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The A.M. Update

72-Hour Epic Fury Updates | Uncle Sam: Your Friendly Neighborhood Maritime Insurer | 3/4/26

The A.M. Update

Aaron McIntire

News, Daily News, Politics

4.9833 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Wednesday's A.M. Update details Operation Epic Fury's first 72 hours: U.S. Central Command reports strikes on IRGC command centers, aerospace/missile sites, navy ships/submarines, air defenses, and comms infrastructure, while Israel hits covert nuclear development facilities and the Assembly of Experts building during successor voting. President Trump dismisses claims Israel "forced" U.S. involvement, emphasizing his belief Iran would attack first and Rubio clarifying preemptive timing to minimize casualties. A British F-35 scores its first combat kill downing an Iranian drone over Jordan; Spain refuses base access, prompting Trump threats of trade cutoff. Lloyd's of London halts Gulf shipping insurance, leading Trump to direct U.S. government coverage and Navy escorts. Texas primaries head to runoffs including Cornyn-Paxton Senate and Roy-Middleton AG races. Analysis warns of CCP propaganda amplifying "Israel roped us in" narratives to fracture U.S.-Israel ties.
 
A.M. Update, Aaron McIntire, Operation Epic Fury, IRGC strikes, Marco Rubio Israel, Trump Iran, Kuwait friendly fire, Texas primaries, Lloyd's insurance Gulf, CCP propaganda, Lindsey Graham

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's Wednesday, March 4th, 2026, the latest in Iran, a Texas-sized primary and keeping a watchful eye on the propaganda.

0:08.3

Next on the AM update.

0:12.9

U.S. Central Command provided an update on the first 72 hours of their operations in Operation Epic Fury.

0:20.6

They say they've targeted command and control centers,

0:23.6

the IRGC Joint Headquarters, the IRGC Aerospace Forces headquarters, integrated air defense systems,

0:30.6

ballistic missile sites, Iranian Navy ships, Iranian Navy submarines, anti-ship missile sites,

0:36.6

and military communication capabilities.

0:39.5

Those are just some of the highlights of the many hundreds of targets that have been hit by the United States, at the very least.

0:45.4

Some estimates go up into the thousands when you count what Israel has hit along with the United States.

0:50.9

Speaking of those Israeli hits, the IDF struck the covert mens ad-dihi compound in which

0:56.2

the Iranian regime operated to develop necessary capabilities for nuclear weapons. That was one

1:01.9

piece of news that came out yesterday as well. As this, they hit yet again the Iran Assembly of

1:09.4

Experts in KOMM. That's just south of Tehran.

1:12.5

They hit the building at least that they usually meet in.

1:15.0

It was not clear whether or not any of those assembly of experts, the clerics basically, were meeting in person physically.

1:22.0

But it is reported that the IDF struck this target while votes were being counted to elect a new Ayatola.

1:30.4

From what I've seen, nothing has been definitively said quite yet.

1:33.8

Maybe the son of Ali Khomeini was elected as well, but again, I haven't seen that reported officially quite yet.

1:40.8

Also, with the UK getting involved, a British F-35 fighter jet to achieve their first reported

1:46.4

combat kill, if you want to call it that, shooting down an Iranian attack drone over Jordan,

1:52.2

United Kingdom getting in on the action trying to prove that they are not exactly worthless.

1:56.3

There is one European country that has proven themselves worthless, more on that a little bit.

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