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TRUMP THREATENS TO PULL OUT OF NATO

LOS ANGELES ((OC).–President Donald Trump said he’s considering pulling out of the NATO Alliance because the its reluctance to join the fight in Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz.  Trump asks why should the U.S. shed blood-and-treasure to open up the Strait...

ZELENSKY ASKED TO STOP RUSSIAN ATTACKS

LOS AANGELES (OC).–Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, 38, was asked by some unnamed European Union officials to halt attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure.  EU officials were concerned that with the Iran War blazing, there’s enough worldwide pressure on...

IRAN ‘S AMBASSADOR PERSON NON GRATA

LOS ANGELESDeclared a persona non grata by the Lebanese government, Mohammed Reza Sheiban refuses to leave Lebanon fearing he has a big target on his back.  But the Lebanese government made clear that they don’t want to be dragged into Hezbollah’s conflict with...

RUSSIA HELPS IRAN WITH INTEL

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has been supplying Iran with intel to target U.S. bases in the Middle East, pleading with President Donald Trump to supply him with more cash-and-arms in Ukraine.  Since taking office Jan....

IRAN WAR: A DANGEROUS CHESS GAME

LOS ANGELES (OC).–President Donald Trump finds himself caught between a rock-and-a-hard place prosecuting the Iran War, with Iran stubbornly hanging onto the Strait of Hormuz, something its done for decades.  Shutting down the Strait to commercial shipping has...

TRUMP URGES IRAN TO MAKE A DEAL

LOS ANGELES (oc).–Telling Iran to make a deal on opening the Strait of Hormuz to restore normal shipping through the Persian Gulf, President Donald Trump said time was running out before the U.S. opens up the big guns on Iran’s energy infrastructure.  If...

IRAN CALLS TRUMP’S BLUFF

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Rejecting President Donald Trump’s 15-point plan to end the Iran War, Iran tests Trump[ resolve to start hitting Iran’s major energy sites, something Trump warned over the weekend giving Iran 48-hours to open up the Strait of Hormuz.  Iran’s...

TALKS TO END IRAN WAR MURKY

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Ending the Iran War got more complicated for President Donald Trump as intermediaries like Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan all say that the defiant Iranian Republic Guard Corps [IRGC] has taken over any peace discussions, making demands for the U.S....

TRUMP DELAYS HIT ON IRAN’S ENERGY

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Postponing a strike on Iran’s biggest electricity plant, President Donald Trump signaled that backchannel talks were going on with Iran to end the war, something Wall Street took favorably with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rocketing up 631...

TRUMP VOWS TO OPEN STRAIT OF HORMUZ

LOS ANGELES (OC).–President Donald Trump gave Iran a 48-hour ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz, an international waterway used by Gulf Arab States to get oil to various markets around the world.  Gult States have diverted oil shipments to the Red Sea and...