As the war continues ... Trump demands Iran's "unconditional surrender ... ... and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt explains what he meant: "Article 51 ... has a mandatory procedural element, in that any state employing self-defence is immediately required to notify the Security Council. Iran has consistently evaded this requirement" ... ... and "Iran is serving Israel’s interests by attacking its Arab neighbours" ... ... and Iran's President suggests that troops "fired at will" absent commanders who had been killed, but will "Iran's military commanders who traditionally take their instructions from the [now dead] ayatollah" stop the strikes? "The elite 82nd Airborne Division, which specializes in ground combat and other fraught missions, is awaiting new orders after the unexpected change of plans": "The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East" ... ... which Hegseth thinks would be a good excuse for war with Russia: The BBC's "analysis has found numerous examples of AI-generated videos and fabricated satellite imagery being used to make false and misleading claims about the conflict" ... .... and the White House itself conflates depicts the war with video games and movies its propaganda videos: "[A]n explosion that killed scores of Iranian students at a school was likely caused by U.S. airstrikes that also hit an adjacent compound associated with the regime’s Revolutionary Guard": "[A]irspace closures left thousands of Americans suddenly stranded":
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