Krypt3ia2d ago
Peter Gleick
Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
https://timesofoman.com/article/169185-irans-fm-condemns-us-attack-on-qeshms-freshwater-desalination-plant-warns-of-grave-consequences
Iran's FM condemns US attack on Qeshm's freshwater desalination plant, warns of grave consequences

US President Donald Trump announced that Iran promised not to attack its neighbours anymore

Times of Oman
Mar 7 at 6:32pmWeb
Show threadUlrich Hegemann2d ago

@petergleick Is there an injustice in the wrong?

Gibt es ein Unrecht im Unrecht?

Show threadCynBlogger™️Resists Tyranny!2d ago
@petergleick
There isn’t a goddamned law, convention, principle, treaty, agreement, Commandment he won’t break.
Show threadRuled by thieves2d ago
@cynblogger And there isnt a goddamn judge, senator, congressman/woman or WH staff who will use the law to send in the military to call him out on it
Show threadCynBlogger™️Resists Tyranny!2d ago
@racingdaily
Too true — and tragic!
Show threadMs. Que Banh2d ago
@petergleick
US/Israel never cared about abiding any international laws.
Show threadEric Lawton2d ago

@PhoenixSerenity

"Donald Trump has insisted he doesn’t need to abide by international law and the only constraint keeping his power in check is his own morality."

His 'morality' is 'might is right' which isn't a morality at all.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-greenland-international-law-b2897367.html1

@petergleick

Show threadLats (314 ppm)1d ago
@EricLawton @PhoenixSerenity @petergleick his morality is really whatever he feels he would like to do without constraints. An associate of pedophiles FFS.
Show threadNini1d ago
@EricLawton @PhoenixSerenity @petergleick I see his administration as running purely on "try and stop us" morality. So far, nobody has so until someone does they will keep going.
Show threadMagnus Ahltorp2d ago

@petergleick Why am I not surprised? US, Israel, desalination, war crimes.

https://www.msf.org/israeli-authorities-are-starving-palestinians-water

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/03/israels-decision-to-cut-off-electricity-supply-to-gaza-desalination-plant-cruel-and-unlawful/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68969239

Israeli authorities are starving Palestinians of water | MSF

Organisations like MSF would be able to increase the amount of safe water in Gaza, however, Israel is blocking imports of critical water treatment items.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International
Show threadWoozle Hypertwin2d ago
@petergleick This is absolutely consistent with P2025's goal of eliminating the post-WWII international order / rule of law & democracy. [/possibly_obvious]
Show threadHuman after all2d ago
@petergleick Is it a warcrime if its not a war but totally a war?
Show threadJon2d ago

@humanhorseshoes @petergleick

Yes. The treaties regarding war crimes apply to conflicts regardless of whether it's a declared war or not.

Show threadThe Doctor2d ago
@petergleick Violating international law is a checklist of US military strategy. Happened right on time.
Show thread�2d ago
@drwho @petergleick sad thing no one gives a fuck or want to confront the u.s
Show threadThe Doctor2d ago
@utf_7 @petergleick Nobody wants to get turned into a glass crater.
Show threadseachanged2d ago

@drwho @utf_7 @petergleick

Not an airburst: no glass. I suspect that when Trump does direct the use of a nuclear weapon, it will be a tactical one, a B61-11 or B61-12, carried by an earth penetrating bomb, to supposedly destroy a bunker. It might happen soon, if more drama needs to be generated before the midterm election.

Unless he dies before he can manage to get it done. Only his own death could restrain him from getting his dirty, senile hands on everything he thinks he might violate.

Show threadThe Doctor2d ago

@seachanged @utf_7 @petergleick But then the couchfucker would get the order to pull the trigger.

Think they'd go for an oil or natural gas deposit as a target?

Show threadxs4me22d ago

@petergleick

Yet another war crime…

Show threadFrieke2d ago
@petergleick following in Israël footsteps in Gaza 🫣
Show threadMissConstrue2d ago

@Frieke72 @petergleick I have been telling people since the first Intifada to watch what Israel does to Palestinians and Palestine, because it is a munitions and control testing ground.

Since that time, our police have been trained using IDF trainers and tactics, hence the extraordinary uptick in brutality, total information control is almost fully implemented globally, and we have concentration camps on American soil, and empty ones waiting to be filled. You think the profit takers are going to leave them empty when prison slavery is still a law? Naw man, those camps are for us as soon as they run out of this week’s “them”.

Show threadPerryM ✅2d ago
@petergleick What about attacks on nuclear power plants?
Show threadPeter Gleick2d ago
@PerryM Also prohibited under the 1977 Geneva Convention Protocols
Show threadPerryM ✅2d ago
@petergleick It's a darn good thing we have protocols like that, and especially the 1977 Geneva Convention!
Show threadRamsey!2d ago

@petergleick

Sadly, it's already been established that this current US administration doesn't give one hoot about laws of any kind. They are a lawless bunch of d-bags that feel they're above all laws, and in terms of the US justice system, they've not been held accountable, so it seems they're correct.

Will International courts /countries hold them accountable? I guess we will see. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Show threadRandal2d ago
@petergleick I cannot understand how any American and especially those who claim to be "Christian" can still support this evil asshole in the White House.
Show threadJeremyJupiterJones 2d ago

@petergleick

Serious question.

When will the #US military be designated as a #terrorist organisation?

Show threadEric Lawton2d ago

@jeremy_pm

The Oxford Dictionary of English already did: “unlawfully using violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims”.

Although in Trump's case, it's also in pursuit of personal wealth and power.

@petergleick @PhoenixSerenity

Show threadJeremyJupiterJones 2d ago

@EricLawton @petergleick @PhoenixSerenity

Indeed, the history of the US using military force to bring about political change is well known and recorded in history, however US exceptionalism has always maintained the status quo.

The state of Israel was actually created by terror groups. The 3 terrorist groups who used terror tactics against British authorities and Palestinians in Mandatory Palestine prior to 1948 were the Haganah, the Irgun (or Etzel), and Lehi (or the Stern Gang).

Show threadJeremyJupiterJones 2d ago

@EricLawton @petergleick @PhoenixSerenity

Unsurprisingly these 3 groups were brought together to form the IDF after Israel was recognised by the UN in 1948. So Israel’s IDF has been a terrorist organisation since its inception.

Show threadLeeloo2d ago

@petergleick
Not much different from Russias attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

I guess Trump wasn't lying when he said he's Putins greatest fan.

Show threadRevPudDudley2d ago
@petergleick Looks like not-an-accident, too !
Show threadLord Tom Klopf of CZ 2d ago
@petergleick don’t worry the US is working in the interest of the Iranian people
Show threadTaran Rampersad2d ago

@petergleick Netanyahu's war, Netanyahu's rules of war...

It's crap we supported (which I was openly against)... the next stage was... this.

😡 so much that used to be wrong has become normalized.

Show threadElizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾2d ago

@petergleick come on, has the US ever cared for a) international rules of law b) human rights

The only difference now is that they no longer bother to hide their crimes.

Show threadIgaraba2d ago
@petergleick there is no declaration of war...... although it is
Show threadLuna chan2d ago
@petergleick Of course Rump and whisky Pete commit a war crime.
Show threadC.2d ago

@petergleick

Absolute war crime. We're going to have so many to choose from at The Hague 2.0.

Rope futures?

Show threadSupermoosie2d ago

@petergleick

"The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the US spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underestimate it, though, because if military hostilities continue to escalate, water could become the geopolitical commodity that decides the war between the US and Iran."

Explains the importance of desalination plants in the middle east.

Paywalled, but just disable JavaScript.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-iran-war-s-most-precious-commodity-isn-t-oil-20260305-p5o7m7.html

The Iran war’s most precious commodity isn’t oil

The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East and it could decide the war between the US and Iran.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Show threadSupermoosie2d ago

@petergleick

"The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the US spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underestimate it, though, because if military hostilities continue to escalate, water could become the geopolitical commodity that decides the war between the US and Iran."

Explains the importance of desalination plants in the middle east.

Paywalled, but just disable JavaScript.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-iran-war-s-most-precious-commodity-isn-t-oil-20260305-p5o7m7.html

The Iran war’s most precious commodity isn’t oil

The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East and it could decide the war between the US and Iran.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Show threadSupermoosie2d ago

@petergleick

"The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the US spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underestimate it, though, because if military hostilities continue to escalate, water could become the geopolitical commodity that decides the war between the US and Iran."

Explains the importance of desalination plants in the middle east.

Paywalled, but just disable JavaScript.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-iran-war-s-most-precious-commodity-isn-t-oil-20260305-p5o7m7.html

The Iran war’s most precious commodity isn’t oil

The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East and it could decide the war between the US and Iran.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Show threadSupermoosie2d ago

@petergleick

"The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the US spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underestimate it, though, because if military hostilities continue to escalate, water could become the geopolitical commodity that decides the war between the US and Iran."

Explains the importance of desalination plants in the middle east.

Paywalled, but just disable JavaScript.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-iran-war-s-most-precious-commodity-isn-t-oil-20260305-p5o7m7.html

The Iran war’s most precious commodity isn’t oil

The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East and it could decide the war between the US and Iran.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Show threadSupermoosie2d ago

@petergleick

"The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the US spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underestimate it, though, because if military hostilities continue to escalate, water could become the geopolitical commodity that decides the war between the US and Iran."

Explains the importance of desalination plants in the middle east.

Paywalled, but just disable JavaScript.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-iran-war-s-most-precious-commodity-isn-t-oil-20260305-p5o7m7.html

The Iran war’s most precious commodity isn’t oil

The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East and it could decide the war between the US and Iran.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Show threadSupermoosie2d ago

@petergleick

"The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East. But it’s not referring to oil or natural gas. What the US spy agency has in mind is far more prosaic: drinking water. Don’t underestimate it, though, because if military hostilities continue to escalate, water could become the geopolitical commodity that decides the war between the US and Iran."

Explains the importance of desalination plants in the middle east.

Paywalled, but just disable JavaScript.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-iran-war-s-most-precious-commodity-isn-t-oil-20260305-p5o7m7.html

The Iran war’s most precious commodity isn’t oil

The CIA calls it the “strategic commodity” of the Middle East and it could decide the war between the US and Iran.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Show threadProScience 🇪🇺2d ago

@SuperMoosie

Has the author considered that it's not just Iran's most precious commodity?

@petergleick

Show threadMartin Beck2d ago
@petergleick The international law that none of the relevant actors cares about? That one?
Show threadNini1d ago
@petergleick Sounds familiar, who else recently went after water systems during their invasion?