When do attacks on civilian installations amount to war crimes? The #Iran conflict “has led to airstrikes on infrastructure across the Middle East & threats to target #oil facilities, #electricity production sites & #desalination plants that supply civilians, which some experts say could amount to #warcrimes if carried out.
The 1949 Geneva Conventions on humanitarian conduct in war prohibit attacks on sites considered essential for #civilians..." | The Straits Times https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/explainer-when-do-attacks-on-civilian-installations-amount-to-war-crimes
Explainer-When do attacks on civilian installations amount to war crimes?

THE HAGUE, March 31 - The widening Iran conflict has led to airstrikes on infrastructure across the Middle East and threats to target oil facilities, electricity production sites and desalination plants that supply civilians, which some experts say could amount to war crimes if carried out. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez: "The Israeli government is well able to fund the Iron Dome system, which has proven critical to keep innocent civilians safe from rocket attacks and bombardment.

Consistent with my voting record to date, I will not support Congress sending more taxpayer dollars and military aid to a government that consistently ignores international law and U.S. law."
#HumanRights #politics #ethics. #Israel #WarCrimes

Amjad Iraqi · Short Cuts: From Gaza to Iran

It’s no surprise that Operation Roaring Lion (Israel’s name for its campaign) and Operation Epic Fury (as the US...

London Review of Books

There is life after Trump.

Unless you’re an elected Republican or Independent who continues to lie for and support Trump’s incompetence and blatant corruption. Then your career is over.

#MAGA #republicans #trump #warcrimes #iran #rubio #scotus #politics #epstein #news

Russian drones attack civilian vehicles in Kherson, leaving one dead, five injured

Russian forces dropped explosives from a drone onto a car in Kherson, killing one passenger and injuring the driver and another passenger. — Ukrinform.

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Wondering why the #US war on #Iran turned out to be such a fuck up?

How about because "AI" strategized it?

Gary Marcus alludes that might be the case:

https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/in-the-iran-war-it-looks-like-ai

#AIslop #warCrimes #politics #USpol

In the Iran war, it looks like AI helped with operations, not strategy

A hot take on how AI may have played out in the war so far

Marcus on AI

Risky commando plan to seize #Iran #uranium came at Trump’s request

A plan briefed to #Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran’s #nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.

#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/01/trump-commando-plan-seize-iran-uranium/

Risky commando plan to seize Iran’s uranium came at Trump’s request

A plan briefed to Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran’s nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.

The Washington Post

Dear Trump

Yes, America is part of NATO but it doesn’t mean that member countries automatically join in on a war that’s illegal and unsanctioned by Congress. And they certainly won’t entertain the whims of a rogue dictator.

Your mess … you clean it up.

Thx,
Hammy

#NATO #illegalwar #warcrimes #iran #Israel #trump #netanyahu #oil #EpsteinFiles #congress #republicans #MAGA #worldnews #news

Could this be a game-changer in the US-Zionist war vs Iran?

“Water on the brink: Gulf desalination frontlines in a widening war”

by A Cradle Correspondent

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“Persian Gulf water security now faces an existential test as desalination plants shift from pillars of development into strategic military targets, placing the continuity of urban life and investment flows across the region at unprecedented risk”

https://thecradle.co/articles/water-on-the-brink-gulf-desalination-frontlines-in-a-widening-war

#Press #SocialMedia #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake #RegimeChange #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Hormuz #Empire #Collapse #US #DesalinationPlant

Water on the brink: Gulf desalination frontlines in a widening war

In a region built on engineered water, the next escalation may not strike oil, but the systems that make life possible

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