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🔺 Three US and UK oil tankers struck, 560 American troops killed or wounded in Iranian Attacks: IRGC

Three violating American and British oil tankers were hit by missiles and are burning in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, while 560 US military personnel have been killed or wounded so far in Operation True Promise 4, Iran’s IRGC announced. The strikes also destroyed America’s Al-Salem Base in Kuwait and severely damaged US naval infrastructure in Bahrain, as missile and drone attacks continue across the region.

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✍️ So, just to set the record straight, Trump has➡️ Caused American military bases across the Middle East to go up in smoke

➡️ Further depleted America’s already critically low interceptor missile stockpiles

➡️ Turned the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy transportation waterway, into a war zone several months before an election

➡️ Put his Arab allies in the direct line of fire in a war that they didn’t ask for

➡️ And what has he achieved in return? Assassinated a 86-year old leader who viewed martyrdom as the ultimate honor?

🤔 Americans, are you tired “winning” yet?

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Daily Times

Published on: February 28, 2026

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed on Saturday that they attacked 14 US military bases across the Middle East, killing hundreds of American troops. The strikes were launched in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks on Iranian targets, intensifying regional tensions. Iran called the operation “Promise 4” and vowed to continue missile and drone attacks.

The Guards’ spokesperson said the operation would continue with increased intensity, targeting American military installations in Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Israeli-controlled territories. Iranian state media reported the attacks hit key regional bases, including the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. Officials stressed that the campaign is directed against “aggressive enemy forces” and those they accused of harming civilians.

This escalation follows the death of Iranian Defense Minister Amir Nasirzadeh and Revolutionary Guards chief Mohammad Pakpour in Israeli strikes earlier this week. Iran announced its counter-operation to “protect national sovereignty” and warned that future strikes would be more powerful. The Iranian military stated that all attacks are part of self-defense and will continue until objectives are achieved.

International reactions remain tense as the region faces growing instability. Gulf nations with US military presence, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE, reported intercepting Iranian missiles. Experts warn that continued strikes could disrupt global oil supply, as Iran has also threatened strategic chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz. Diplomacy is yet to resume as both sides maintain a high-alert posture.

The Revolutionary Guards concluded that Operation Promise 4 will persist, with missile and drone attacks targeting American and allied military installations. Analysts caution that further escalation could trigger a broader conflict affecting regional and global security. The US has not confirmed the casualties claimed by Iran, but military officials are monitoring the situation closely.

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Via https://dailytimes.com.pk/1457998/iran-strikes-14-us-bases-claims-heavy-casualties/

A neighborhood in Tel Aviv in the aftermath of Iranian missile strikes

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Walt Zlotow, West Suburban Peace Coalition   Glen Ellyn IL , 26 Feb 26

Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are horrified that a bipartisan War Powers Resolution to stop Trump’s planned criminal war on Iran might actually come to a vote this week.

The last thing they want is for Democrats, including themselves, to go on record to stop Trump from his dastardly planned attack. Why? Both leaders, like many fellow Democrats, support the likely upcoming Trump attack but are loathe to admit such. They either truly believe the nonsense Iran is seeking nuclear weapons and represents a threat to the homeland…or they are simply aligning themselves with Israel’s interests, not America’s, due to the millions pumped into Democratic campaign coffers by the Israel lobby.

Neither Schumer nor Jeffries utter a word about their pro Israel, pro Iran war beliefs. They know a large majority of voters reject Trump’s rush to war to cater to Israel’s military interests over America’s national security interests. Schumer and Jeffries stay silent so Trump can self-destruct when US body bags arrive home from Iran’s missile killing fields.

Unlike pro Israel Republican lawmakers who brag about their fealty to Israel and the need to topple Iran into failed state status, Democratic lawmakers want it both ways. Destroy Iran while laying the blame for all the lethal blowback killing Americans on Trump’s doorstep.

Schumer and Jeffries had no issue supporting the War Powers Resolution to stop Trump from invading Venezuela to kidnap its president. That resolution neither affected Israel nor was likely to incur massive US casualties. Voting for the resolution, bound to fail due to solid Republican support, brought no political fallout.

Schumer and Jeffries will not publically oppose bringing the Iran War Powers Resolution to a vote. They can’t leave any fingerprints on their opposition to it. Behind the scenes they offer process concerns, objections and caucus unity arguments to slow down the march to a vote; indeed possibly prevent it before Trump launches possible the most catastrophic war this century.

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries want their cake and eat it too. Destroy Iran and the Trump presidency by remaining AWOL from the most critical issue they have ever faced. You cannot get more cynical than the Schumer, Jeffries tag team allowing Trump to blunder into catastrophic war to serve a foreign government.

Times Now Digital

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said over VHF radio that no vessels may cross the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by Reuters. According to an official with the European Union’s naval mission, the key shipping route is closed. However, Iran has not confirmed issuing any such order.

The Strait of Hormuz is the main path for oil leaving the Gulf. It connects major producers, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. A sudden closure can impact global trade within hours.

Iran has issued similar warnings in past periods of tension. Its leaders said they may block the waterway if the country faces attack. Revolutionary Guard commanders have repeated the threat many times, including earlier this year.

Why Does Strait Of Hormuz Matter?

The strait lies between Iran and Oman’s Musandam region. It links the Gulf to the Indian Ocean. It is only about 50 kilometers wide and shallow in many areas. This makes it easy to disrupt in a conflict.

The US Energy Information Administration says about one-fifth of global oil moved through the strait in 2024. A similar share of global LNG shipments also used this route, mostly from Qatar. Over 80 percent of these shipments go to Asia.

Countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE have extra pipelines, but they can re-route only a small share of their exports.

Several important islands sit near the shipping lanes. Iran controls Hormuz, Qeshm and Larak. It also holds Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa, which the UAE disputes. These positions give Iran strong control over nearby waters.

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Via https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/iran-shuts-strait-of-hormuz-as-war-with-us-and-israel-escalates-report/ar-AA1Xgve4

Episode 16 – Jewish Scholar in Cairo: Moses Mamonides

Islamic Golden Age (2017)

By Eamon Gearon

Film Review

Moses Mamonides was an important 12th century Jewish philosopher during the Golden Age of Islam, who lived first in Andalusia and later in North in Cairo.

The Muslims first invaded the Iberian peninsula in 711, defeating the Visigoth kings who controlled it.

By the 12th century, Muslim control over Iberia was pretty weak. By 1031 Christians controlled the northern half of the peninsula and the southern half had broken up into multiple small Muslim emirates.

At its zenith, the capital Cordoba had a population of 500,000, thanks to a thriving trade network, with Jews, Christians, Hindus and Buddhists all enjoyed protected status.

In 1148, the Amohads (Moroccan Berbers who had conquered much of North Africa – see The Lost Kingdoms of Africa: The Berber Kingdom of Morocco) took control of Andalusia and moved the capitol from Cordoba to Seville. Due their strict interpretation of Islamic law, Jews, Christians and many Muslims who refused to covert were subject to arrest.

Forced to flee into exile at 13, Mamonides came of age speaking Arabic in North Africa. Although publicly his family converted to Islam, they privately practiced Judaism. Following his marriage he moved to Cairo with his wife and two sons.

In 1171, the Fatamid caliphate was conquered by Saladin (see Cairo’s House of Wisdom and Al-Haytham’s Book of Optics). Jews (numbering 7,000 in Cairo during the 12th century) enjoyed protected status under his rule. Mamonedes, who was was a physician, was appointed as Saladin’s physician and began engaging directly with Muslim scholars. He went through 300,000 documents (stored in a Cairo genizah*) covering 1,000 years of Jewish history.

Two of the books he published were Commentary on the Mishrah (the oral tradition of Jewish law) in 1168 AD and Mishrah Torah 1170-1180 AD. The latter was a compilation of of many Jewish legal traditions from the diaspora. The only work Mamonedes published in Hebrew (the others were in Arabic) was Guide for the Perplexed, which attempted to reconcile Aristotle’s rationalism with the the divine revelation contained in the Torah.

*In the Jewish faith, discarded religious documents containing the name of God must be stored in a genizah before they can be destroyed.

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