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OPERATION EPIC FURY/ROARING LION IN IRAN, DAY 9 (UPDATE)

Following our previous reporting (link), the operation by US and Israeli forces on Iran on Sunday went into its tenth day. Israel has begun targeting Tehran oil infrastructure (fuel storages) (link) (pictures). Comments of President Trump on board AF1 (audio). The German frigate FGS Nordrhein-Westfalen arrived at the port of Limassol on Sunday. France's frigate Languedoc arrived in Cypriot waters on Wednesday. French President Emmanuel Macron had also announced that the aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle passed through the Strait of Gibraltar on Friday (link).



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UPDATES: A seventh American serviceman was killed in action last week in Saudi Arabia. 
Kuwait targeted by five drones, two intercepted. Two drones hit the airport, a third hit an administrative building. 

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March 8, 2026 Mike Benz: With Jack Posobiec - The State Of War In Iran.

Apart of the war itself, one of the biggest geopolitical consequences on the ground could be perpetrated by Turkey, that intends to send F-16s to the northern part in Cyprus, that it illegally occupies. This could easily consolidate their claim as some legality, if we are not very careful. Here's a measure of the intricacies that could lead to (link). Two commentators have the analysis (link).


"Britain’s bases in Cyprus felt like the safest place on earth when I was growing up there. Not any more. Cyprus’s plea for help - answered by France with no UK ships around - is a landmark in British military decline. My column.." (link).

A crisis is also developing in the UK, where PM Starmer is under fire at home and by allies in the Middle East, who are seething how he handled the situation.

"Despite receiving a formal request from the Americans on 11 February—a full 17 days before the offensive actually commenced—the British government appears to have spent that critical window in a state of paralyzed indecision.

"The U.S. request was not an invitation for Britain to join the initial "decapitation strikes," but rather a plea for the Royal Navy to help shield vulnerable Gulf allies from the inevitable Iranian retaliation.

"Instead of stepping up to protect the 240,000 British citizens living in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the Ministry of Defence oversaw a period of baffling inaction that has left regional partners feeling utterly betrayed" (link).


The piece is littered with words seldom heard in diplomatic circles, like "undiluted fury", "incandescent", "incoherent", "reprehensible", "unconscionable" and "catastrophic". The incompetence is not limited to the PM. A former conservative MP is warning his followers that the EU may try to "muscle in" on the British bases on Cyprus (link).

That the EU, an organization that is too incompetent to mind its own business, would go after some remnants of British colonialism, is delusional to say the least. If the Brits can't -- or won't defend their own people, territory or allies, they should get out now!

Despite British recalcitrance, American B2 bombers have been spotted landing in the UK in route to the Middle East. This aircraft is not used for routine battlefield strikes. It is the aircraft reserved for the most hardened military targets on earth. Underground missile facilities.

"Underground missile facilities. Strategic command bunkers. Air-defense control networks. Leadership headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. A single B-2 can fly halfway around the planet… slip through advanced radar networks… and deliver bunker-destroying precision weapons capable of collapsing fortified command centers and missile infrastructure" (link).


Shanaka Anslem Perera is bringing up his point again about the vulnerability of the water desalination plants (link). In Bahrain a water desalination plant was hit and Iran said the US struck an Iranian desalination plant on Qeshm Island. Gulf countries rely heavily on desalination. Qatar nearly 100pt, Kuwait and Bahrain 90pt, Oman 86pt, Saudi Arabia 70pt.


Athens will deploy a Patriot missile defense system and two F-16 fighter jets to help its northern neighbor, Bulgaria, counter potential Iranian attacks, the Greek Ministry of Defence said on Friday.

"Following a request from Sofia, a Greek Patriot battery will be relocated to a suitable area in northern Greece, providing anti-ballistic coverage for a large part of Bulgarian territory. Additionally, a pair of F-16s will be stationed at an airbase in northern Greece" (link) (link).

A Greek reporter is claiming that Greece is already in the thick of this war, since the eminent French built Belharra class frigate, Kimon was not stationed in Cyprus for the protection of Cyprus. The ultramodern AESA Sea Fire radars are protecting Israeli rather than Cyprus airspace, he says (link). 

The strategy the Iranians have been following till now, defies reason. Their attacks have alienated many neighboring countries who were prepared to sit the war out. Then yesterday, they changed course and apologized.

Whatever the idea behind that was, it did not take long.  Mere hours later an Iranian projectile hit a facility at Salman port in Bahrain. Six drones were intercepted east of Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has warned Iran not to attack its territory or energy infrastructure threatening retaliatory strikes.

The warning was delivered during a phone call between Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

A major operation is ongoing in Beirut and Southern Lebanon. It is not far off, but it is hard to monitor what is going on, which is no coincidence of course. Agenda Free TV has daily camera streams on the skyline of Beirut, but they only tell part of the picture. 

The Government of Lebanese President Aoun told its protectors last week that the decision to ban Hezbollah is final. But how many Hezbollah strongholds are still left in Lebanon? A message on President Trump's Telegram account yesterday is quite worrying:

"We are moving thousands of people out of various Countries throughout the Middle East. It is being done quietly, but seamlessly". (link). He didn't give any other details. They won't be sending any drones to Cyprus any time soon (link).

Also there are indications of internal contradictions within the military top brass: Air Force Commander Rudolph Haykal refused to implement the government's decision banning Hezbollah’s military activity. "He issued a statement that reeks of pro-Hezbollah rhetoric and appeasement to its leadership" (link). 


There is finally an answer to the question if the Kurds will enter the fray. We reported earlier that the Iranian Kurds had launched a ground offensive in Iran. President Trump had phone calls with three Kurdish leaders. ⁠But yesterday President Trump finally ruled out that the Kurds will play a role (audio). 

Apart of the oil and desalinated water, the money is another flow to watch carefully. The UAE has got the key to that.

"Dubai has been Iran's only functioning financial artery for 40 years $9 billion+ flows through UAE annually — shadow oil sales, IRGC accounts, shell companies, hawala networks. Every sanctions workaround, every secret deal, every dollar Iran moves — goes through Dubai. Freezing those assets doesn't just hurt Iran. It kills their shadow economy overnight. This is why it's happening now..." (link).



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March 7, 2026


March 7, 2026 Agenda Free TV.

Day 1 - Feb. 28 
Day 2 - March 1
Day 3 - March 2
Day 4 - March 3
Day 5 - March 4
Day 6 - March 5
Day 7 - March 6


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