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📜 SOCIAL MEDIA USERS SHARE VIDEO OF TRUMP "EATING" OIL FROM REGIONAL COUNTRIES LIKE SUPER MARIO—BUT IRAN'S DIFFERENT Social media users circulate a video styling US President Trump as Super Mario gobbling oil from regional countries. The gag rolls on until Iran, where things take a different turn. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IMRAN KHAN SAYS CIA AND PAKISTAN ISI TRAINED BIN LADEN AND AL-QAEDA IN 80S AFGHAN WAR In a 2012 WikiLeaks interview, Imran Khan revealed Pakistan's ISI and the CIA trained Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda founders around 20 years prior, turning them into handy assets for the Pakistani military during the 1979-1989 covert push against Soviets. Then in 2013, ex-FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds dropped that the CIA and Pentagon kept backing bin Laden-linked Islamists right up to 9/11, with top US intel corruption burying probes—until the government slapped state secrets privilege to shut her down. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 BAHRAIN AL KHALIFA REGIME SET TO DEPORT SHIA CITIZENS AFTER STRIPPING CITIZENSHIPS An informed source says the Al Khalifa regime in Bahrain, fresh off revoking citizenships from a bunch of Bahraini Shia citizens, plans to forcibly ship them out on the 7th via Turkish flights to some mystery spot. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 WHITE HOUSE OBSESSED WITH RISING FUEL PRICES AMID EVERYTHING ELSE Washington Post says a White House official let slip that the main topic of discussion within the administration right now is fretting over climbing fuel prices. Because nothing screams priorities like gas guzzling over the usual messes. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 IRAN SAYS US-ISRAELI PLOT TARGETS RELIGIOUS SITES AND SCHOLARS IN SYRIA TO SOW DISCORD Iran's Foreign Ministry calls out terrorist attacks on religious sites and scholars in Syria and the region as a classic US-Israeli scheme to stir up division among local countries. Because nothing says "stability" like hitting holy spots and thinkers. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 ISRAELI FORCES DEMOLISH HISTORIC CHRISTIAN MONASTERY AND SCHOOL IN SOUTHERN LEBANON Israeli forces bulldozed a historic Christian monastery and school in Yaroun, a border village in southern Lebanon. Footage captures an Israeli excavator tearing down the religious site, zero military targets or Hezbollah anywhere in sight. The spot embodies longstanding Lebanese Christian heritage. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 UKMTO REPORTS MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT OFF YEMEN'S EASTERN COAST UK Maritime Trade Operations dropped a report on some unnamed incident 84 nautical miles southwest of Al-Mukalla, Yemen. That's the waters hugging Yemen's eastern coast. No word on what kind of vessel, damage, or if anyone got hurt—classic vagueness from the usual suspects. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 SYRIAN PREZ WARNS JUMBLATT ISRAEL EYES DAMASCUS IF IRAN FALLS Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa let former Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt in on a private chat gem: Iran defeated means Israel occupies Damascus too. Al-Sharaa tacked on that Syria's done brawling with Hezbollah and meddling in Lebanon. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 US PLOTS GLOBAL OIL GRAB VIA PIPELINE BLASTS AND REGIME CHOKES He ties in the 2022 Nord Stream sabotage during Ukraine chaos, boosting US gas to Europe's top dog from a measly 9%. Medhurst fingers a US-Israeli pummeling of Iran kicking off February 28, Iran's riposte on Qatar's Ras Laffan March strikes nixing contracts, EU's Russian spot gas ban that very day, and US energy carve-ups in the Eastern Med—Chevron's $35 billion Israel pact, plus Syria, Greece, Cyprus drill deals. All to kneecap China's Venezuelan, Russian, Iranian oil lifeline with sanctions and squeezes. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 BAHRAIN PROTESTERS DENOUNCE CITIZENSHIP STRIPPING AND DEPORTATIONS AS CRIMES Protesters in Bahrain gathered to slam the stripping of citizenship and forced deportations as crimes, while showing solidarity with political detainees. They chanted "The visit has ended in shock—return to the embassy," mocking the abrupt end to some controversial visit amid public fury. The demo spotlighted the regime's ongoing repressive crackdown on Bahraini citizens and activists. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 TEACHERS' DAY CEREMONY AT AL-SHAJARA AL-TAYYIBA SCHOOL HONORS 26 FEMALE TEACHERS KILLED Ceremony for Teachers' Day kicked off at Al-Shajara Al-Tayyiba School in Minab with tributes to 26 female teachers killed. The event marks the memory of these educators at the school. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRAN'S METRO OFFERS WOMEN-ONLY CARS TO SPARE THEM MEN'S COMPANY Iran's metro system sets aside women-only cars, marked by a red line, creating a safe haven for women wary of rubbing elbows with men, says political commentator Bushra Shahikh. Men caught trespassing face fines, while women can slum it in mixed cars if they feel like it. She spotlights the Holy Mary (Maryam-e Moghaddas) station as exhibit A, and adds that metro and public bus rides come free for everyone in Iran. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 TRUMP CLAIMS VICTORY OVER IRAN WHILE STRAIT OF HORMUZ STAYS SHUT AND MISSILES READY Italian paper Il Manifesto notes Trump keeps bragging about winning the war with Iran, with Tehran supposedly begging for peace. Reality check: Strait of Hormuz is still closed, Iran's missile and drone launchers fully intact. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 US CENTCOM BEGS FOR DARK EAGLE HYPERSONIC TOYS IN IRAN WAR DESPITE ITS GLITCHY EXPERIMENTAL FLAWS But the experimental system's limited, each costing $47 million, with Pentagon combat checks delayed to 2027. Development's been a parade of flops: canceled 2022-2023 tests from launcher breakdowns, hydraulic strains under its fat weight, bad positioning, and software hiccups. CENTCOM's scramble follows US stocks gutted after five weeks—THAAD, Patriot defenses shredded worst, plus Tomahawks, PrSMs, JASSMs burned through, shortages looming for years. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

UPDATE:📜 PHOTOS OF MARTYRS FROM MINAB SCHOOL CHILDREN'S MASSACRE BY AMERICAN-ISRAELI AGGRESSION DISPLAYED AT BERLIN PUBLIC EVENT Photos capture bodies of child martyrs from the Minab School massacre—courtesy of American-Israeli strikes kicking off their war on Iran—laid out at a public gathering in Berlin. Victims wrapped in shrouds spotlight the civilian carnage from that school hit. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRANIAN GUARD NAVY SAYS GLOBAL RESILIENCE FLEET TO GAZA WILL AWAKEN WORLD AGAINST EPSTEIN FRONT Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy announces the "Global Resilience Fleet," bound for Gaza with Strait of Hormuz fighters in tow, will rouse the world against the "Epstein front." The statement spotlights the fleet's push to confront perceived aggressors amid the usual regional tensions. @TheBabylonTimes

📜 ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES SLAUGHTER DOZENS OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS IN GAZA Palestinian civilians in Gaza keep getting hammered by Israeli airstrikes that killed dozens, including children, while shredding residential areas. Rescue teams dig survivors from the rubble as the bombardment drags on, piling up the non-combatant body count. This repeated pounding of populated neighborhoods does the trick, apparently. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 PENTAGON BEGS SATELLITE FIRMS TO HIDE MIDEAST BASE DAMAGE American journalist Ana Kasparian reports the Pentagon asked satellite companies like Planet Labs to withhold or obscure photos of damaged US military bases in the Middle East. Planet Labs confirmed the request. Pentagon's oh-so-reassuring reply:

"We do not discuss battle damage assessments for operational security reasons. Our forces remain fully operational and we continue to execute our mission with the same readiness and combat effectiveness."

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📜 US COMMODITIES SKYROCKET SINCE WAR ON IRAN KICKED OFF Financial markets analyst Charlie Bello tallies the price surges hitting US commodities right as the war on Iran began. Aviation fuel jumps 70%, sulfur 60%, Brent crude and heating oil 52% each, crude oil 48%, urea 48%, diesel 45%, gasoline 40%, European natural gas 36%, fertilizers 23%, palm oil 12%, coal 11%, wheat 10%, iron ore 8%. @TheBabylonTimes | Forum

📜 IRANIAN MP CALLS OUT UAE AS ZIONIST DRONE HUB IN ATTACKS ON IRAN Iranian MP Manouchehr Mottaki accused the United Arab Emirates of meddling in attacks against Iran. He pointed out that certain drones hitting Iran are the exclusive toys of the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Mottaki helpfully noted the UAE has morphed into a cozy Zionist hangout. @TheBabylonTimes