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How Iran is widening its pressure campaign to force US concessions
www.reuters.com

... Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East's trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points that steadily raise the cost of confrontation, according to Gulf officials and analysts.

Rather than seeking a decisive military victory, Tehran is pursuing a strategy of calibrated escalation aimed at widening the conflict without triggering full-scale war.

The goal, they say, is to convince the United States and its allies that containing the crisis is more costly than accommodating Iran's demands over the Strait of Hormuz.

The message from Tehran is that unless Washington accepts a new status quo that gives Iran a greater role in Hormuz, the conflict could spread beyond the Gulf.

By putting multiple maritime chokepoints and energy assets at risk, Iran believes it can strengthen its hand in any future negotiations.

"Iran, from the beginning, has tried to out-escalate the United States by stretching out its escalation options so that it always has something new to bring every week -- a new geography, a new type of weapon, a new type of target," Michael Knights of the Washington Institute told Reuters. ...



@#1 ... 10,077 cases in Michigan alone. ...

www.unilad.com

... More than 18,000 confirmed and suspected Cyclospora cases have now been reported across 45 states, making it the largest outbreak of the parasite in US history, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

infection have shot up to a total of 10,700.

Michigan has recorded more than twice as many cases as the second hardest-hit state, Ohio, which has reported around 4,000 confirmed infections.

And health experts are now urging residents to thoroughly wash and trim certain types of produce before eating them, with the majority of cases being diagnosed in and around Detroit.

While Michigan health officials have yet to identify the specific source of the state's outbreak, federal investigators have linked Cyclospora cases elsewhere in the US to shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms, and sold through Taco Bell and other retailers. ...



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