Airwars, a non-profit group tracking civilian harm in conflict, found that the initial days of the U.S.-Israeli campaign in Iran hit significantly more targets per day than any campaign in recent decades. The targets also map heavily onto the highest populated areas. airwars.org/record-pace-...
From ~7:20pm ET on, I'll be live with @joyannreid.bsky.social discussing Iran, Israel, Lebanon & Trump's expanding wars – as well as sharing some *BIG* news.
Tune in if you can!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTio...
Vital Reuters scoop on US investigation re Iran school. Can confirm: Defense Department officials told Congress in multiple briefings this week that they believed the US was most likely responsible (though probe ongoing), per two sources familiar with those briefings.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Vital Reuters scoop on US investigation re Iran school. Can confirm: Defense Department officials told Congress in multiple briefings this week that they believed the US was most likely responsible (though probe ongoing), per two sources familiar with those briefings.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Shelters in Beirut & Sidon (closest “safe” city to the south) were already full *yesterday*—with people redirected north. More now in that position. Meanwhile:
-economic crisis means few can afford to rent
-sectarian tension likely
-global humanitarian system crippled
-refugees especially vulnerable
Lebanon has not recovered from the violence, trauma & apparent war crimes of 2024, via Israel’s attacks + cheerleading from the Biden admin. For some, that war felt like it never ended; claims it would bring progress proved hollow. Another offensive with no sign of limits/goal is beyond terrifying.
Mass panic around me at an IDP centre as people who fled here from the southern suburbs get ready to flee again…
This kind of poll result makes it much harder to support the argument that the Israeli government ≠ the Israeli people. The American and Israeli publics seem to be moving in opposite directions.
www.i24news.tv/en/news/isra...
Bari Weiss reposing a CBS News stories that says the current war with Iran stretches back to 1979
Story at the The Free Press: Our 50 Year War with Iran
Bari Weiss is pushing the “50 year war” narrative at both the Free Press and CBS. The erases both American culpability for the current war (since Iran started in 1979!) and the reasons why a theocratic anti-American regime took power in the first place.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-reason...
If you have information to share, I'm on Signal at akbar.58 (anonymity or off the record is fine, and I've never burned a source in more than a decade of sensitive foreign policy reporting).
If you have information to share, I'm on Signal at akbar.58 (anonymity or off the record is fine, and I've never burned a source in more than a decade of sensitive foreign policy reporting).
Trump & Hegseth have, in the run-up to this war, taken a sledge-hammer to the teams inside the U.S. military that were focused on limiting civilian casualties in combat & investigating potential war crimes: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Before the war on Iran, Trump dismantled teams at the Pentagon that focused on limiting civilian casualties in conflict
Upon entering the war, the admin says: “no stupid rules of engagement”
Big fear of war crimes among sources familiar with military discussions
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
NEW― Sources familiar with US policies on civilian casualties are deeply worried about the possible toll of Trump's war on Iran
-Key Pentagon teams focused on civilians have been slashed+reassigned (even at CENTCOM)
-Israel role raising fears of Gaza-style impunity
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Thank you to @annieshiel.bsky.social @jwrchappell.bsky.social & more for important insights
NEW― Sources familiar with US policies on civilian casualties are deeply worried about the possible toll of Trump's war on Iran
-Key Pentagon teams focused on civilians have been slashed+reassigned (even at CENTCOM)
-Israel role raising fears of Gaza-style impunity
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
I'll be discussing Iran on @kalwradio.bsky.social starting at 1:30pm ET - tune in if you can 🧿
"'We started getting calls Saturday from people saying their commanders were jubilant about [Trump's Iran war] & trying to tell people, ‘It’s all part of God’s plan'
Complaints from >3 dozen units in ~30 different military installations
@brandibuchman.bsky.social:
www.huffpost.com/entry/troops...
As of March 2, U.S.-Israeli attacks have killed at least 742 Iranian civilians, including 176 children, and wounded 971, including 115 children, per the Iranian rights group HRANA.
www.en-hrana.org/the-third-da...
E239 - Iran and the End of Restraint w/ @tparsi.bsky.social and @akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com
Trita Parsi of @quincyinst.bsky.social and Akbar Shahid Ahmed of @huffpost.com join the show. Topics include: planning, ideology, rules of engagement, and responses to the war.
Link in the replies.
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The US is preparing for a "major uptick" in attacks on Iran & telling citizens to leave the region.
Sharp contrast with UAE trying to demonstrate Dubai is returning to normalcy—and a real indication of a disconnect between Trump & those in crosshairs + hoping he gets on an offramp.
IDF suggesting it will target Tehran's Evin district, home to a notorious prison. Among the jailed is ailing Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh.
Trump says he prioritizes freeing Americans held abroad. But Valizadeh & others did not feature in US-Iran talks.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
“Yanar Mohammed’s assassination [in Baghdad apparently by a militia] is a stark reminder of the risks feminist leaders continue to face globally, and of the ongoing threats to human rights movements.”
www.madre.org/media-item/y...
Icymi
He said even Iran hawks should support a bill requiring a congressional vote for attacks - then, if they want the war to continue, they can introduce an AUMF.
I asked Kaine about Dem Iran hardliners who might undercut war powers bills (particular risk in the House)
"You can be an Iran hawk & still believe in the Constitution. You can be pro-Israel & not necessarily believe we ought to send our sons+daughters into an authorized+illegal war against Iran"
The failure to hold past presidents liable for war crimes and related violations of our own laws has helped lead to this dangerous moment, with a seemingly unrestrained president endangering millions of lives with impunity.
My interview in @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
To the point that such a resolution will not secure a veto-proof majority, Kaine argues it can still force the admin's hand & spur a reaction.
🚨 Senate vote on war powers re: Iran still looking most likely on Tuesday per @kaine.senate.gov
