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not need to worry about the 
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Israel said its own tally was 
approximately 7600 strikes on 

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Iran and 1100 in Lebanon. 
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Hagsetha's 15,000 figure and the
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combined was not explained. 
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including Ali Larijani and 
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were filmed in public at the 
Coud's Day demonstrations in 

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Tehran on Friday. 
The images directly contradicted

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Hegseth's claim that Iran's 
leadership was cowering 

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underground. 
Hegseth did not address the 

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contradiction. 
Israel's Defense Minister Katz 

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announced on Saturday that the 
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entering what he called the 
decisive phase. 

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He said that phase will continue
for as long as necessary. 

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Senior regional officials told 
journalists they expected the 

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war to last at least another 
week and that Israeli leaders 

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increasingly believe the US and 
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unilaterally without negotiated 
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In such a scenario, Iran and its
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normal of intermittent fire, 
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retaliation indefinitely. 
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That is a permanent new reality.
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Saturday that it wanted to, in 
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flattened southern Lebanon, like
Gaza to destroy Hezbollah weapon

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sites. 
Israeli diplomat Ron Dermer was 

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said to be tasked with ceasefire
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French President Emmanuel Macron
offered Paris as a location for 

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those ceasefire discussions. 
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this opportunity to launch 
talks, find a lasting solution 

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and allow Lebanese authorities 
to fulfill their commitments. 

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Lebanon's President Joseph On 
said Friday he had expressed 

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readiness to negotiate with 
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He had received no response. 
An Israeli strike hit healthcare

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center in Borg Kalawai in 
southern Lebanon on Saturday. 12

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medical staff were killed, 
Doctors, nurses, paramedics. 

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Lebanon's health ministry 
condemned the attack. 

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The total death toll in Lebanon 
since fighting resumed on March 

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the second has reached 773. 
More than 850,000 people are 

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displaced. 
Israeli shells also struck the 

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headquarters of a Nepalese 
United Nations peacekeeping 

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battalion in the southern 
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The UNIFIL Force has been in 
Lebanon since 1978. 

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The incident raised serious 
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law and was noted and then 
largely absorbed into the 

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relentless daily cascade of 
events. 1/3 Iranian missile 

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entered Turkish airspace during 
the conflict. the US Navy 

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destroyer USS Oscar Austin 
intercepted it. 

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It was the 3rd interception in 
10 days. 

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Turkey issued a travel advisory 
for Iraq. 

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NATO Secretary General Mark Ruta
confirmed the alliance's 

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commitment to defend Turkey. 
Article 4 has been invoked 

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multiple times. 
Article 4 is one step before 

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Article 5, which treats an 
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attack on all. 
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announced Saturday it was 
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areas. 8000 American troops are 
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Qatar, the largest US air base 
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Evacuating key civilian areas of
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stationed is not a precaution. 
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operation. the US State 
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non-emergency government 
employees and their families out

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of Oman, the country that served
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between Tehran and Washington 
for months. 

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Brent crude closed Friday at 
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US crude closed at $98.71. 
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$3.68 per gallon on Saturday, 
according to AAA, a 23% increase

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since the war began on February 
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The first week of the war 
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upwards of $11 billion. 
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International Studies calculated
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days at approximately $16.5 
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The casualty count at the end of
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killed in Iran, according to 
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Nations. 773 killed in Lebanon. 
12 Israeli civilians and two 

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Israeli soldiers. 13 confirmed 
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150 Americans wounded. 
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or killed, according to UNICEF. 
3.2 million Iranians displaced, 

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more than 850,000 displaced in 
Lebanon Iran separately 

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confirmed it had deployed more 
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commanders during the conflict 
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of between 4 and 5000 killed. 
56% of Americans opposed the 

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war, according to the NPRPBS 
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The Republican controlled 
Congress has not moved to assert

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war powers. 
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said the administration cannot 
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That is why the briefings are 
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Destroying Iran's nuclear 
program was not even listed as a

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stated goal in the classified 
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Macron offered Paris as a 
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Lebanon. 
France announced it was ready to

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facilitate those discussions. 
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different question entirely. 
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decisive. 
Phase, no time limit, and, 

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according to the Axios report, 
flattened like Gaza. 

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Reza Palavi, the exiled son of 
Iran's last Shah, announced on 

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Saturday that a group has 
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for Iran's future governance, 
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fall of the Islamic Republic. 
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framed this war from the start 
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liberation of the Iranian 
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What replaces the Islamic 
Republic has never been publicly

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defined. 
Pallavi is offering himself as 

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the answer whether the people 
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bombardment, Internet blackout 
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One, that answer is not 
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determine. 
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to the Karg Island strikes is 
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signals are significant. 
Russia called the bombing a 

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dangerous escalation and warned 
that any attack on Iranian oil 

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infrastructure would have 
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markets that no country could 
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China issued a statement calling
from maximum restraint and 

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urging all parties to return to 
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Neither Russia nor China has 
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but the Kremlin separately 
confirmed it was in discussions 

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with Washington about ways to 
cooperate on stabilizing global 

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energy markets. 
That conversation between a 

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country supporting Iran with 
intelligence and a country 

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bombing it into submission 
captures the bizarre geometry of

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this conflict. 
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No one wants to lose more. the 
United Arab Emirates is in an 

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extraordinarily delicate 
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It hosts U.S. military forces at
Al Dhafra Air Base and other 

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facilities. 
It is a key financial and 

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logistical hub for the region. 
It has been struck repeatedly by

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Iranian drones and missiles, and
on Saturday the IRGC explicitly 

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named UE ports and docks as 
legitimate targets following the

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Karg Island strikes. 
The UAE detained 10 foreign 

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nationals that same day for 
posting footage of missile and 

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drone attacks on social media, 
accusing them of spreading 

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disinformation, including AI 
generated videos of purported 

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attacks on UAE landmarks. 
A building at the Dubai 

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International Financial Center 
sustained visible fire damage 

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from an intercepted drone. 
The UAE's air defenses have 

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dealt with 285 ballistic 
missiles, 15 cruise missiles and

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1567 drones since the war began.
Its air defense operators are 

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working around the clock. 
Its government is saying as 

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little as possible publicly. 
Saudi Arabia intercepted a drone

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in its eastern region on 
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That region contains the core of
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infrastructure. 
The kingdom's air defenses have 

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been firing every day of this 
conflict. 

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Saudi Arabia lobbied Trump to 
attack Iran before the war 

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began, is now absorbing Iranian 
retaliation for that lobbying. 

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It cannot say so publicly. 
Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammad 

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Shia Al Sadani pledged on 
Saturday to prevent further 

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attacks on international forces 
based in his country following 

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the drone strike that killed 
French Chief Warrant Officer 

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Arnaud Fryant in Iraqi 
Kurdistan. 

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Iraq is in an impossible 
position. 

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It is constitutionally sovereign
but functionally divided, with 

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Iranian aligned armed factions 
operating within its borders and

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conducting strikes against U.S. 
forces from its territory. 

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Al Sadani cannot stop those 
factions. 

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He can only issue pledges and 
absorb the diplomatic 

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consequences. 
Turkey issued a travel advisory 

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for Iraq. 
It had an Iranian missile 

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intercepted over its airspace 
for the third time. 

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A NATO ally having its airspace 
violated 3 times in 15 days, 

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each time being told it was a 
technical anomaly is a situation

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with no precedent in the 
alliance's history. 

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Karg Island was bombed. 
The oil terminal survived. 

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The threat to destroy next time 
is now explicit. 

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The US Embassy in Baghdad was 
struck. 

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Qatar is evacuating. 
Oman is being emptied of 

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American personnel. 
Iran is threatening to set the 

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entire Gulf energy 
infrastructure on fire. 

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Israel wants to flatten southern
Lebanon. 

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France wants to host ceasefire 
talks. 

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Trump says Navy escorts are 
coming soon, His energy 

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secretary said. 
The end of March, his Treasury 

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Secretary said as soon as 
militarily possible, a $10 

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million bounty was placed on the
head of Iran's supreme leader. 

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10,000 interceptor drones are on
their way to the Middle East. 

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2200 Marines are sailing toward 
the Gulf. 

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Petrol is $3.68. 
Brent crude is over $100. 

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The war has cost $16.5 billion 
in 12 days, and somewhere in a 

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hospital in Tehran, the most 
powerful man in Iran has still 

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not spoken, still has not 
appeared, and still has not been

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seen. 
His country is being bombed, his

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oil island has been struck, his 
Navy is gone, his Air Force is 

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destroyed, his missile program 
is being systematically 

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eliminated, and the world has 
still not heard his voice. 

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