Targeting Iran
Trump’s War on Iran Could Cost Trillions
“My kids’ kids, and probably their kids, are going to be paying for this,” said one official briefed on the U.S war on Iran.
Nick Turse
Nick Turse is the editor of TomDispatch and a senior reporter for The Intercept, covering national security and foreign policy. He has reported from conflict zones from Libya and Somalia to Burkina Faso and the Democratic Republic of Congo and is the author, most recently, of “Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan” and the New York Times bestseller “Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam.” Turse has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Harpers, among other publications. He has received a Ridenhour Prize for investigative reporting, a Military Reporters & Editors Association Award for Best Overseas Coverage, and a Deadline Club Award for Reporting by Independent Digital Media.
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Targeting Iran
Pentagon Report: U.S. Military Fired Missile at Elementary School in Iran
Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran.
Targeting Iran
U.S. Military Refuses to Endorse Trump Claim That Iran Bombed Girls’ School
“It would be inappropriate to comment given the incident is under investigation,” CENTCOM told The Intercept.
Targeting Iran
Sources Briefed on Iran War Say U.S. Has No Plans for What Comes Next
“The administration doesn’t have a clue. They do not have an actual, real rationale, endgame, or plan for the aftermath of this.”
License to Kill
U.S. Military Joins Drug War in Ecuador: “It Wasn’t Going to Be Just Boat Strikes Forever”
Two government officials told The Intercept that the joint U.S.–Ecuador military action won’t just be a one-off raid.
Targeting Iran
Rubio Admits That America Is Fighting Israel’s War
Israel’s plan to strike Iran would put American lives at risk, the secretary of state said. Rather than confronting Israel, the U.S. joined their war.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers
An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.
Cuban Border Guards Attacked by Florida Speedboat
Eschewing a U.S.-style double-tap strike, the Cuban government rescued survivors.
The War on Immigrants
Kristi Noem Repeatedly Claimed ICE Deported a Cannibal. It Was “Completely Made Up.”
Law enforcement sources told The Intercept that Noem’s tale about a cannibal was a fabrication.
Trump Menaces Iran With Massive Armada Capable of Prolonged War
The amount of military forces gathering near Iran dwarfs even the monthslong build-up before the U.S. coup in Venezuela.