(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israel “would never” use a nuclear weapon when asked about comments from David Sacks, the White House’s AI and crypto czar, who recently suggested that Israel might consider the nuclear option if the war with Iran continues to escalate.
“Israel...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) More than 200 US troops have been wounded in the Middle East since the US and Israel launched the war with Iran on February 28, a US Central Command spokesman said on Monday, as the conflict continues to rage across the region.
CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Tim Hawkins...
(Headline USA) Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, saying he “cannot in good conscience” back the Trump administration’s war in Iran.
Kent, whose wife was killed in 2019 by a terrorist in Syria, said on social media Iran “posed no imminent threat...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In a possible Western psyop against the Iranian people, alleged U.S. intelligence reports, cited Monday by the New York Post, suggest that Iran's newly minted leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, may be gay. Khamenei would likely be seen as an unsustainable ruler in Iran for that reason.
The Post...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Several US-allied nations have already publicly declined President Donald Trump’s request for them to send warships to the Middle East to help open the Strait of Hormuz, which is not being tightly controlled by the Iranian military.
“What does … Donald Trump expect a handful or two...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) In recent days, senior Trump administration officials have increased their criticism and complaints about negative coverage of the US-Israeli war against Iran, with President Trump even suggesting certain media outlets could face “charges for treason.”
Trump made the comments in a long post on Truth Social put...
(Headline USA) A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a military refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq.
Tech Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, hailed from a large family in Bardstown, Kentucky, and was “very, very”...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal published a story Sunday about a longtime Chevron executive secretly working for the CIA—including by providing intel in the leadup to the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
According to the Journal, the former Chevron executive, Ali Moshiri, worked for the CIA...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Saturday that the US may bomb Iran’s Kharg Island again “for fun” and urged other countries to help the US open the Strait of Hormuz.
The president made the comments a day after the US military struck the Persian Gulf island, where most of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On March 4, Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that the leader of an Iranian unit that attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump has been “hunted down and killed.”
However, that may not be the case. The New York Times reported Friday that the purported...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump on Thursday tried to portray the increase in oil prices since the start of the US-Israeli war against Iran in a positive light, saying the US makes more money when prices rise, though Americans are already paying significantly more for gas.
“The United States is the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Conservative media personality Tucker Carlson said Saturday that the CIA is reading his texts, and could be preparing a criminal referral against him over allegations that he’s acting as an unregistered foreign agent.
“I found out the CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral for...