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President Donald J. Trump has yet to make a final decision about whether to strike Iranian regime sites or what to target in Iran, according to two people familiar with the planning, who say the attacks could come as early as this weekend, with any move likely to concentrate on Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, according to one person who spoke to Politico.
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Images published by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), showing the interception and escort Thursday of two Tu-95s, two Su-35s, and one A-50 with the Russian Air Force inside the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), by two F-16s, two F-35s, one E-3, and four KC-135s scrambled from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
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The Trump Administration is prepared to consider a proposal that allows Iran “token” nuclear enrichment if it leaves no possible path to a bomb, a senior U.S. official told Axios.
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The Trump Administration is prepared to consider a proposal that allows Iran “token” nuclear enrichment if it leaves no possible path to a bomb, a senior U.S. official told Axios.
“President Trump will be ready to accept a deal that would be substantive and that he can sell politically at home. If the Iranians want to prevent an attack they should give us an offer we can't refuse. The Iranians keep missing the window. If they play games there won't be a lot of patience,” the senior U.S. official said, with some of Trump's advisers having counseled patience from the President.

But at the same time, President Trump has been presented by the Pentagon with several military options, including some that involve directly targeting Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. “They have something for every scenario. One scenario takes out the ayatollah and his son and the mullahs,” an adviser to Trump said, referring to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his son Mojtaba, who is seen as a potential successor. “What the president chooses no one knows. I don't think he knows.”
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During an interview earlier this week with conservative commentator and influencer Tucker Carlson, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, citing Genesis 15, stated that Israel and the Jewish people have a “biblical right” to most of the Middle East, including the entirety of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and large parts of Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, saying, “It would be fine if they took it all.”
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Chances of U.S. strikes against Iran have skyrocketed in the last few days on Polymarket, as the ongoing military buildup in Europe and the Middle East approaches levels last seen prior to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, with traders predicting that there is a 60% of strikes against Iran by the end of March.
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At least 15 KC-46A Pegasus seen on the ground at Lajes Field in the Azores, located in the Northern Atlantic roughly 900 miles from the coast of Portugal, a major stopping-off point for aircraft on the way to bases in Europe and the Middle East from the Americas. Aerial-refueling tankers positioned at Lajes could also potentially support long-range bombers heading towards Iran, with tankers stationed at Lajes providing refueling for the B-2s that struck Iran’s nuclear sites last June in Operation Midnight Hammer.

Photos: Kurt Mendonça
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U.S. Air Force heavy airlift activity over Europe and the Middle East continues this morning with at least 2 C-5M Super Galaxy and 8 C-17A Globemaster III aircraft active.
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Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyed Araghchi, states the Iranian government has published a list of 3,117 "victims of recent terrorist operation", referring to the widespread protests that erupted across Iran in late December and early January of this year. This statement is following President Trump's statement yesterday placing the death toll closer to 32,000.
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President Trump has announced that, after a "thorough, detailed and complete" review of yesterday's decision from the U.S. Supreme Court striking down his use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to levy broad tariffs against virtually every country that he is raising the 10% worldwide tariff announced during his press conference yesterday to 15% effective immediately.
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Twelve F-22 Raptors with the U.S. Air Force’s 1st Fighter Wing, based out of Joint Base Langley–Eustis in Virginia, seen earlier today, February 21, on the tarmac at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, after crossing the Atlantic in groups of six earlier in the week, with the last aircraft arriving on Thursday. After a tanker issue caused a slight delay, all of the F-22s are expected to continue their journey to the Middle East sometime Monday.

Photo credit: @havoc_aviation
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At least 10 U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster IIIs are airborne from the east coast bound for Europe. Most of these flights originated at Fort Hood, Texas and may be related to the movement of further air-defense assets into the Middle East.
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In a post earlier on Truth Social, President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States is sending a “hospital boat” to Greenland at the request of Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry, who is currently serving as the White House’s special envoy to Greenland, with the post containing a picture of the USNS Mercy (T-AH-19). Only problem is, both of the U.S. Navy’s hospital ships, USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) and her sister ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), are undergoing repairs at Alabama Shipyard in Mobile.
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According to Axios, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has urged President Donald J. Trump to follow through with strikes against Iran. The comments were made following the senator's trip to the Middle East where he visited key allies in the region, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel. However, Graham also said that select officials within the administration have continued to cautioned restraint and the prioritization of maximum pressure over kinetic actions. Graham said his advice was motivated by the opportunnity "to bring about historic change" in Iran. Graham, who is close to the president, has long held a more hardline view on Iran
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