Israeli Sources Say Site Hit in Tehran Was Developing Nuclear Trigger Component
Senior Israeli officials say Iran worked covertly after attacks on its nuclear sites during the Twelve Day War, to accelerate its ‘Weapon Group’ project.
This Week in the World Affairs Brief
TRUMP’S WAR ON IRAN
As I forecast two weeks ago, Trump did attack Iran. I immediately suspected that Israel was behind the final push that tipped Trump into action, probably with crucial insight into the location and vulnerability of the Ayatollah and asking for backup as they struck the first deadly blow that killed Iran’s supreme leader. Even though President Trump got talked into attacking Iran by PM Netanyahu, it’s now fully Trump’s war because he gave the go ahead and is backing Israel’s goal of total decapitation of Iran’s military. Despite the initial signs of success, there are many things to criticize in this war, but of primary concern to all conservatives is that, without a declaration of war by Congress, this air war on Iran is in clear violation of the constitution. Republicans let him get away with it by failing this week to restrict the president’s ongoing attacks as required by the War Powers Act of 1973. This week, I’ll cover how the war is going, Trump’s claims on how long the war will last, his changing objectives, how the war is quickly depleting US stockpiles of missile interceptors, and how the war is widening into a regional conflict. To receive a free, one-time sample of the Brief, along with option on how to subscribe, click on Request a Sample on the left.
Also:
- The Changing Justification for the Iran War
- How Long with the War Last?
- Trump Claims We have Unlimited Weapons
Daily News
A 'War Of The Oil Refineries' Opens As Israel Bombs Key Tehran Sites, After Which Haifa Refinery Targeted
Iranian media alleged that US and Israeli warplanes started the tit-for-tat by hitting an oil depot in southern Tehran. The semi-official Fars News Agency reported the storage site was among the latest targets in the ongoing major bombing campaign across the country.
Mind-Numbing Irony: US Asks Ukraine's Help To Shoot Down Iran's Shahed Drones In Gulf
In the ultimate irony of ironies, Financial Times is reporting US officials are discussing the purchase of Ukrainian-made drone interceptors to counter Iranian drones, which some analysts say have proven harder to stop than expected.
Venezuela's Gas Potential Could Overshadow Its Famous Oil Reserves
While attention is often on Venezuela's vast oil reserves, many experts believe that exploiting its natural gas fields, which were previously neglected, presents a more immediate opportunity for economic success.
Iran Foreign Minister Claims U.S. Attacked Water Desalination Plant
First we warned that data centers would become drone targets, and then IRGC strikes hit Amazon AWS and Microsoft-linked AI infrastructure across the Gulf. Next, we flagged water desalination plants as another target. Now, with reports that a desalination facility in Iran has been struck, it is increasingly clear that this conflict has no boundaries when it comes to civilian infrastructure.
Russia Warns 'Vulnerable' Finland As It Moves To Lift Ban On Hosting NATO Nukes
The last thing the world needs at this moment of raging war in Iran and the Persian Gulf region is another round of nuclear saber-rattling related to that other raging hotspot - the Ukraine conflict, but that's precisely what is happening again this week.
US Sending More Forces to Middle East Amid Iran Conflict
“We have more tactical aviation flowing into the theater, just based on the time it took to get it out there,” Caine said. “I think we’re just about where we want to be in terms of total combat capacity and total combat power for Adm. Cooper.”
Supreme Court Blocks California Policy Concealing Gender Identity Changes From Parents
Parents and teachers had asked the high court to rule on the case after a federal appeals court had reinstated the state policy.
Air Strikes Target Building of Iranian Council Responsible for Picking Khamenei’s Successor
Senior Israeli security sources said the strike targeted the Assembly of Experts’ building as a vote was taking place to replace Khamenei.
Trump Announces US Military Sank 9 Iranian Navy Ships
Iran’s naval headquarters was also ‘largely destroyed’ in the operation, the president says.
Trump's Strategy Is A High Risk-High Reward Gamble
The US strike on Iran is Trump’s high-risk gamble to choke China's energy lifeline, flip Tehran to allied control, open the India-Middle East-Europe corridor, weaken Russia, and lock in 21st-century US hegemony—delivering quick regime change and falling oil prices that cement Trumpism as a historic win, OR sparking Middle East chaos and global blowback that hands Beijing the advantage in a new age of empires.
Drone Impacts US Embassy In Riyadh After Rubio Warns Iran 'Hardest Hits Yet To Come'
UBS analyst Jonathan Garber told clients that "Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander said the Strait of Hormuz is closed and they will set any ship on fire that tries to pass through, Reuters reports, citing Iranian media. WTI crude oil is now up more than 7% following the headlines." This soon on the heels of CENTCOM having announced that Iran's Navy now has zero ships in the Gulf of Oman. Whether all of this is fully accurate or not amid the natural competing infowar that accompanies any major conflict, it remains: How many ships will be willing to go through with Iranian kamikaze drones taking pot shots?
Israel Neutralizes Hezbollah Missiles With Game-Changing "Iron Beam"
The footage likely shows the 100 kW-class Iron Beam in action, able to neutralize incoming projectiles for only a few dollars per shot, versus roughly $100,000 for a traditional interceptor rocket....But there is a big caveat, per the Times of Israel: "The main downside of a laser system is that it does not function well in low visibility, including heavy cloud cover or other inclement weather."
Opposition Leader Maria Corina Machado Says She Will Return To Venezuela In Coming Weeks
Machado, 58, did not set a date for her return, but she said in a video posted to X that one of the objectives is to prepare for “a new and resounding electoral victory.” “I will return to Venezuela in a few weeks.
Satellite Images Reveal Aftermath Of Drone Attack On Saudi Arabia's Biggest Refinery
Sources familiar with the drone attack on the Ras Tanura complex told Bloomberg News that Saudi Arabia's largest oil refinery "came under attack by a drone" and "halted operations as a precaution while it assesses damage."
"We Will Not Negotiate": Iran Security Chief Denies WSJ Report
Larjiani has denied a Wall Street Journal report that he reached out to Washington. Trump said he had three or four potential candidates to lead Iran, but they were all killed in the initial attack.
Iran Blowback: At Least 22 Killed Trying To Storm US Consulate In Pakistan
...Security forces reportedly opened fire to scatter the protesters as they tried to breach the US compound. It's unclear if the US Marine guard was involved in any of this firing; instead, more likely it was local Pakistani police and security services
Iran Names Interim Successor To Khamenei Under 2nd Day Of Massive Bombs
The ISNA news agency has described that Arafi, a member of the Guardian Council, is joining President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on the body tasked with carrying out the supreme leader’s responsibilities until the Assembly of Experts appoints a permanent successor. All of this happening as US-Israeli bombs continue to fall on Tehran and other sites for a second straight day, 'uninterrupted' - as President Trump pledged Saturday.
Iranian State TV Belatedly Confirms Death Of Ayatollah Khamenei
US official confirms to Fox that US believes Khamenei and 5-10 top Iranian leaders killed in initial Israeli strike on compound; agree with Israel’s intelligence assessment. No U.S. casualties reported, 12 hours after Washington launched Operation Epic Fury alongside Israel, targeting Iran’s security and military infrastructure, CENTCOM says. Al Jazeera reporting over 200 killed in Iran. Likely the death toll will climb.
Oil Tankers Avoid Strait Of Hormuz As Operation Fury Hits Iran
data from the Terminal that shows shipowners of crude oil, crude products, and LNG tankers are avoiding the strait, even though the waterway remains open and traffic has not stopped entirely.
US and Israeli attack on Iran: At least 115 girls killed in strike on school
"The destroyed building is a primary school for girls in the south of Iran. It was bombed in broad daylight, when packed with young pupils," he wrote.
AI Can Now Unmask Anonymous Internet Users, New Study Finds
Given posts, comments, or interview transcripts written under a pseudonym, the pipeline extracts identity-relevant signals, searches for likely matches using semantic embeddings, and then uses higher-level reasoning to verify the most promising candidates while filtering out false positives. The result is a scalable attack that mirrors—and in some cases exceeds—the effectiveness of a dedicated human investigator.
Biden Admin 'Invited' Fani Willis To Get Lucrative Grant While She Prosecuted Trump
The DOJ under the Biden administration “invited” disgraced Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to apply for a generous taxpayer-funded grant as she prosecuted President Donald Trump.
Kristi Noem Says DHS Staffers Put Spyware on Her Phone and Laptop to Record Meetings
Noem said she discovered the spyware last year with the assistance of former DOGE chief Elon Musk and his team. “They helped me identify that some of my own employees in my department had downloaded software on my phone and my laptop to spy on me to record our meetings,” Noem said.
3rd Round of US–Iran Talks End Without Breakthrough
Despite not reaching a deal on Feb. 26, mediator and Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi signaled some progress and indicated that the parties are prepared to continue talks.
Breaking: Children’s Health Defense Seeks to Intervene in High-Stakes Vaccine Lawsuit
In an emergency motion filed Wednesday, Children’s Health Defense and a group of parents and doctors asked a Massachusetts federal court to allow them to intervene in a lawsuit challenging recent changes to the CDC childhood vaccine schedule. “Nobody in the room is speaking for the children who were injured or killed under the schedule,” said attorney Rick Jaffe.
CDC Refuses To Update Cancer Data Since 2022, But VAERS Reveals Turbo Cancer Epidemic
The collective world-wide evidence from 2020–2025 underscores a biologically plausible connection between COVID-19 vaccination and cancer. The recurring clinical findings documented across many reports of de-novo cancer onset, rapid tumor progression, viral reactivation, and reawakening of dormant disease, highlight critical gaps in knowledge and understanding of how large-scale immune changes produced by the vaccine interacts with cancer biology. Both SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination engage overlapping biological pathways that could, in principle, influence cancer risk
Israel FOIA data shows over a 500X increase in rate of heart attacks in teens on the day of their COVID shot. So they deleted the records. No one in government calls for an investigation.
Clalit Health Services says the adverse event records no longer exists. No official is calling for an investigation of the deletion of medical records or heart attack rates on the day of the vaccine.
ResearchGate Deletes MMR Vaccine Death Study
The vaccine cartel does NOT want you to know that CDC data shows MMR/MMRV shots are linked to 2,657% more U.S. deaths than measles since 1995.
Cartel Problem Is ‘Spilling Over to the United States’: Texas Senator
Mexican drug cartels pose a ’significant threat' to national security and public safety, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.