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Gas prices up 50% following the suspension of liquefied natural gas production in Qatar.
LNG giant halts production, shocking Europe.
The escalation in the Middle East is putting massive pressure on energy markets: State-owned producer Qatar Energy has temporarily halted its LNG production. The disruption of one of the world's most important liquefied natural gas suppliers could trigger the biggest disruptions on the global gas market since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022. Europe and Asia are particularly affected, as many countries are heavily reliant on LNG deliveries from Qatar.
The reaction on the stock markets was correspondingly sharp. On the European wholesale platform, prices for TTF natural gas contracts rose by almost 50 percent at times on Monday. The current price is around 47 euros per megawatt hour. 
According to the analysis firm ICIS, prices could rise to as high as 90 euros if the production outage and possible supply disruptions persist for a longer period of time.

CNN:

🤡 Trump said, “the biggest surprise” has been Iran’s attacks against Arab countries in the region: Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
Of Iran’s attacks on them, he said “that was probably the biggest surprise.”

Trump didn't expect Iran would fight back

WaPo:

An Iranian drone strike on a hotel in Bahrain injured two U.S. Defense Department employees, according to a State Department cable reviewed by The Washington Post.
“Two U.S. DOW personnel were injured,” the cable said, referring to the Department of Defense.
The cable, which was sent Sunday, did not provide further details. The State Department did not comment. The Defense Department did not immediately respond to requests for more information.
It was not immediately clear what hotel the U.S. personnel were at when they were injured. The Crowne Plaza hotel, a luxury property in Manama, Bahrain’s capital, was struck Sunday morning. It was also unclear whether the injured personnel were civilians or service members.
In a statement released Sunday, the U.S. Embassy in Bahrain advised U.S. citizens “that hotels might be a target for attacks, and encourages U.S. citizens to avoid hotels in Manama.”

Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill 52 people, wound 154 others
Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed at least 52 people and wounded 154 others, the Lebanese government said in an updated toll.
An earlier casualty toll shared by the Health Ministry said 31 people were killed and 149 wounded.
The bombings of southern and eastern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs have also displaced more than 28,500 people, according to the government’s disaster and management unit.

He has a nerve to say that after unleashing unprovoked war against Iran! 🤡

Netanyahu:

"You see the difference. The tyrants of Tehran target civilians, we target the tyrants of Tehran to protect civilians."

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi:

We entered the negotiations to prove to the whole world that their intention was to attack the Islamic Republic of Iran; their intention was hostile.

And they could not claim that we requested negotiations and the Islamic Republic did not accept.

We also negotiated so that it would be clear that the truth was with us, so that ultimate proof would be established for the whole world.

Our own people would also understand that it wasn't the Islamic Republic that caused the war by refraining from negotiations.

Because there was a question: if we hadn't negotiated and a war had broken out, everyone might have thought to themselves that if we had negotiated, the war wouldn't have happened.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi:

In the past, we have repeatedly warned regional countries that if America enters a war with us, it cannot remain limited to just us and America; it will involve the whole region.

Not because we want to regionalize it, but because American bases and facilities are spread across our region.

From our point of view, those bases are legitimate targets—because they belong to the country attacking us, even if they claim they are not being used against Iran.

America is targeting parts of our country every day—hospitals and schools. More than 160 innocent schoolgirls were killed by American bombs and missiles.

And we’re told we shouldn’t strike their regional bases just because a specific base didn’t participate?

What kind of talk is this?

Rubio said the objective of the Iran campaign is to wipe out Iran’s navy and ballistic missile capacity.

From “they can’t have nukes”
to
“they can’t have any means to defend their borders, period.”

And then Israel spent the day bombing all Iranian police stations so they also couldn't maintain order domestically either.
"Failed State" status is the goal - same as Syria and Libya and Yemen.

🤡 Merz really said this:

"Israel a Victim of Unjust War like Ukraine"

European gas prices surpassed the $700 mark on Tuesday, driven by escalating tensions between the United States and Israel on one side, and Iran on the other.

According to the London Stock Exchange (ICE), the price of April futures contracts at the TTF center in the Netherlands rose to approximately $711 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas, or €59.015 per megawatt-hour (based on the current euro-dollar exchange rate; ICE prices are expressed in euros per megawatt-hour), according to Sputnik.

European gas prices had already surged by 50% on Monday, reaching $585 per thousand cubic meters, following Qatar Energy's announcement of a suspension of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production due to an attack on its facilities.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump claims he's open to supporting armed groups inside Iran...

This has been going on for decades, the US prepared years ahead of time for this and has repeatedly used armed groups within and along Iranian borders to destabilize and undermine peace and stability for Iran.

It isn't a matter of if the US uses militants this time to launch a campaign inside Iran after shaping operations end, it is a matter of when and whether or not Iran's internal security is resilient enough to neutralize them.

Iran has applied its mosaic defense strategy to fighting both externally and inside its borders - the question is how well will this strategy hold up against ongoing strikes meant to degrade and overcome it.

Trump is telegraphing the next phase of operations and preparing the public for a version of reality in which US pre-planned terrorism/violence looks more "organic."

🚨🚨🚨 The UN’s nuclear watchdog chief, Rafael Grossi, says inspectors have not found evidence of a coordinated Iranian programme to build nuclear weapons despite Israeli and US claims.

Source Al Jazeera

🤡 Merz:

Iran [not the US and Israel unprovoked aggression!] war hurting economies; hopes it ends ‘as soon as possible’
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz voiced support for the US-Israeli war on Iran but said he hopes it ends soon because the attack is hurting the global economy.
“This is, of course, damaging our economies,” Merz told reporters as he met US President Trump at the White House.
“This is true for the oil prices and this is true for the gas prices as well. So that’s the reason why we all hope that this war will come to an end as soon as possible.”

Trump with Chancellor Merz next to him:

"How are we gonna treat Germany? I think you should hit them very very hard."

The US will continue to use military bases in Spain in operations against Iran if necessary, despite Madrid's discontent, - Trump. Main points:

- Israel did not force us to start an operation against Iran. We had negotiations with these lunatics (Iran), and I anticipated that they would attack first.

- If we have slightly high oil prices for a while, but once this ends, they will drop - I believe even lower than before.

- We will cut off all trade with Spain. We don't want to have anything to do with Spain - they said we can't use their bases.

- Iran has no naval forces, no air force, and no air detection system - their radars have been disabled.

- If we hadn't killed Soleimani in the last term, they (Iran) would have been much stronger and smarter.

- Iran is attacking countries that were neutral... and now all these countries are fighting against them.

- They (Iran) are just vicious... they killed 35,000 people with machine guns and sniper rifles. They only target civilian objects, hotels, and apartments.

- Iran no longer has air defense. They have no detection systems at all.

- If I hadn't terminated Obama's nuclear agreement, Iran would have already destroyed Israel and other countries with nuclear weapons.

- There will never be real peace in the Middle East if Iran possesses the missiles it currently has.

- We have an unlimited supply of medium and large caliber ammunition, and this is what we are actually using in this war.

t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Qatar shuts natural gas liquefaction today, two sources close to the matter say.

Restarting natural gas liquefaction after a complete shutdown would take 2 weeks.

Once restarted, Qatar would need at least another 2 weeks to reach full capacity.

Qatar is the 2nd largest LNG exporter in the world.

World's largest importers of Qatar LNG:

🇨🇳 China: 20.62 million mt
🇮🇳 India: 15.06 million mt
🇹🇼 Taiwan: 8.28 million mt
🇰🇷 South Korea: 7.44 million mt
🇵🇰 Pakistan: 6.57 million mt
🇯🇵 Japan: 4.21 million mt
(2025)

Bloomberg:

Gas Prices Surge as Qatar Shuts World’s Largest LNG Export Plant

Qatar shut LNG production at the world’s largest export facility after it was targeted in an Iranian drone attack, sending European gas prices surging as much as 54%.

If shipping through the Strait of Hormuz were halted for a month, European gas prices could more than double, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Even if the US boosts LNG production, it’s unlikely to be enough to offset supply from Qatar in the near-term. 

Bloomberg:

The Trump administration will indefinitely exempt Rosneft’s German subsidiary from sanctions — allowing Moscow’s stakes in German refineries to keep operating. Quietly. No headlines. No fanfare. Negotiated.

US Trump and Israel Netanyahu illegal unprovoked war against Iran.

Trump's burned through FIVE YEARS worth of Tomahawk inventory in THREE DAYS, so naturally, the Pentagon will just ask Congress to light another FIFTY BILLION on fire and not one person in the media will ask "how will we pay for it?"

- https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/defense-executives-plan-meet-white-house-strikes-iran-diminish-stockpiles-2026-03-04/

Impeccable timing!

Bloomberg:

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country will consider ending most sales of natural gas to Europe in favor of more promising alternative markets.

“Other markets are opening now,” Putin said on state television on Wednesday. “Maybe it’s better for us to end supplies to the European market right now? To go to those markets that are opening now and get a foothold there.”
European gas prices spiked to a three-year high this week amid the widening conflict in the Middle East.

According to various sources more than 70% of the weapons used by the Mexican cartel New Generation of Jalisco were previously supplied to Ukraine. And this is only Mexico, these weapons have not yet reached Europe today. However, it seems that the european good life and tranquility will collapse soon. It’s only a matter of time.

https://nationaltoday.com/us/dc/washington/news/2026/02/28/70-of-weapons-seized-from-mexican-cartels-traced-back-to-ukraine/