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Iran Increases Operational Tempo First of all, images from the damage to one of the ships attempting to enter the Strait of Hormuz: Information coming off a Telegram Channel tonight. If true, there has been an increase in operational tempo in the past 24-48 hours. "Dear friends, I have been invited to other meetings, so I can't wait to report, and this news has been happening since 12 o'clock at night. Attacks are being carried out on the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. Hezbollah is firing rockets at the Galilee areas in northern Israel. The Erbil area was targeted by the Iraqi Islamic Resistance with suicide drone attacks. The Kiryat Yam area in Haifa was targeted by Hezbollah with suicide drone attacks. The Ali Salem Air Base in Kuwait is being heavily bombed by Iran. Last night, in the Jenin area in the West Bank, an armored vehicle belonging to the Israeli army was targeted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad with a roadside bomb attack. Resistance groups in the W...
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The Strait of Hormuz Near the Strait of Hormuz - the Israeli ship Express Rome is struck.  Iran is involved in demonstrating an understanding of Chokepoint Theory.   The survivor of one of the ships attacked in the Strait of Hormuz today.   There is no red line now.  That is the word coming out of Iran today. This journalist has chosen to stay away from her desktop today.  About to head out for Lent observances at my church.  I may take a quick scan for threats on my return.  In particular, I am looking for a chemical signal within any narrative coming out of Iran and given from within chain of command. I wish our President was seated within the situation room today.   https://www.wlwt.com/article/president-trump-visit-cincinnati-kentucky-thermofisher-massie/70694186 As for me - I find myself at my desk less and less. 
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We Must Act Now: The Window is Very Narrow The window is very, very narrow - and closing - for the United States to pull back from this abyss created by the Trump administration and our Pentagon. Laylatul Qadr is on the calendar. Let me stress this again.  The Night of Power is upon us It is extremely important my nation deal with ending the conflict with Iran immediately.  I cannot stress it enough. What more can I say?  There is not much to say, really.  I lack the authority... the power... the platform... to change any course of action. I am left with my pen.  And a (Christian) prayer for my beloved nation. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15636755/US-blame-strike-Iran-girls-school-killed-175-Pentagon-report-finds-Trump-accused-Tehran.html Tammy Swofford Former LCDR, USNR,  Fleet Hospital Dallas, Det E  nurse corps officer  
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Off Ramp The  beginning point for an off ramp?  I can provide it.   And I would recommend Dr. Yusuf Ziya Kavakci to provide the off ramp for adjudication with the Gulf States.  He was my mentor for many years.  His daughter served as the Islamic Republic of Turkey's ambassador to Malaysia. His young granddaughter translated for a meeting between President Erdogan and our POTUS  Joseph Biden.  I know... the family. Dr. Kavakci is a legal Mufti and Hanafi scholar and he will have the grasp for this complex situation.  I owe a debt of gratitude to him for entering the IB (Intellectual Battlespace) with me and patiently expanding my understanding of the terrain of the mind.  He has returned to native soil.  He should be easy enough to find.  He is a personal friend of President Erdogan.  smile https://www.islamictribunal.org/attorneys/imam-yusuf-z-kavakci/ But for the Shi'a side of the house? Feel free to have that conversatio...
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Iran Slaps Back Ouch!  This hurts! "In memory of the many innocent victims of Epstein Island." Yep.  Not a snowballs chance in hell our intelligence agencies were unaware (or even possibly  complicit) in Epstein's honey trap.  If we can target and kill the Grand Ayatollah... it seems highly unlikely the "good guys" spent decades unaware of Epstein's revolving door policy which herded powerful men, billionaires, and statesmen into and out of New York, his island, and his ranch in New Mexico.  It is the state's business to be aware of such things. The state maintains deeply integrated dossier files on all of the important bastards on the planet. It is their job, kiddies.  So yeah -  the Iranians are constantly playing the card that they are taking out the pedophiles... the Satan... the whole damn bunch of us. Is this latest insult written on a missile in Arabic part of the propaganda front?  Of course.  But we should squirm a bit, shouldn't we ...
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Blood Drive in Iran My best friend was in New York City on 9/11 with his sick father.  He left his bedside to stand in a line two blocks long of Americans waiting to give blood.  Eventually, they were told to go home.  There were no survivors. The residents of Zanjan are lining up for blood donations.  As a Registered Nurse I want you to step back and reflect for a moment on the human face of war.  On our side, the return of a seventh soldier who lost his life in defense of our Constitution.  On their side, ordinary citizens dragged into a vortex not of their own making. I am not seeing anything that looks like an off ramp.  I am dreading the images which may come across my computer screen tonight.  Pray for the children.  They are the future of Iran.  
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Prayer in Time of Fear and Time of Travel This was a completely unnecessary action, and most likely an action which was mounted with malicious intent: https://nypost.com/2026/03/09/us-news/ramadan-prayer-reminder-trigged-southwest-passenger-disturbance-alert/ There are Qur'anic ayat for prayer in time of fear.  And there is an Ahadith which determines travel timeline for omitting a prayer or two.   There is absolutely no reason for Muslims to pray inside of airports, or for that matter, to vacate their seats on an aircraft to pray during a flight.  Stay home.  Or drive... across the ocean. The incident above, was a provocation. But, yes.  I have entered Muslim homes where the adhan is offered by a digital muezzin to remind the family it is time for prayer.  I am not uncomfortable with it because it is a private call to prayer.  But it should not be offered individually in a cramped aircraft where those nearby have no way to distance themselves fro...
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