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The US may send thousands of troops to Iran. Have we learned nothing from the past? | Moustafa Bayoumi
ByMoustafa Bayoumi March 31, 2026

In 2003, the US claimed its Iraq incursion would be brief. Now there’s competition for the title of worst-planned war in American historyThe US-Israel war on Iran is a colossal blunder of world historical proportions. As clear an act of aggression as o…

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Petrol more than $4 a gallon? Don’t blame JD Vance! | Arwa Mahdawi
ByArwa Mahdawi March 31, 2026

The US vice-president still dreams of succeeding Trump in 2028. No wonder he’s desperate to distance himself from the price rises caused by the war with IranBombing little kids in the Middle East? Whatever. Immigration agents killing US civilians in th…

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Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy grid if ceasefire not reached ‘shortly’
ByPeter Beaumont Senior international correspondent March 30, 2026

Oil prices on course for record monthly rise amid risk of further escalation and mixed messaging from USDonald Trump has threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power stations and fresh water plants if Tehran does not agree to peace terms “shortly”, even as …

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Will Trump put boots on the ground in Iran? – The Latest
By March 30, 2026

As thousands of US soldiers and marines arrive in the Middle East, Iran is accusing Washington of privately plotting a ground assault while publicly touting ceasefire talks. Donald Trump threatened to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy infrastructure, said his…

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We can’t look away from the horrors of war | Brief letters
ByGuardian staff March 30, 2026

Children killed by bombs | Museum charges | No explanations necessary | Trump’s measurements | Origins of ‘lashings’The report of a much-loved six-year-old girl killed in Lebanon by an Israeli bomb reduced me to tears (‘My heart is breaking’: Lebanese …

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Trump is fighting a ‘Boomer war’ in Iran: a relic unpopular with anyone under 60
ByStephen Wertheim March 30, 2026

To see this war as archaic, the last squawk of the Middle East hawks, is at once maddening and hopefulFrom the moment the United States and Israel attacked Iran, the news seemed incongruous with the year 2026. A war to kill the Ayatollah and overthrow …

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Trump’s Iran war is holding him hostage | Sidney Blumenthal
BySidney Blumenthal March 30, 2026

If there is any consistency to Trump’s policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequencesDonald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage. Unlike the US embassy perso…

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Trump news at a glance: Generational divide over Iran war emerges at key conservative conference
ByGuardian staff March 30, 2026

Younger conservatives say they are disappointed by Donald Trump’s decision to launch war against Iran. Key US politics stories from 29 MarchA generational divide over the Iran war has emerged between older attendees and their political heirs at this ye…

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Iran accuses US of plotting ground assault while publicly seeking talks
ByLorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem March 29, 2026March 30, 2026

Tehran says it will confront any land attack, as Houthi missiles fired at Israel signal further escalation in regionMiddle East crisis – live updatesIran has warned the US that it is prepared to confront any ground assault, accusing Washington of secre…

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How to end this war | Salar Mohandesi and Ben Mabie
BySalar Mohandesi and Ben Mabie March 29, 2026

A once robust American anti-war movement is significantly weaker than it was in its heyday. The immensely unpopular war on Iran offers a real opportunity to rebuild itIn 1964, President Lyndon Johnson asked Congress for authorization to use military fo…

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