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Date: 06/02/26 10:04 PM
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The 6pm "news" reported the US attacked and disabled a tanker apparently bound for Kharg.

TVT is live between 6 and 8. Around 7:30, Cenk said the wires were reporting Kuwait, Bahrain, and Kurds in northern Iraq were all apparently under attack. The takeaway being that, after repeated US attacks, Iran is hitting back, in force.

Enter "Baghdad Bob"

Oil climbs as U.S.-Iran trade strikes while Trump says negotiations with Tehran underway

Oil prices rose Wednesday as investors weighed uncertainty over U.S.-Iran talks with the two countries launching fresh strikes Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said negotiations with Tehran were ongoing.

U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that it had defeated multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones and launched defensive strikes following “attempted attacks” by Iran, signaling an escalation in Mideast tensions.

“Fake News Reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the U.S.A., stopped speaking a few days ago are false and erroneous,” Trump said in a Truth Social post on Tuesday afternoon.


cnbc.com - Oil prices trump pushes back on reports US iran talks collapsed

Last night, the Beeb compared some satellite pix of US bases around the Gulf, with corresponding pix from before the war, and concluded Iran has done a *lot* more damage than the Trump regime is letting on. Meanwhile, the US is using the Israeli playbook, calling all it's attacks "defensive", even when the US shoots first.

More from the Ellison propaganda network, formerly known as "CBS News".

U.S. conducts more "self-defense strikes" after shooting down Iranian missiles, in latest test of ceasefire

cbsnews.com - US iran self defense strikes missiles drones ceasefire

This report, from Indian media, has the timing the other way around, US attacking first, and Iran responding.

Iran attacks US bases in Kuwait; explosions heard in Bahrain after America strikes Qeshm Island

msn.com - Iran attacks US bases in kuwait explosions heard in bahrain after america strikes qeshm island

Steve

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