By Jeremy Scahill – Drop Site News

Iran is considering reducing its strikes in most Arab nations that house U.S. military bases while expanding attacks against Israel, a senior Iranian official told Drop Site. Iran’s political and military leaders believe their ballistic missile and drone operations targeting U.S. bases and infrastructure have largely achieved their intended aim of degrading major radar systems and depleting stockpiles of interceptors, said the official, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss internal deliberations. Continue reading “Iran Weighs Tactical Shift in Persian Gulf Strikes While Intensifying Attacks on Israel”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Summary:

  • Pentagon claims “winning”: After ten days into Operation Epic Fury, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth lists objectives that include destroying Iran’s missile infrastructure, defense industry, navy, and ensuring Tehran is “permanently” denied nuclear weapons.

Continue reading “IRGC Says Iran, Not US, Will Determine War’s End As Trump Threatens Strikes ’20 Times Harder’ If Hormuz Transit Blocked”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

Black smoke filled the skies, and water mixed with oil rained down on the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday, following a US-Israeli strike that blew up oil facilities, marking a new escalation of the bombing campaign. Continue reading “Black Rain Falls on Tehran After US-Israeli Strikes Blow Up Oil Infrastructure”

By Max Blumenthal – The Grayzone

The FBI manufactured plots to convince Trump that Iran sought to kill him, while Israel and its administration allies exploited the president’s deepest fears to keep him on the war path.

Continue reading “How Israel and the FBI manipulated assassination plots to goad Trump into Iran war”

By AZFamily Digital News Staff

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — More than 170 people were arrested during a sex trafficking sting that spanned three weeks, according to the Scottsdale Police Department.

Scottsdale police said the operation happened between Jan. 21 and Feb. 14 and was led by the agency’s Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit, also known as “HEAT.”

Detectives worked with several other Valley and northern Arizona law enforcement agencies to conduct the sting targeting sex buyers, child predators and people involved in illegal sex work.

However, Scottsdale police said they used decoys and that no actual children were placed in danger. Continue reading “173 arrests made during Scottsdale PD’s weeks-long sex trafficking sting”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Summary:

  • Younger, reportedly more ‘hardline’ Ayatollah takes command as regime stability continues: Military and political elites have pledged allegiance to Mojtaba Khamenei, who replaces his slain father as supreme leader and is viewed as a figure favored by the IRGC.

Continue reading “Iran Says ‘No Room’ for Talks As US Seeks To ‘Partition Country, Take Oil’ – New Hardline Ayatollah Takes Command”