“The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, three U.S. military officials with direct knowledge of Iran’s attack told CBS News.
At least six Americans were killed in a strike on a tactical operations center at the Shuaiba port in Kuwait, one of several U.S.-allied countries in the Persian Gulf region that have faced intense Iranian missile and drone attacks since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran early Saturday. U.S. Central Command has publicly confirmed the deaths.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the deadly strike was caused by a powerful Iranian weapon that made it through both air defenses and the operations center’s fortifications.
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three U.S. military officials questioned the assertion that the building was adequately fortified. They told CBS News the operations center was a triple-wide trailer made into an office space — a common setup at U.S. bases abroad.
The trailer’s only fortifications were T-walls, which are 12-foot-tall, steel-reinforced concrete barriers used to protect military personnel from explosions, rocket attacks and shrapnel, the military officials said.
But T-walls could not protect the facility from an overhead strike. Two officials told CBS News that the strike appeared to hit dead-center on top of the building.
Three officials also told CBS News, speaking under condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media outlets, that prior to the attack, there were discussions on the ground about whether the tactical operations center in question should not have been used, as it concentrated too many U.S. troops in a location that wasn’t defendable.
Preliminary battle damage assessments suggest the operations center in Kuwait was attacked by a one-way drone, according to three U.S. military officials with direct knowledge of Iran’s attack
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two sources said there was no American counter-rocket, artillery and mortar system at Shuaiba port that could be used to bring down incoming drones or other deadly munitions. Kuwait had interceptors in the vicinity, but it’s unclear if those were employed.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/military-officials-fortifications-where-u-051839834.html
“The school’s location, the nearby smoke, and the timing of the bombing – in the first round of strikes by US and Israeli forces – all give credence to the assertion that the school was hit as part of a series of strikes by the US and Israel on or around the IRGC complex. The US military said it was “looking into” the bombing.
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There is no indication, however, that the school is in any sense a military-use building: its classroom building and playground is walled off from the rest of the IRGC compound, and the colourful murals on its walls are visible in some satellite imagery.”
Nor were its classes exclusively reserved for children of military families
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/03/minab-school-bombing-how-the-worst-mass-casualty-event-of-the-iran-war-unfolded-a-visual-guide
Iran hides its missile launchers underground and in civilian areas, using human shields.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btzKzRlYPF8
“Former President Bill Clinton told members of the House Oversight Committee that he never witnessed the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse young women or girls, nor did he himself ever have sexual contact with anyone introduced to him by Epstein
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Addressing a photo showing Clinton in a pool with an unknown woman, the former president told lawmakers that he could not recall the identity of the woman.
“It appears there’s a — this photo there’s a girl over here,” said one questioner.
“Yeah, I don’t know who that is,” Clinton said.
“But he’s also asking in the pool area. Were there other individuals?” an attorney asked.
“I don’t know who that is,” Clinton repeated.
“And then I have to ask this, did you engage in any sexual activities with this person?” the questioner asked.
“No,” Clinton said, appearing visibly frustrated.
Clinton was also asked about a photo showing him appearing to get a massage in an airport by an unknown woman. He claimed that his “neck had spasmed” and that one of the women offered to help.
“The problem I remember from that trip was that my neck had spasmed and I was in — and so they offered to help and I let them help one,” Clinton said. He said that he could not recall any other massages from the trip.
“This is an email from Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein victim that alleged that you walked into Vanity Fair and threatened them not to write sex trafficking articles about your good friend Jeffrey Epstein,” a lawmaker asked. “Mr. President, is this true?”
“No. And no, not no. Hell no. Not close. No,” Clinton said.
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Clinton suggested to members of the House Oversight Committee that he first met Epstein after being connected by his former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, shedding light for the first time on the origin of his and Epstein’s relationship.
“He was calling because a man named Jeffrey Epstein, who had made a substantial commitment of several million dollars … to brain research, and he was an information hungry person, and he wanted to spend some time talking to me about economics and politics,” Clinton said.
“He said he’s got this massive airplane, and he said he would take you, your staff, your Secret Service detail, anybody else you wanted to bring on the trips that he knew I was planning to set up a global network to provide lifesaving AIDS medicine to as many people as possible, as quickly as possible,” Clinton said.
“Did you witness anything unusual with Epstein that would lead you to believe that Epstein was creepy?” he was asked.
“No, I never saw him do anything that I was suspicious,” Clinton responded.
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While Clinton acknowledged a photograph showing him and Epstein in the White House in 1993, the former president said he did not remember Epstein from the encounter, which he said was a generic meet-and-greet with donors.
“I first remember meeting him when I got on his airplane to take the first trip with my foundation in, I think 2002, whatever it was,” Clinton said.
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“Through my brief acquaintance with Jeffrey Epstein, though it ended years before his crimes came to light, and though I never witnessed during our limited interactions any indication of what was going on, I’m here to offer what little I know so I can do my part to prevent something like this from happening again,” Bill Clinton said.
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He also criticized the Oversight Committee for subpoenaing and questioning Hillary Clinton, arguing she had nothing to do with Epstein.
“I have to just say one personal thing. Since Hillary came in yesterday, she had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Nothing,” he said.
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No Epstein survivor or associate has ever made a public allegation of wrongdoing or inappropriate behavior by the former president or his wife in connection with his prior relationship with Epstein.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/video-clintons-depositions-house-epstein-205502290.html
“Israel’s determination to attack Iran and the certainty that US troops would be targeted in response forced the Trump administration to take pre-emptive strikes, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said, in a new explanation for Washington’s surprise entry into the conflict.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-strikes-iran-triggered-israel-011506844.html
“An attack from two drones on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh caused a “limited fire,” according to Saudi Arabia’s Defense Ministry, and the embassy urged Americans to avoid the compound. It followed an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait that announced Tuesday it had been closed until further notice.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-embassy-saudi-arabia-hit-045619887.html
Hegseth’s speech really did sound like an SNL version of a Hegseth speech.
The administration is claiming multiple goals to this war. Trump telling the Iranian people that this is their chance, and then also saying he is looking for someone to put in charge, shouldn’t give the Iranians confidence to risk their lives and rebel. Although, I’m not sure they are seeing his comments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nemxoSVj5w0
Some Iranians revel in Khomeini’s death, while others mourn. There doesn’t seem to be a rebellion or a revolution yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnMYwMquPUo
“A last chance to avert war with Iran played out Thursday in Geneva, where Trump administration officials told Iranian counterparts they must not take certain steps needed to build a nuclear bomb.
It didn’t go well.
As the U.S. delegation laid out its position that Iran couldn’t enrich uranium for the next 10 years, the Iranian side balked, said a senior Trump administration official who described the meeting on condition of anonymity.
Iran has an “inalienable right” to enrich uranium, Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, told the Americans. And the U.S. has an “inalienable right” to stop you, Steve Witkoff, a member of the U.S. delegation, replied.
After having heard the U.S. demands, Araghchi started yelling at Witkoff, who was accompanied at the meeting by President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, among others, said the senior official.
“If you prefer, I can leave,” Witkoff said.
Araghchi’s representatives didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Afterward, the American delegation reported back to Trump what had happened. Trump was “nonplussed,” the senior official said.
By Saturday morning, the U.S. was at war.
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“They weren’t willing to stop their nuclear research,” Trump said. “They weren’t willing to say they will not have a nuclear weapon. Very simple.””
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-decided-strike-iran-021729090.html
“Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi and in the country’s north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. Consulate on Sunday
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The violence came after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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In addition, 12 people were killed and over 80 wounded in clashes with police in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region when thousands of protesters angered by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran attacked the offices of the U.N. Military Observer Group and the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP)”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/least-6-killed-shiites-storm-080203718.html