The military escalation between Washington and Tehran has reached a critical level in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, against a backdrop of targeted naval operations and increased risks to regional infrastructure. According to operational reports cited by the dissident financial media outlet nakedcapitalism.com, naval units of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have openly defied the American deployment: 'The IRGC Navy reportedly targeted a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the northern Arabian Sea.' The American response was swift: 'U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jets from the USS George W. Bush aircraft carrier responded with air attacks against IRGC Navy targets in Konarak, southeastern Iran.' This kinetic fever spike is part of a context of continuous maritime attrition where repeated assaults on oil tankers...
BLACKOUT ALERT: Mainstream Western media are silent in the face of revelations of acute tensions. A strong dissonance opposes the resistance press (The Cradle), which denounces an Israeli expansionist doctrine and questions Washington's credibility, to the liberal Israeli daily Haaretz, which focuses on preemptive strike plans, while the dissident left...
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