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Strikes Without End

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Liz Wolfe | 9.2.2026 9:30 AM

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The U.S. and Iran are back at it: Both countries have resumed trading airstrikes this week after mostly pausing for the month of August, when they were attempting to agree to a deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Then, on August 30, "US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on its Larak Island" claiming "that the attack on Larak was launched to prevent Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz," per Breakthrough News. 

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Last night, U.S. Central Command reported that it had struck its adversary's military targets in retaliation for attacks on U.S. troops and ships in the region. The U.S. military allegedly killed four members of the IRGC and 12 people across the south of Iran, per Iranian state outlets. The New York Times is reporting that U.S. forces hit a wedding in the port town of Kuhestak, killing four people (including a child). The "U.S. military never targets civilians, unlike the........

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