“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

A frightening statement to be sure

https://publish.twitter.com/?url=https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/2041169719953129977#

Way too much wreckage..

CNN Aircraft Wreckage

Some suggest the US was attempting to grab Iranian uranium- others suggest this was an attempt to insert an “insurgency” group/ team for a mission into Iran (for lack of a better term)
The rescue story just doesn’t add up- Though I’m anticipating an over the top heroic narrative with some type of reinforcement movie follow up

*****Saving Jessica Lynch

US Ceasefire Offer? Don’t believe that either

I’m of the mind these cease fire news article are planted before the stock market opens.A sort of an attempt to stay ahead or tamp down a potential crash.

TRT World

Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said during a press briefing in Tehran on Monday that any pause in fighting would risk allowing Iran’s adversaries to regroup.

“A deadline must not cause us to have even the slightest hesitation in defending our country,” he said.

“A ceasefire means creating a short pause to allow the other side to rebuild its forces and commit crimes again. No rational person would accept such a course of action,” he added.

The spokesperson also said Tehran had a set of requirements based on its national interests that had already been conveyed through intermediary channels, adding that earlier US demands, such as the 15-point plan, were rejected as “excessive”.

“Iran does not hesitate to express what it considers its legitimate demands clearly, and doing so should not be interpreted as a sign of compromise, but rather as a reflection of its confidence in defending its positions,” Baqaei said in a press conference.

“We have formulated our own responses” and will announce details in due time, he added in response to an Iranian journalist’s question regarding ongoing efforts to bring about a ceasefire between Iran and the US.

White House

A White House official, meanwhile, said that a proposed 45-day ceasefire between the US and Iran is “one of many ideas” currently under discussion, according to an Axios reporter.

One of many ideas…

Barak Ravid said on X that the official told him: “The president (Donald Trump) has not signed off on it. Operation Epic Fury continues.”

He added that Trump will provide further details during a news conference in Washington at 1700 GMT on Thursday.

Ravid’s remarks came hours after reports suggested that a 45-day ceasefire proposal had been put forward.

Though the president didn’t sign off on the offer?– There was no ceasefire offer

Israel Strikes Iranian Petrochemical complex

Ah, the fog of war…

*Inflation risk for this year

“Before the war, before we got the oil shock, I’ve been on the optimistic side of the rate — I believed rates could come down even multiple times in 2026,” Goolsbee said.

The energy shock “complicates that picture for me — that if we’re truly not going to see any improvement in inflation, to me that starts pushing these decisions off to 2027 at the earliest,” he said.

*Two US Military planes were shot down in separate incidents

Two US military planes were shot down in separate incidents on Friday, and while one crew member was rescued in Iran, the whereabouts of at least one other was unknown.

The incidents marked a dramatic escalation since the war began nearly five weeks ago.

It was the first time US aircraft had been downed in the conflict and came just two days after President Donald Trump said in a national address that the US has “beaten and completely decimated Iran” and was “going to finish the job, and we’re going to finish it very fast”.

*Iran rejects US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire

Tehran: No truce in sight as long as US military operations continue

*Simple flying.com- A-10 Thunderbolt down- F-15 Strike eagle down

Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents:

The United States Air Force (USAF) lost an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft near the Strait of Hormuz, in an incident that occurred almost simultaneously with the shootdown of an F-15E Strike Eagle over Iran. The crash occurred amid a high-risk combat search and rescue operation conducted by the US Air Force for the downed F-15E crew.

According to The New York Times, US officials said the A-10 crash occurred around the same time an F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran. According to initial reports, the A-10 went down over waters near the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most strategically important waterways. US officials confirmed that the pilot ejected and was recovered safely. However, the cause of the crash remains unclear, and it is not yet known whether the aircraft was shot down, suffered mechanical failure, or crashed after sustaining damage.

Trump expressed frustration over fighter jet downing

NBC News said that Trump complained about the coverage during an interview on Friday.

“In a brief phone interview, President Donald Trump refused to discuss the specifics of ongoing search and rescue efforts in Iran after an American jet was downed,” Garrett Haake wrote. “But he expressed frustration about some of the coverage of what is plainly an intense and sensitive rescue operation.”

Trump would rather lie

Iran hits Gulf refineries as the war wraps its 5th week

Blasts and sirens rang out across the Middle East from Iranian drones and missiles since overnight. Kuwait’s largest oil refinery was hit, setting some of its units on fire

The Brent crude oil price went up by almost 8% on Friday to around $109 per barrel. The war has also pushed up the cost of gas and fertilizer.

Russia pounds Ukraine with hundreds of drones, dozens of missiles

Hundreds of Shahed combat drones and dozens of missiles against our cities and towns,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote in a social media post after a telephone conversation with Pope Leo XIV. Zelenskyy said this was Russia’s response to his offer of a ceasefire over Easter, though churches in Ukraine, as in Russia, mark Easter next week, in line with the Orthodox calendar, on April 12. At least one person was killed and another injured in the area surrounding Kyiv. The attacks, carried out in broad daylight, also caused power cuts in the Ukrainian capital that is home to 3 million, plus in other areas, local electricity suppliers said. Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force said the Russian military deployed more than 500 drones and 37 missiles overnight and during the day. Most of the missiles were intercepted in time, though there were strikes at 20 locations.

I think it was more than 500 drones..

Lastly;

Michael Hudson: World Will Not Be the Same After the Iran War

NYT’s

In recent years, Todd Blanche has been the lawyer President Trump has turned to, over and over, in his times of need.

It was Mr. Blanche who defended Mr. Trump in three of the four criminal cases he was facing, losing one to the Manhattan district attorney’s office but effectively winning two against the special counsel Jack Smith.

It was Mr. Blanche who took the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, stepping in as deputy attorney general to run the agency day to day, when Mr. Trump was re-elected.

And now it is Mr. Blanche whom the president has called upon again — this time in another moment of turmoil to serve as the interim attorney general after the abrupt firing of his predecessor, Pam Bondi.

It was Todd Blanche who famously interrogated Ghislaine Maxwell

… read at link above

Stock futures jump, oil prices retreat on report Trump willing to end war

The president is willing to end hostilities even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, WSJ reports

Iran Invasion would be America’s greatest strategic mistake yet

James D. Durso is the Managing Director of Corsair LLC, a supply chain consultancy. In 2013

A U.S. invasion of Iran would be militarily overwhelming and likely unwinnable, requiring massive troops, long occupation, and heavy casualties.
It would trigger global backlash and instability—spiking oil prices, strengthening rivals like Russia/China, and uniting Iranians behind the regime.
The human and economic costs would be enormous, making diplomacy and containment a far more viable strategy than war.

The ghosts of Baghdad and Kabul should be enough to silence any serious talk of sending American troops into Iran. Yet here we are again, with voices in Washington and Tel Aviv whispering that only boots on the ground can neutralize Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, its local allies and its regional mischief.

They are wrong. An American invasion of Iran would be a strategic catastrophe, a moral failure and a self-inflicted wound from which the United States might never fully recover.

Foreign central banks sell US Treasuries in wake of Iran war

Foreign central banks have slashed their holdings of Treasuries at the New York Federal Reserve to the lowest level since 2012, as countries sell the US government bonds to prop up their economies and currencies in the wake of the Iran war.
The value of Treasuries held in custody at the New York Fed by official institutions — a group that is largely made up of central banks but also includes governments and international institutions — has dropped by $82bn since February 25 to $2.7tn, according to Fed data.
Brad Setser, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who studies foreign holdings of Treasuries, said oil importers such as Turkey, India and Thailand are probably among those selling Treasuries as they pay higher prices for oil, which is denominated in dollars.

As thousands of additional American troops deploy to the Middle East, President Donald Trump says Iran has eased a weeks-long choke point at the Strait of Hormuz, allowing 20 boats to pass. The shift comes amid a report that the Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations inside Iran, while stopping short of a full-scale invasion. NBC correspondent Matt Bradley reported the latest developments.

Slate.com- Iran war, oil futures and insider trading

Last week, President Donald Trump did a funny two-step on Iran. He began by threatening to “obliterate” Iranian power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz was safely opened back up. He gave a 48-hour deadline. Then, right before that deadline hit, Trump pulled back on his ultimatum. But, a few minutes before he did that, the oil markets saw a massive spike in activity. A spike so huge that it seems clear that somebody knew something.

It sure looked like closely guarded national security information was being used to make a quick buck. As Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Krugman reasons, if a spy were giving our adversaries this kind of info, we’d certainly call it treason. So why not use the same language now?

This is also not the first time White House moves have been tied to suspicious trading patterns. When the president rolled out and then clawed back “Liberation Day” tariffs a year ago, some wondered whether Trump was putting the country on a financial roller coaster so that his pals could buy the dips. In other words, everything here is happening out in the open

It’s pretty safe to say insider trading is going on

Seizing Kharg Island would risk US troops but may not end the Iran war

Trump is considering deploying ground troops to seize Kharg Island, Iran’s crucial oil export hub, as military leverage in ongoing conflict negotiations.
Military experts warn seizing the island would risk American soldiers’ lives without guaranteeing victory, citing Iran’s proximity and advanced weaponry.
A safer alternative: establish a naval blockade against Iranian oil shipments, experts say, outside the range of Iran’s weapons systems.

If Trump wants to hobble Iran’s oil industry for leverage in negotiations, a better option might be setting up a blockade at sea against ships that have filled up at Kharg Island’s oil terminals, the experts said.

The island — located on the other side of the Persian Gulf from U.S. bases in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia — is the beating heart of Iran’s oil industry, through which 90% of its exports pass. It is important because Iran’s coastline is mostly too shallow for tanker ships to dock.

Not a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian facility

The cause of the fire in the production of Nizhnekamskneftekhim was the ignition of the gas mixture in the operation to eliminate the consequences of depressurization of the equipment. This was reported by the press service of the company.

“When working to eliminate the consequences of depressurization of equipment in the production of synthetic rubber Nizhnekamskneftekhim from the source established for today, there was an ignition of the gas mixture with subsequent explosion,” the report said.

The company reports that the fire was localized, and now the residual fire is being eliminated. There are no risks of fire spreading, as there were regular cuts of equipment and other technological operations provided for the security of the enterprise.

In addition, experts monitor the quality of atmospheric air.

More than 150 personnel and 54 units of equipment of the Russian Emergencies Ministry are involved in extinguishing.

Forward.com– Israel barbaric death penalty law

The bill mandating the death penalty for (so called or alleged) terrorists, which the Knesset passed into law on Monday, is the latest dismal illustration of Israel’s democratic decline.

Promoted by the ultranationalist firebrand National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir — whose resume includes convictions for supporting terrorism of the Jewish kind — the bill is plainly aimed at Palestinians only. It specifically targets West Bank residents, who are tried in military courts, which Jews are not. It will drag Israel another few steps further away from the democratic world, almost all of which — with the notable exception of the United States — has abandoned the death penalty as inhumane and flawed in its irreversibility.

*With missile launch on Israel, Houthis join Iran war further expanding conflict

*Trump claims Iran asked him to be their leader, but, he said no

Obviously Trump is lying about this- He is such an ego maniac he would have said yes, had he actually been asked

Trump insults MBS- claims he’s kissing his ass

?????????????- What the hell????

**US President insists Iran must open ‘Strait of Trump’ in brazen speech

The Strait of Trump? And 10 ships of oil for the US.

An Iranian missile and drone attack on March 27 struck Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, wounding multiple United States service members and damaging several aircraft, including an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft and aerial refueling planes.

**UK to face possible medicine shortages due to global supply chain disruption

***Who will Trump blame for the Iran war? Everyone else but himself, of course

Responsibility for the Iran war falls squarely on Trump and Bibi
Via archive.ph

Though President Donald Trump continues to insist that the war with Iran is a spectacular success, four weeks after the U.S. and Israel attacked, the conflict is still a complete mess with no end in sight. It could also get a lot worse, from the possibility of U.S. troops invading Iran to the likelihood of more extreme global economic consequences. Though the decision to launch the war was his and his alone, the chances of Trump admitting it was in any way a mistake are extremely slim. The chances of him admitting it was his mistake are essentially zero. But if he or other administration officials ever do try to pin the war on anyone, here are the most likely candidates.

I’ll just include a few of those named that Trump can blame. Bibi is at the top- I’m okay with him being blamed alongside Trump

Benjamin Netanyahu

The Israeli prime minister has sought war against Iran for more than three decades, and in Donald Trump he finally found a U.S. president willing to go all in on one.

Pete Hegseth

The Secretary of War makes a big public spectacle of himself every chance he gets to talk about how great the war is going and how incredible Trump is for launching it

Lindsey Graham

Senator Lindsey Graham has been calling for the U.S. to go to war with Iran for decades, and had long attempted to convince Trump to pull the trigger.

The ‘greatest experts’

Trump clearly misjudged how far Iran’s regime would go in its retaliation. The president has said multiple times how shocked he was that Iran targeted neighboring Gulf countries. On March 16, Trump said that “Nobody … the greatest experts, nobody thought they were going to hit [back] … all these countries are getting hit

You can read the entire list at the archive.ph link

*Iran has rejected a US proposal to pause the Gulf war, but what are their demands?

Iran has rejected the Donald Trump administration’s 15-point plan aimed at pausing the war in the country, which has spread across the Middle East, calling it “unreasonable” and maintaining that it would end the war on its terms.

The plan includes 15 demands, though Washington has not revealed specific details. The proposal, according to two officials familiar with the matter, addresses Iran’s missile programme and maritime routes concerning the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed by Tehran as retaliation for US and Israeli strikes.

No details, unnamed officials

Tehran confirmed on Wednesday that it had received the proposal, after reports said earlier that Pakistan had delivered it. The South Asian country has also put itself forward as a possible host for peace talks.

Pakistani officials familiar (unnamed) with the matter said the proposal broadly touches on sanctions relief, civilian nuclear cooperation, a rollback on Iran’s nuclear programme, frequent monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), missile limits, and shipping access through the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel has been more specific.. which begs the question..

Israel’s Channel 12, however, released the following components, which include a 30-day ceasefire, a permanent commitment from Iran to never develop nuclear weapons, and the dismantling of the Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow nuclear facilities, which were hit during the 12-Day war in June 2025 by the US.

The Israeli broadcaster also listed the handover of Iran’s stockpile of already enriched uranium to the IAEA, and a commitment allowing the agency to monitor all elements of the country’s remaining nuclear infrastructure. Iran must also no longer enrich uranium within the country.

It also demands an end to strikes on regional facilities, in reference to attacks in the Gulf, an end of support to regional proxies, and the provision of US support for electricity generation at the Bushehr civil nuclear plant.

(Russia built and is heavily involved with the running of Busherhr plant) Of course the US and Israel keep targeting it.

Russia built the existing nuclear plant at Bushehr and Rosatom is constructing additional units there, although it has suspended building work since the United States and Israel launched a war with Iran last month.

This signals trouble for Trump..

*Democrat flips Republican-held Florida state House district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

Democrat Emily Gregory won a special election Tuesday for the Florida state House district that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, flipping the seat from Republican control

Below is an assortment of news articles covering the attack on Iran

How about that obvious stock market manipulation..

*Suspicious bets placed on US/ Iran strikes trigger insider trading concerns

Before financial markets opened in the United States on March 25, the US president stepped back from a threat to target Iranian energy sites. But 15 minutes before Trump's statement, thousands of oil contracts were traded - meaning anyone who placed bet on crude prices dropping would have made a lot of money. It's raising questions on if anyone acted on insider knowledge.

*More Than 600 Schools Damaged, 282 Medical Facilities Struck in Iran as Result of U.S. and Israeli Attacks

*French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday that the US has “clearly made a mistake” in attacking Iran, Anadolu reports.

“What I see is that the United States clearly made a mistake, thinking the Iranian regime would fall within a few days. It has not fallen. The Iranian regime is extremely strong,” Le Pen, head of the National Rally (RN), told France Inter radio.

She said Trump’s war goals are “erratic” and questioned the ultimate objective of the conflict, adding that “no one knows” what he seeks to achieve.

Le Pen underscored that the war has affected several Gulf countries and caused a heavy imbalance in energy supplies.

*Most Americans say US action in Iran has gone too far and worry about rising gas prices as Trump’s foreign policy faces growing criticism.

*Trump halted Iran escalation after Gulf states warned of regional catastrophe

Trump’s pause pointed to two possible trajectories. One is tactical, buying time to complete deployments and test Iran’s response. The other is strategic, using de-escalation to prepare the ground for a broader deal.

*Russia received no information on reported plan

Spokesman Peskov says Russia does not know how reliable US newspaper’s report is, adding it is ‘impossible to judge anything’ until official sources confirm it

*What do we know of the US’s 15-point peace plan sent to Iran?

Donald Trump says he has a 15-point plan that has been offered to Iran to bring an end to the war. But details remain vague and Trump’s claims of progress in talks have been dismissed by Tehran

*US Sends Up to 3,000 Elite 82nd Airborne Troops to Middle East, Ground War Concerns Rise

The US is deploying elite 82nd Airborne troops to the Middle East, boosting forces to nearly 60,000 as options for a potential ground operation against Iran are considered.

*Potential Partners on the Ground in Iran – Kurds

The Prospect of Partnership

In the Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, the United States could have a strong partner ground force, but there are important limitations to what they could achieve. Kurdish opposition groups could support U.S. war aims by disrupting and denying the regime’s use of the Iranian Kurdistan region. U.S.-Israeli strikes have already targeted numerous regime installations in the region, and a partner ground force could be a force multiplier for these efforts, attacking other targets or providing intelligence assistance. With proper support and sufficient mobilization, they could also defend territory in Iranian Kurdistan.

Like the SDF, Iranian Kurdish opposition groups will need U.S. support to operate against the regime in Iran. This support could involve airstrikes and intelligence to aid partner ground forces, as well as some training and funding to upgrade their combat power. The United States has achieved significant success in previous conflicts when partnering with irregular forces, including the SDF, the Afghan Northern Alliance, Iraqi tribal groups, and the Iraqi Peshmerga.

Lots of interesting reading, take advantage!

Al Jazeera

Prepare to pay more for food: Nova Scotia farmers hit hard by skyrocketing cost of fertilizer, diesel from Iran war disruptions

The American-Israeli invasion of Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, is having a devastating effect on the cost of vital fertilizers. Nitrogen is a fundamental component in the mixes used by local food producers, but one third of the global supply comes from Persian Gulf nations so a massive amount of that stock can’t be delivered because of the Iranian shipping blockade.

There is not so much of an actual blockade as there are issues with insurance- Some ships are going through.

Based on current prices, using the usual amounts of fertilizer this season will cost about 40 per cent more. Laying out that kind of extra cash at the beginning of the growing season is a tough pill to swallow.

But putting less on the fields to try to save money in the short term would reduce yields dramatically, which would be a heavy financial hit on the back end. Put another way, farmers are between a rock and a hard place.

Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr appointed as new secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has appointed Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr as the new secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

The announcement was made on Tuesday by Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, deputy for communications at the Iranian president’s office, in a post on social media platform X.

Tabatabaei said the appointment was made with the consent of Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

US marines deploy as Trump pressures Iran on oil route

Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss President Donald Trump’s Iran deadline, rising military pressure in the Middle East and the potential impact on oil prices and U.S. national security.

Just a few news articles.. for your reading enjoyment?!

1- We already know Trump manipulated the stock market yesterday.

2-Trump claims there are negotiations with Iran. Iran denies there are any negotiations taking place

Of course, how could they? Nothing is confirmed. It’s like one big false narrative

Check this- UK confirms Iran unsuccessfully targeted military base. No hits what is to confirm- obviously there is nothing.

U.K. Communities Secretary Steve Reed

I’m not aware of any assessment at all that they are even trying to target Europe, let alone that they could if they tried,” Reed said. “But even if they did, we have the necessary military capability to defend this country.”

So Iranian missiles can’t reach Europe?- that’s not what’s being claimed in the media

Arab News

The  White House and the British embassy in Washington and Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment

TEHRAN : Iran ( allegedly) fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia but did not hit the US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing multiple US officials.
One of the missiles failed in flight, while a US warship fired an SM-3 interceptor at the other, although it could not be determined if the interception succeeded, the newspaper said. The Journal did not specify when the missiles were fired.
The White House and the British embassy in Washington and Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

Nothing hit Diego Garcia

One of the missiles failed in flight (allegedly)

Another was fired upon by US warship interceptor (allegedly) since the US can't determine if their interception succeeded.

And no one is responding to media requests for comment

Lastly Iran has denied the whole thing

A senior Iranian official told Al Jazeera on Sunday that Iran was not responsible for and was not behind missile attacks on the Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean.

My conclusion- Entirely fake story.

UPDATE!!!

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte CANNOT Confirm Israel’s claim that Iran attempted to hit Diego Garcia

MARGARET BRENNAN: Good morning. We did see that Iran fired two missiles at Diego Garcia. That’s that island in the Indian Ocean, which houses a U.S. UK joint base. That was 4000 kilometers from Iranian territory, furthest Iran has ever gone. You just heard Ambassador Waltz say there might be a difference there in how Israel and the U.S. assess that capability Iran has in terms of what they fired. But Israel says these were intercontinental ballistic missiles that could hit Berlin, Paris and Rome. Does NATO share that Israeli assessment?

DOES NATO SHARE/AGREE WITH THE ISRAELI ASSESSMENT?

SECRETARY GENERAL RUTTE: We cannot confirm that at the moment, so we're looking into that. But if this would be true, it is the more evidence that what the President is doing here, taking out the ballistic missile capability, taking out the nuclear capability from Iran, is crucial.

Answer NATO does not share or agree with the Israeli assessment- Nor can they confirm the claim at the moment. But, if it was true? “Looking into it”??

Israel lied, and/or fired missiles themselves at Diego Garcia.