

MarkZero
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@MarkgZero
Author of Ribbons and Rainbows, a mini poetry ebook available at https://t.co/bLuvEKgy4Y, & Variations on the Planets, a short poetry paperback available via Amazon.





Absolute panic in Washington. Marco Rubio whines that Iran is planning to permanently control the Strait of Hormuz and charge a toll. He admits the US is powerless to stop it alone and begs the rest of the world to step in. Iran has completely outsmarted the American empire.

Israel is dropping 2,000lb bombs in residential districts in Tehran. "40-50 people" killed in a single strike, local authorities and residents told BBC. The Israeli military says 3,600 bombs dropped on the Iranian capital alone. bbc.com/news/articles/…







NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the alliance “cannot confirm” Israel’s claim that missiles targeting Diego Garcia were Iranian intercontinental ballistic missiles. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/chlkxg









Iraq has some of the world’s largest oil reserves but the money it earns doesn’t fully flow through Baghdad. Instead, a system set up after the US invasion in 2003 still gives Washington lasting leverage over Iraq's oil revenues. Al Jazeera’s Osama bin Javaid explains.

Thanks guest editor @NancySm93536930 for including my haiku in the Haiku Dialogue zoo-related Long List. An enjoyable selection of verses at thehaikufoundation.org/haiku-dialogue…

