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It Begins: Iranian Drone Strikes Bahrain Desalination Plant As Worst-Case Scenario Unfolds Update (Sunday):  From data centers in the Gulf area to water desalination plants, the worst-case scenario is now unfolding in the Middle East conflict, with no boundaries regarding civilian infrastructure. We warned earlier last week, after correctly predicting that data centers would be targeted, that water desalination plants would be next (see the previous update).  Al Jazeera reports that after Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi claimed the US targeted a water desalination plant in Iran, an IRGC kamikaze drone then...

Once and possibly future Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s candidacy is increasingly in doubt this weekend, with reports that President Trump’s demand he not be allowed to return to office increasing the possibility that the Coordination Framework bloc may withdraw him as their choice for premier. Last year’s Iraq elections ended with the usual deeply […]

US Ambassador To UN Threatens Iran Counterpart: 'Better Watch Himself In New York City' Trump's Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz has issued a veiled threat to his Iranian counterpart, and the clip is going viral, which is likely to further delay the potential for any talks toward halting the war - which at this point still seem non-existent. The spat first erupted Sunday, when Waltz ripped into Iran's UN Ambassador Amir-Saeid Iravani, coming just a day after Operation Epic Fury started and the bombs were unleashed on Tehran. Screengrab via The Australian Walz...