A group called “Earthquake_faction” broke into the premises of a factory owned by the Israeli defense manufacturer, Elbit Systems Ltd. and set fire to the premises, managing to burn down the entire compound.
Elbit Systems owns or through partnerships, has plants in multiple countries, mostly in North America and Europe. They specialise in drone manufacturing, electronic warfare equipment and military training systems.
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Today: "We are considering setting up a second blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to block Iranian oil"
This is the disastrous doom spiral I've been describing for weeks. Trump wants more leverage to negotiate with Iran, so he escalates, worsening the situation inadvertently and ending up with less leverage and less off-ramps.
People were talking like the war was over yesterday because Netanyahu promised to be a good boy and not strike oil and gas sites. Not 24 hours later we are reading the White House is considering an invasion or blockade against Iran's oil and gas sites.
Every apparent de-escalation or de-escalatory statement so far has only served to calm down the oil prices and markets long enough to launch another escalatory action. Are people getting it yet? Of course not. It will take six weeks. It's only week four.
On some level it is impossible for this war to end *until* oil prices hit $180/barrel or whatever, because until then nobody is going to be begging Trump to make a peace deal, and until then Trump has every incentive to escalate for negotiating leverage, and so does Iran.
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Yesterday: "We will no longer be striking Iran's oil and gas sites or sanctioning Iranian oil because it is crucial to keep the price of oil low"
Today: "We are considering setting up a second blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to block Iranian oil"
Today: "We are considering setting up a second blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to block Iranian oil"
They stated however that the withdrawal is temporary and will return to the country once hostilities cease.
600 NATO troops were deployed in Baghdad’s Green Zone next to the US embassy and were a frequent target of attacks by Iraqi Shi’ite Militias.
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Iran war updates: Israel refinery bombed as retaliatory strikes reverberate
These were the updates on the US, Israel, Iran war for Thursday, March 19.
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Americans haven’t forgotten how, even as hundreds of U.S. soldiers were dying in Vietnam, and the outcome was already clear, General William Westmoreland was flown home to reassure everyone that the war was going well — that the U.S. was “winning.”
The media haven’t forgotten either; those briefings full of fantasy from the frontlines became infamous as the “Five O’Clock Follies."
Fast forward to today: same script, different stage; Hegseth steps up, and the message is still detached from reality.
U.S. government says one thing, reality says another
Right as U.S. authorities claim Iran’s air defences r gone, an F-35 gets hit. As they declare Iran’s navy finished, USS Gerald Ford turns back, and USS Abraham Lincoln drifts farther away
Different decade, same “we’re winning”
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At a BYD Co. car dealership in Manila’s financial district, demand for the Chinese company’s electric vehicles is so high that Matthew Dominique Poh said he’s seen a month’s worth of orders in just the past two weeks.
“Clients are replacing units in favor of EVs because of the oil price hikes,” said Poh, who’s been a salesman at the dealership for the past seven months.
About 1,100 miles (1,770 km) away in Hanoi, Nguyen Hoang Tu Anh said his VinFast showrooms had to hire more sales staff after customer visits quadrupled, resulting in the sale of 250 EVs in the three weeks since the Iran war started. That works out to more than 80 a week, or double the average rate in 2025.
Even before the Iran war’s oil shock, EV penetration rates had been rising across Asia — with a few notable exceptions such as Japan. In China, EVs and plug-in hybrids account for more than half of all auto sales, thanks to the government’s push to promote the growth of a home-grown, alternative-energy-based industry. Southeast Asian countries have EV adoption rates of around 40%, exceeding levels in the UK and Europe, and making them among the most electric-friendly in the world, according to UK-based think tank Ember.
In landlocked Laos, the government is reacting to the surge in oil prices by slashing EV registration and service fees by 30% — and raising them by an equivalent amount for gas-powered cars — as part of emergency measures, according to a statement from the Laotian prime minister’s office.
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1. Eric & Don Jr.'s drone company investments
2. Jared Kushner's plans to reconstruct the Gulf
3. Witkoffs' Middle East real estate deals
The corruption here runs deep and goes in a circle.
President Trump was recently asked when he thinks our war with Iran will be over. “When I feel it in my bones,” he replied. Translation: There’s no end in sight.
There are many angles from which we can investigate this war. Last week we discussed America’s long history of regime change. (TLDR: very unsuccessful.) We also discussed the price of oil, and the impacts it will have on U.S. inflation. (Hint: bad.) But there’s one angle we’ve yet to fully examine, which might help us understand how we got ourselves into this mess, and why it will likely continue.
That angle is the following: Who’s getting rich off of this war?
First, a quick financial audit. Based on what the Pentagon has told us, it’s estimated we’ve spent nearly $22 billion on Operation Epic Fury so far. To put that in perspective, that’s enough money to cover Medicaid for 2.7 million Americans, or feed 2.4 million families for a year, or cover a year of tuition for 1.8 million students. Keep in mind, we’re only 18 days in. Consider what the Iran bill might look like in six months, or even six years.
Then there’s the people who’ll make money. These individuals are slightly trickier to identify, as the downstream impacts are (purposely) opaque. There are the defense companies who, as we discussed this morning with Liz Hoffman, are set to net $200 billion in nationally-syndicated investment from Trump over the next three years. There are also the investment bankers whom Trump has assembled to underwrite these deals. But there are plenty of others, many of whom were in the rooms where the decision to go to war was made.
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Based on what I'm hearing, it is highly likely Hormuz will remain closed for at least another 3-4 weeks.
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🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 The U.S. Department of Justice is offering $10 million for anyone that can provide information about Iranian hackers.
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🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 The U.S. Department of Justice is offering $10 million for anyone that provide information which can lead to the assassination of key Iranian military commanders.
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NASA firms map shows that fires erupted earlier today at the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Ben Ami Military Base, home to the 6920th Transportation Battalion of the Central Military Command.
The base also hosts one of the IDF three major logistics storage centers in Israel, valued at approximately $1.7 billion.
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Last weekend, the Swiss government said it had rejected two U.S. flyover requests on Iran-related war flights but permitted three others, also citing Switzerland's neutrality law.
Following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, Switzerland imposed bans on flights over Swiss airspace and weapons exports to countries involved in the war. It later lifted them.
On Friday, the government said that since the Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran on February 28, no new licences had been issued for exports of war materiel to the United States.
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🇮🇷🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 Russia offered the US that they would stop sharing intelligence information with Iran if the US ceased supplying Ukraine with intel about Russia, sources tell Politico
US rejected the proposal
*Russian envoy dismisses report of Moscow proposing intelligence deal to US as fake news
🔗 https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-offers-stop-intel-iran-condition-us-cuts-off-ukraine/
US rejected the proposal
*Russian envoy dismisses report of Moscow proposing intelligence deal to US as fake news
🔗 https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-offers-stop-intel-iran-condition-us-cuts-off-ukraine/
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'We're having a hard time. We want to talk to them, and there's nobody to talk to,' says US president
Speaking during a trophy presentation at the White House, Trump said: “We're having a hard time. We want to talk to them, and there's nobody to talk to. We have nobody to talk to. And you know what—we like it that way.”
“Their navy's gone. Their air force is gone. Their anti-aircraft is all gone. It's all gone. Their radar is all gone. Their leaders are all gone,” he claimed.
“Now nobody wants to be a leader over there anymore.”
Despite the remarks, Trump reiterated that Washington’s objective remains preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
“We're not going to let them have nuclear weapons, because if they had them, they'd use them,” he said, reiterating a justification for the war that his critics have said is not supported by the facts.
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Trump says US wants talks with Iran but there's ‘nobody to talk to’ after killing of senior officials
'We're having a hard time. We want to talk to them, and there's nobody to talk to,' says US president
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The higher prices are because of a surge in the cost of diesel fuel, which powers many of the vehicles transport products across a vast global supply chain.
Sticker shock has plagued drivers at the gas pump since the outbreak of war with Iran, but higher prices could soon follow them to the grocery store, the mall and just about everywhere else they shop, some economists told ABC News.
The reason for that is a surge in the cost of diesel fuel, which powers many of the trucks, trains and ships that transport products across a vast global supply chain. The price hike for any individual item will likely be modest, but the pileup of extra costs could weigh on wallets, they said.
“Pretty much everything you buy off a shelf is delivered by a truck that uses diesel,” Tyler Schipper, a professor of economics at the University of St. Thomas, told ABC News. “It’s the mechanism that takes an energy crisis in the Middle East and feeds it into other prices.”
The disruption has pushed global crude prices above $112 a barrel, which marks a staggering rise of more than 60% over the past month.
Oil accounts for about 4 of every 10 dollars in the price of diesel fuel, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says. Petroleum costs, in turn, have sent diesel prices soaring at their fastest four-week pace ever, Patrick De Haan, a petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, said in a X post on Wednesday.
The average price of a gallon of diesel stands at $5.09, jumping $1.42 or 38% over the past month, AAA data showed.
“Prices aren’t at record highs -- but the speed of this surge is,” De Haan said.
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What soaring diesel costs amid war with Iran mean for meat, vegetable and fruit prices
Diesel costs are rising at their fastest pace ever, GasBuddy said.