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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicIran-US tensions

Topic: Iran-US tensions

After Qassem Soleimani killing, Iran could make oil a weapon of choice

There is no particular reason to expect that Iran’s retaliation will target oil, except that even the best guarded of the industry’s installations have been shown to be vulnerable.

Soleimani’s killing: Iran’s Rouhani vows revenge, Trump waves US flag, war clouds gather

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Trump’s latest middle east action is either bold or reckless

The US strike that killed General Qassem Soleimani, a man regarded as the second most powerful person in Iran, comes 2 days into Trump’s re-election year, and while he faces an impeachment trial.

Top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani killed in US airstrike in Baghdad

The death of Soleimani, who led the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force, heightened fears of an armed conflict between the US and Iran.

Detained for more than a month, Iran oil tanker with Indian crew leaves Gibraltar

The vessel was released last week after Gibralter said it couldn't process US' request to further detain the tanker under a new legal procedure.

The US has lots of options with Iran besides war

The list of US options isn’t limited to traditional warfare. If Iran continues to escalate, the US could attack Iranian military computer networks.

Iran tensions prompt US lawmakers to revisit Trump’s powers to go to war

After Iran shot down US drone, 2 Democratic Senators sought vote blocking funds for military action without explicit authorisation from Congress.

Trump’s trade war strategy is easy to grasp – he doesn’t have one

Trump, bumbling haphazardly & randomly from one business venture to the next, was never much of a strategic thinker in his pre-politics career.

Trump wary of plunging US into Iran war ahead of 2020 re-election

Trump is aware that he was elected on the promise to withdraw the US from Middle East wars, yet some in his base want him to show that America won’t be pushed around.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.