Topic: centcom

A protestor displaying a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on her clothes gestures during a demonstration against the US and Israel attack of Iran and the killing of the Supreme leader. The growing conflict sparks fears of regional war with explosions reported across the Middle East as the Islamic republic retaliated with barrages of missiles. (OZAN KOSE / Getty Images)

Ayatollah killed, death toll climbs

CK Smith
In this Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014 photo, Smoke rises from explosions demolishing houses on the Egyptian side of the border town of Rafah as seen from the Palestinian side of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. With dynamite and heavy machinery, Egypt's army has been demolishing homes along its border with the Gaza Strip, after the military ordered residents out last week to make way for a planned buffer zone meant to stop militants and smugglers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) (AP)

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U.S. marines run with their combat gear to take position in the suburbs of the town of Nasariyah in Iraq March 24, 2003. U.S. marines were fighting on Monday to take control of Nassiriya where the city's defenders were putting up stout resistance. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Pictures of the month March 2003 DS/FMS (© Reuters Photographer / Reuters)

Andrew Bacevich - TomDispatch.com
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Un-intelligence network

Tom Engelhardt - TomDispatch.com
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How elites protect each other

Marcy Wheeler