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After sinking Iranian ship, did the US Navy commit a war crime? Hegseth says rules of engagement are 'stupid' but leaving survivors to drown violates laws America helped to put in place after World War II

Some thoughts:
"I can't assess whether the U.S. undertook ‘all possible measures’ to search for and collect the shipwrecked without having a better idea of what was possible in this situation. But I certainly think the U.S. military needs to explain itself.”
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All the polls on the U.S. war in Iran so far According to a simple average of new high-quality surveys, 38% of Americans approve and 49% disapprove of U.S. military action. When ignoring "don't know" respondents, 56% disapprove

All the polls on the U.S. war in Iran so far

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If you ignore people who say they “don’t know” how they feel about the war, disapproval of Trump’s actions is already at 56%. That is higher than the resistance to Vietnam in 1971.

This video is a great one to watch.

Former intelligence member explains the Iranian/Epstein war. Daily.

#SheShed

Peter Mandelson released from bail conditions Police have decided former minister is not a flight risk, but he remains under investigation

A reminder that there are young people in the UK who have been held in prison for up to two years without conviction for allegedly dismantling weapons of genocide.

The government has been proven wrong on all accusations against them so far.

Meanwhile:

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Israeli occupation forces storm the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem.

Iran war: America’s shame and the continuing ruination of a region There’s not one axis of evil but two, and countless people – and their hopes, dreams, and aspirations for better lives – have been crushed in between.

"Desperately needed is 3rd path forward beyond opposing US-Israeli & Iranian-aligned forces that have been crushing people of region between them for far too long – one that takes improvement of people’s individual & collective lives as starting point"

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Iran used cluster missiles in attack on Tel Aviv, causing major damage: Report Fires and significant damage recorded in at least 3 locations in and around Israeli city, witnesses tell Anadolu - Anadolu Ajansı

Tel Aviv is undergoing major bombardment

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Dublin News: Councillors back motion condemning US/Israel attack on Iran, despite chief executive's "legal" concerns Here are the articles we published this week, and a few notes from the newsroom.

Dublin city councillors back motion condeming US/Israel attack on Iran, despite chief executive's "legal" concerns. They also, separately, backed a motion opposing the government’s plans to abolish the Triple Lock.

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'Operation Epic Fury' – Anatomy Of A War Of Aggression Commenting last week on the build-up of US military forces targeting Iran, Robert A. Pape, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, got it right: ‘This represents 40-50% of the...

Media Lens unravel the tapestry of lies the media have helped weave over decades to justify the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran: www.medialens.org/2026/operati...

Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen The embers of resistance – in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen - have not been snuffed out. With the attack on Iran, they are being fanned into a fire

Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen.

Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isra...

Israel planned this war on Iran for 40 years. Everything else is a smoke screen The embers of resistance – in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen - have not been snuffed out. With the attack on Iran, they are being fanned into a fire

"Embers of resistance – in Gaza, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, & potentially in new sites like Bahrain – have not been snuffed out. & now, with the attack on Iran, they are being fanned into a fire with every new crime, every new outrage, every new atrocity"

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War So, the United States is at war… again. We are attempting regime change… again. Lives will be uselessly lost once more. It seems that when it comes to history and geopolitics, our so-called leaders…

"What I do know is that we have president who promised no new wars... What I do know is that countries like ours, & Israel for that matter, should be peace-mongers instead of war profiteers. What I do know is that civilian life everywhere is in jeopardy"

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President Trump, Pam Bondi sued over sale of TikTok assets The case accuses the Trump administration of ignoring legislation designed to stop the spread of Chinese propaganda — and instead helping to broker a partial sale to businessmen close to Trump.

"Public Integrity Project yesterday filed a lawsuit against Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing them of ignoring legislation designed to stop the spread of Chinese propaganda when they approved the sale of TikTok’s U.S. assets to investors"

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Prof. Suisheng Zhao, Uni. Denver, argues, anti-Asian & anti-Chinese American racism has intensified along with militarized U.S.-China rivalry that has escalated in past decade, particularly since President Trump launched a trade war against China in 2018.

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The Empire never died The British Empire is still with us, in the UK’s island outposts and military bases, in the plunder of other countries’ resources, and in UK officials’ imperial mindset.

The MoD secretly described Akrotiri in 1971 as a base for “surveillance operations, including intelligence gathering”.

“There are great advantages in being able to carry out covert surveillance from UK sovereign territory”, the MoD noted.

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In sharp contrast to its numerous protestations to Russia over Alexei Navalny, the Foreign Office continues to acquiesce in the imprisonment of Imran Khan at the hands of its Pakistani military and intelligence ally.

#DCUKparliament

The R.A.F’s nuclear flights over Britain and the Atlantic Little-known to the public, the UK military regularly flies planes carrying highly radioactive material to the US in order to maintain its nuclear weapons system, Trident.

“Iran must never develop a nuclear weapon” — UK ministers.

Little-known to the public, the UK military regularly flies planes carrying highly radioactive material to the US in order to maintain its nuclear weapons system, Trident.

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The government confirms (again) that it has long known its occupation of the Chagos Islands is illegal, and that it seeks to end it to avoid a “legally binding ruling”.

#DCUKparliament

This Is Even Dumber And Crazier Than The Iraq War Reading by Tim Foley:

This Is Even Dumber And Crazier Than The Iraq War

This is the new George W Bush. Trump is what Bush metamorphoses into when it emerges from its red cocoon. The crazier the US empire gets, the more insane its managers are becoming.

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Bombs and More Bombs, All the Way to Infinity I live in a country that makes it hard to wake up in the morning.

Phil Wilson's quotes from Trump & Hegseth suggest that rather than international lawyers, it is actually psychiatrists with detention powers that are now the appropriate professionals to interrupt behavior that is a danger to self, others & the whole world

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The Samson & The Sacrifice: Sanity Is The Only Option Before Bushehr Burns: Why the Gulf’s Future Hangs on Cooling, Not Killing

Past & present context of case showing US/Israel attack on Iran is reckless & illegal. "A radioactive Gulf would end tanker traffic. Insurance would become unobtainable. Crews would refuse to sail. Oil & gas would stop flowing. For decades"

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The U.S. Can’t Bomb Away Iran’s Nuclear Risks Instead, its spiraling war is increasing the threat in Iran, and around the globe.

Polymarket recently had to remove a more than $800,000 bet on when the next nuclear bomb would detonate. It put the odds at 22 percent before 2027.

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When AI Goes to War The U.S. government is trying to strong-arm the AI industry into using its technology for warfare, and Big Tech is split on whether to bend the knee.

US govt. attempted appropriation of AI companies for surveillance & warfare, with some responses

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Spilling Europe’s Dirty Secrets: Uncorking the Toxic Trade in Banned Pesticides | Agricultural and Rural Convention Pesticides deemed too toxic for Europe are still being produced here and sold abroad to be sprayed on fields where farm workers live, work, and raise their children – but these are also fields that he...

Documentary by Natasha Foote, 'Uncorking the Toxic Trade in Banned Pesticides', which centres the voices of South African farm workers who live with the consequences of the EU’s exports of dangerous pesticides that are banned in the bloc.

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Swiss anti-GMO initiative handed in at Bern Swiss anti-GMO initiative handed in with 137,000 signatures.

An initiative to protect Swiss food from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), backed by 137,000 supporters, has been submitted to the Federal Chancellery in Bern.

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Research on business responsibility to respect human rights in the 2011 United Nations Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights (“UNGPs”) which provides a strong mechanism for enforcing international humanitarian law (“IHL”), pending more clarity

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