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The War on Iran Puts Global Chip Supplies and AI Expansion at Risk From helium extraction in Qatar to shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, the semiconductor industry depends on fragile links across the Gulf. Escalation could ripple through global chip production.

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The War on Iran Puts Global Chip Supplies and AI Expansion at Risk

Carla Sertin, Wired, 6 March 2026

www.wired.com/story/the-wa...

⚪ Helium used in manufacture of chips. Qatar produces 38% world Helium

When Presidents Are ‘Anointed’: War in the Age of Christian Nationalism When the rational justifications for endless war collapse, the system turns to divine mandate. An analysis of the terrifying fusion of apocalyptic theology and military supremacy driving the US war in...

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#ChristianNationalism

When Presidents Are ‘Anointed’: War in the Age of Christian Nationalism

Notes from Plague Island, 6 March 2026

www.plagueisland.com/p/when-presi...

Iranian missile downed in Turkey: speculation mounts over target on vital oil pipeline For Israel, the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline is particularly vital, supplying between 28% and 46% of its ...

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#Iran
#Israel
#BTC oil pipeline

Iranian missile downed in Turkey: speculation mounts over target on vital oil pipeline

EUAlive, 5 March 2026

eualive.net/iranian-miss...

⚪ NATO downs missile over Turkish territory.

The BTC pipeline from Azerbaijan was probably the target.

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So, when 47 realises he's fucked up, ceases hostilities [though will Israel stop?] he'll tell us Iran has surrendered regardless of whether they have or not. US MSM, Fox, presumably will report that, not Iran's response to his claim.

Israel Accused of Using AI to Pick Iran Targets 'Without Any Human Oversight’—Just Like in Gaza | Common Dreams "Israel built AI targeting systems in Gaza—approved kills in 20 seconds, 10% error rate accepted," said one expert. "Now those same systems are running over Iran... and there’s an arms industry IPO-in...

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#Iran
#IDF
#AI_targeting

"...a pipeline of exportable products to the rest of the world, and it has become a big industry in Israel."

www.commondreams.org/news/us-isra...

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local C...

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Yuval Abraham, 972 Mag, 3 April 2024

www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...

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

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#Iran
#JonathanCook

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

Jonathan Cook, tt6 March 2026

jonathancook.substack.com/p/israel-pla...

⚪ Pahlavi: DJT now says he doesn't favour ex-Shah son

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2023:

arxiv.org/html/2402.12...

⚪Academic paper on prompt stealing attacks on LLMs. Not esp. technical. Nutshell: working out prompts from prompt answers.

Then quickly on to prompts accidentally left in author's work:

www.fastcompany.com/91341390/ai-...

www.fastcompany.com/91341390/ai-...

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local C...

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www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...

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The trade balance is in the US's favour. So US companies would lose out if Spain reciprocated.

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Heck, you read all the sociology of religion text books and integral to the understanding is constant schism within US protestant churches, which might suggest a gradual watering down of the craziness. But capitalism and fundamentalism have gone hand in hand to keep it going.

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Presumably the EU is waiting and hoping Oban will lose power at the next election

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Pseudo-religious craziness seems to be embedded in American society.

‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local C...

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#Minab

To admit regret or sorrow would be counter to the Trump narrative.

Israel used AI for targeting in Gaza as was fully disclosed in 972 Mag in 2024 :

www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...

Factored in no. civilians death acceptable depending on importance of target (e.g. leadership/operative)

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His best-selling book, God's Chaos Candidate (2016), helped shape the narrative that Trump was divinely chosen, a claim validated in his view by events such as President Trump’s 2018 meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Taxi Tehran 2015 Eng Sub YouTube video by Mcdreamy

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#film
#JafarPanahi

Tehran Taxi (2015)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEPk...

1 hr 21 mins

Eng. subtitles

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MSM don't seem to be v. interested is checking if it was the US or Israel.

Israel is the expert on AI for targeting.

We learned of it's use of Lavender through 972 mag:

www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-...

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The Two Ronnies

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0C5...

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Where is Isabelle Oakeshott?

‘Best way forward’ for Iran would be negotiated settlement, says Starmer PM defends decision not to join initial strikes by US and Israel and says UK is doing ‘everything we can’ to de-escalate situation

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‘Best way forward’ for Iran would be negotiated settlement, says Starmer

Pippa Crerar, Political editor, Guardian, Thu 5 Mar 2026

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

⚪ OR... as my Mastermind special subject I chose to answer the question before last.

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...

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The dry and the wet burn together

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, lrb, 3 March 2026

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

⚪ Commenter Martin Walker: non-Persian minorities (Kurds, Azeri, Arabs, Baluchi etc) make up more than 40 percent of the population.

Us abandons iraqi kurds The United States has a long history of supporting Iraqi Kurds in their struggle for autonomy, only to later abandon them when strategic interests shifted. In 1991, after the Gulf War, the U.S. encour...

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The ethno-religious map of Iran is complex.

The US abandoned the Iraqi Kurds who fought ISIS.

Click summary to open new tab with full ref page.

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+ 972 gaza use of lavender Lavender, an artificial intelligence system used by the Israeli military, was developed to identify potential targets in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. According to a joint investi...

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#Iran
#Minab

The Q. that ought have been asked after Minab was US or Israeli?

972 Mag was early to explain IDF use of AI to target Hamas leaders and operatives.

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Spain's leader with a message that should be adopted by every top Democrat

Trump laying on of hands oval office Faith leaders have laid hands on Donald Trump in the Oval Office on multiple occasions, most notably during his presidency. - July 12, 2017: A group of evangelical leaders, including pastors Rodney H...

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In another formulation, DT recognises his debt to religious groups to get him elected. Though rich men's money was the major support.

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Iran children primary school Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, was destroyed in a strike on February 28, 2026, during a joint U.S.-Israel military campaign. The attack occurred during morning cla...

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With the mourning for the primary school children in Minab killed there has been no definitive reporting on if it was the US or Israelis. More likely Israelis as they are experienced at using the targeting AI already used against Gaza.

Click summary.

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+ 972 gaza use of lavender Lavender, an artificial intelligence system used by the Israeli military, was developed to identify potential targets in Gaza following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. According to a joint investi...

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Take our minds back to the beginning of Israel's full attack on Gaza following 7/10. There was soon mention of the apps used to guide bombing, including Lavender, with AI controlled decisions on how many innocents could be killed to get a Hamas leader/operative.

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Does us have military bases in spain Yes, the United States maintains two active military bases in Spain, both located in the Andalusia region. - Naval Station Rota: Located in Cádiz Province, this is the largest American military commu...

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Trade between Spain and the US is slightly in US favour. U.S. imports from Spain: $22.09 billion/U.S. exports to Spain: $26.7 billion.

Pedro might prevent the US from using the two bases shared with Spain.

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The religio-crazies were a large part of getting Trump elected. There was and probably still is nuts-talk of DT being the Chosen One. If he is, then God works in mysterious ways.

Has anyone looked into how far e.g. Dominionists are part of the military?

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The Kurds of Iran are most unlikely to be the leading edge of a revolt.

In any case Iran is quite an religio-ethnic mix

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ir...