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lostincalifornia's JournalOperations Suspended at Oman Port as Drones Hit Fuel Tanks
� Fuel tanks at the Port of Salalah have been struck by drones, the state-run Oman News Agency reported, citing a security source.
Operations have been suspended at the port�s container terminal and general cargo terminal, according to a report from Inchcape Shipping Services. Other Omani ports, including Duqm, are working normally, according to the statement.
All petroleum supplies in all Omani administrative divisions are �available and in their normal state,� the news agency reported, adding several drones had also been intercepted.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-11/operations-suspended-at-oman-port-as-drones-hit-fuel-tanks
Trump says the war is essentially over to CBS news, the market recovers,
and the market is up according to Bloomberg and other sources, and the innocent lives lost, and billions of dollars wasted on this farce will be quickly forgotten, at least so it seems according to the narrative being presented by this administration.
What was this for?
Distraction from the Epstein revelations, thinking the war will propel the rrethugs to victory in the midterms, etc.
We will see in November, but the stupidity of the American public never fail to amaze me, and when the thug in the WH is out of office, who will get blamed when the cost of everything comes due?
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2675934642/
Vinay Prasad, key Makary ally and a focus of controversy at the FDA, is leaving the agency
Starnes..com
https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/06/fda-vinay-prasad-controversial-cber-director-leaving/
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WASHINGTON — Vinay Prasad, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration who has been at the center of recurring public controversies, is exiting the agency for a second time.
Prasad will leave the FDA at the end of April, and his replacement has not yet been identified, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary told The Wall Street Journal.”
In a social media post, Makary thanked Prasad for his work at the agency, highlighting Prasad’s role in reducing the number of clinical trials required to approve a drug, limiting Covid vaccine approvals to those over 65 or with risk factors, developing a new pathway for individualized medicines, and helping launch a new speedy drug review program. Makary said the same in a note to staff, viewed by STAT.”
Trump Reportedly Has 'Serious Interest' in Deploying Ground Troops to Iran U.S. Fast-tracks $151.8 Million Weapons Sale
Without Congressional Approval.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-state-department-approves-possible-military-sale-israel-1518-million-2026-03-07/
Saudi-Arabia has intensified direct line to Iran to defuse war
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/saudi-arabia-has-intensified-direct-line-to-iran-to-defuse-war“ Saudi Arabia has stepped up direct engagement with Iran to try and contain a war in the Middle East that is causing havoc and stressing global markets, according to several European officials.
In recent days, Saudi officials have deployed their diplomatic backchannel to Iran with greater urgency to de-escalate tensions and prevent the conflict from worsening, the officials said, asking not to be named discussing private and sensitive conversations. Several European and Middle Eastern nations are backing these efforts, according to these officials.
Iran has responded to US-Israel strikes that began on Feb. 28 with missile and drone attacks of its own. Gulf states have urged Iran to avoid retaliating against them and the likes of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar have said the US and Israel cannot use their airspace or territory for any attacks on the Islamic Republic.“
After the Senate vote with rethugs giving full war power to trump, no third party voter
or those who refused to vote for Harris with the myth that “there is no difference between both parties”, should permanently be discredited and never be given any credibility.
Militarily it is pretty obvious this war is essentially over. Unless a Russia or China get involved, which is very
unlikely, Iran has lost militarily.
The question of course is who will win the hearts and minds of the people?
I hope we haven't left them a civil war.
A titan of vaccine development sees his field's achievements slip away
Stanley Plotkin, the ‘godfather of vaccines,’ knows what comes next
..... the world is changing, and public health gains are being lost. In a pair of recent interviews with STAT, Plotkin expressed dismay at seeing the achievements of his career and his field slip away. He knows what lies ahead: Lots of kids will contract illnesses that could be prevented, and some of them will die.
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But the health gains achieved through vaccination over the past seven decades are in peril. Vaccination rates have been eroding, a trend that has picked up steam in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ascension of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leader of the anti-vaccine movement, to the nation’s top health position. Kennedy and some of the people he’s placed in key roles across HHS and its agencies have made sweeping alterations to vaccination policy, undermining vaccine confidence in the process.
Plotkin knew what would happen if Kennedy became health secretary. “Oh, I expected it,” he said of the myriad changes that Kennedy has overseen. “I did everything I could when Kennedy was up for confirmation, to convince people like Senator [Bill] Cassidy to vote against him — and failed.”
Beyond Covid and Kennedy, he attributes the declining confidence in vaccines to memory — more precisely, the fact that today’s younger generations have no recall of what used to be — as well as the dissemination of anti-vaccine propaganda on social media and the shortcomings of science education in schools.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/02/stanley-plotkin-profile-godfather-of-vaccines-worried/
Per Bloomberg TV: Iran 'Will Not Negotiate' With US, Key Official Says
Bloomberg TV also reported that trump has selected three individuals to assume leadership roles in a new Iranian government, but those three individuals have been killed in the hostilities it was reported
Bloomberg TV is reporting Hezbolah has been firing missiles into Israel.
Here is that report from Times of Israel:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hezbollah-confirms-it-fired-rockets-at-israel-as-revenge-for-khamenei/
Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iran Attack After Report of Sinking Iranian Ship
Three U.S. service members were killed in action and "five were seriously wounded," as part of military operations in Iran, U.S. CENTCOM announced.
CENTCOM Update
TAMPA, Fla. – As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury.
Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing.
The situation is fluid, so out of respect for the families, we will withhold additional information, including the identities of our fallen warriors, until 24 hours after next of kin have been notified.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-03-01/ty-article-live/iran-most-intense-offensive-against-israel-u-s-bases-to-begin-in-moments/0000019c-a72d-db44-a1dd-a76d6a5b0000?liveBlogItemId=1284033271#1284033271
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