Capture lane

Military Capture

The Military Capture capture lane traces 60 verified events documenting this mechanism of institutional capture.

60 events From Jan 21, 2025 To Apr 7, 2026 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
2026-04-07Trump Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization Tonight: 8 PM Ultimatum to Destroy All Power Plants and Bridges
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Iran
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2026-04-03French-Owned Container Ship Crosses Strait of Hormuz, Signaling Iran's Strategy to Fracture Western Alliance
CMA CGM · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · France
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2026-04-03Trump Requests Record $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget for FY2027, Largest Year-Over-Year Increase Since WWII
Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Congress
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2026-04-03US F-15E Fighter Jet Shot Down Over Iran, One Crew Member Rescued, Second Missing
U.S. Air Force · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth
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2026-04-02Hegseth Fires Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George During Iran War, Installs Former Personal Aide
Pete Hegseth · Randy George · Christopher LaNeve · Donald Trump
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2026-04-02US Bombs Bridge Near Tehran Killing Eight Civilians, Trump Posts Collapse Video on Truth Social
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of Defense · Iran
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2026-04-02US Intelligence Assesses Iran Retains Roughly Half Its Missile Launchers After Five Weeks of Strikes
U.S. Intelligence Community · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth
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2026-03-29Netanyahu Orders Expansion of Lebanon Invasion Toward Litani River, Largest Israeli Ground Operation Since 2006
Benjamin Netanyahu · Israel Defense Forces · Israel Katz · Hezbollah · +1
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2026-03-23Oil Prices Drop Sharply on Ceasefire Hopes — Brent Falls 11% to $99.94 After Touching $126 Peak
global oil markets
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2026-03-22Iran War Civilian Toll Mounts — 3,114+ Dead Including 1,354 Civilians, 210+ Children, 3.2M Displaced
Human Rights Activists News Agency · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · Refugees International
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2026-03-22Trump Gives Iran 48-Hour Ultimatum to Reopen Hormuz — Threatens to 'Obliterate' Power Plants
Donald Trump · Islamic Republic of Iran
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2026-03-21Iran Launches Ballistic Missiles at Dimona Nuclear Site — Two Penetrate Israeli Defenses, 180+ Injured
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Israel · International Atomic Energy Agency
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2026-03-21Iran Launches IRBMs at Diego Garcia — Missiles Fall Short but Reveal Range Far Exceeding Declared 2,000km Limit
Islamic Republic of Iran · United Kingdom · United States · NATO
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2026-03-21Israeli Military Officials Say Iran Campaign at "Halfway" Point — Weeks More of Operations Ahead
Israeli Defense Forces
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2026-03-21US Military Strikes Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility in Major Nuclear Escalation
U.S. Department of Defense · Iran Atomic Energy Organization · International Atomic Energy Agency
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2026-03-20Dallas Fed Analysis — Hormuz Closure Could Cut Global GDP Growth by 2.9 Points, Push Oil to $132
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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2026-03-20Hegseth Quotes Psalm 144 at Pentagon Briefing, Calls Iranian Leaders "Religious Fanatics"
Pete Hegseth · MRFF · PRRI · Mikey Weinstein
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2026-03-20Iranian Drones Strike Kuwait's Largest Oil Refinery During Eid al-Fitr for Second Consecutive Day
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Kuwait
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2026-03-20Judge Strikes Down Pentagon Press Policy Requiring Pledge Not to Gather Unauthorized Information
Judge Paul L. Friedman · New York Times · Julian E. Barnes · Pentagon
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2026-03-20Trump Claims War 'Winding Down' While Deploying 2,500 Additional Marines to Middle East
Donald Trump · Pentagon · U.S. Central Command · U.S. Marine Corps
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2026-03-19Pentagon Requests $200 Billion War Supplemental — Hegseth Says 'It Takes Money to Kill Bad Guys'
Pete Hegseth · Pentagon · Congress
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2026-03-18Iran Missiles Strike Ras Laffan LNG — World's Largest Export Facility Knocked Offline for Years
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Qatar · QatarEnergy
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2026-03-18Iran's New Supreme Leader Still Not Seen in Public — Health Questions Intensify After Father's Death in Strikes
Mojtaba Khamenei · Iranian state media
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2026-03-18Israel Bombs South Pars Gas Field — World's Largest Natural Gas Reserve Hit, Triggering Gulf Retaliation Spiral
Israeli Air Force · Islamic Republic of Iran
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2026-03-18Strait of Hormuz Shipping Reduced to Trickle — 21 Tankers Transit vs. 100+/Day Pre-War
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · global shipping industry
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2026-03-18Win Without War Places 168 Children's Backpacks on Capitol Lawn Memorializing Minab School Victims
Win Without War · Sen. Chris Van Hollen · Rep. Pramila Jayapal · Rep. Sara Jacobs
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2026-03-17Iran Strikes UAE Energy Targets — Shah Gas Field and Fujairah Hit, Oil Output Drops 500K-800K bpd
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · United Arab Emirates
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2026-03-17Joe Kent Resigns as NCTC Director — 'Iran Posed No Imminent Threat, War Driven by Israel Lobby'
Joe Kent · Donald Trump · National Counterterrorism Center
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2026-03-16Amnesty International Declares Minab Girls' School Strike a Potential War Crime — 168+ Killed Including 100+ Children
Amnesty International · U.S. Central Command · Pentagon
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2026-03-16Iran FM Araghchi Rejects Ceasefire — "War Must End So Enemies Never Again Think of Repeating"
Abbas Araghchi · Islamic Republic of Iran
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2026-03-13CNN Analysis Connects Hegseth's "American Crusade" Book to His Leadership of Iran War
Pete Hegseth
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2026-03-13DOGE Cuts Hobble Pentagon IT, FBI Counterintel, and VOA as War Costs Dwarf All Savings
Department of Government Efficiency · Pentagon · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Kash Patel
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2026-03-13Iran War Two-Week Assessment — 5,300+ Killed, $11B+ Spent, 3.2M Displaced
U.S. Central Command · Hengaw Organization for Human Rights · Refugees International
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2026-03-13US Air Force Bombs Kharg Island Oil Hub, Strikes 90+ Military Targets Across Iran
Donald Trump · U.S. Central Command · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Air Force
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2026-03-12Iran Launches New Wave of Gulf Attacks as Oil Prices Spike, Bahrain Reports Fuel Tank Strikes
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · Bahrain Defense Force · Bapco Energies · +3
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2026-03-12New Iran Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei Issues First Statement Vowing Revenge and Permanent Hormuz Closure
Mojtaba Khamenei · Islamic Republic of Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-12UNHCR Reports 3.2 Million Iranians Displaced as UN Warns of "Humanitarian Explosion"
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · United Nations · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · +3
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2026-03-11Evidence Points to US Tomahawk Strike on Minab Girls School Killing 170+, War Crime Investigation Demanded
U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Defense Intelligence Agency · Pete Hegseth · +7
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2026-03-11Iran Strikes Cargo Ship in Strait of Hormuz, IRGC Vows "Not One Litre of Oil" to Pass
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Navy · +2
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2026-03-10DOGE Spending Cuts Leave U.S. Government Hollowed Out as Iran War Escalates
Department of Government Efficiency · Elon Musk · Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · +2
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2026-03-10Hegseth Announces "Most Intense Day of Strikes" on Iran as US Targets Drone Manufacturing
Pete Hegseth · Dan Caine · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +2
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2026-03-09Iran Launches Missiles and Drones at Gulf Nations and US Bases in Escalating Retaliation
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Islamic Republic of Iran · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +4
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2026-03-08Iran Names Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader After Father Killed in US-Israeli Strike
Mojtaba Khamenei · Iran Assembly of Experts · Islamic Republic of Iran · Donald Trump · +1
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2026-03-07Trump Hosts Shield of the Americas Summit at His Own Doral Resort, Launches Military Cartel Coalition
Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · Marco Rubio · Pete Hegseth · +1
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2026-03-07War Enters Second Week as Trump Warns Iran "Will Be Hit Very Hard" and U.S. Evacuates Citizens from Middle East
Donald Trump · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Central Command · Pete Hegseth · +2
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2026-03-0629 Congress Members Demand DOD Inspector General Investigate Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon
Rep. Jared Huffman · Rep. Jamie Raskin · Rep. Chrissy Houlahan · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · +2
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2026-03-05Iran's Operation True Promise IV: 500+ Ballistic Missiles and 2,000 Drones Fired in First Week of War
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · IRGC Aerospace Force · Islamic Republic of Iran · Israel Defense Forces · +1
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2026-03-05U.S. Strikes Target Iran's Space and Remaining Nuclear Infrastructure as Campaign Enters Second Week
U.S. Central Command · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · Iran · +2
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2026-03-04Iran Strikes Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar with Ballistic Missiles, Breaching U.S. Defense Shield
Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · +1
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2026-03-04Pentagon Claims Iran's Navy Destroyed and Senior Naval Leadership Killed in Operation Epic Fury
Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · U.S. Central Command · Iran · +1
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2026-03-03Iranian Drones Strike U.S. Embassy in Riyadh as War Spreads Across Middle East
Iran · Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · U.S. Department of State · U.S. Department of Defense · +2
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2026-03-03MRFF Documents Over 200 Complaints of Military Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon
Pete Hegseth · Mikey Weinstein · Military Religious Freedom Foundation · CAIR · +1
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2026-03-02Hezbollah Launches Missiles and Drones at Israel, Triggering the 2026 Lebanon War
Hezbollah · Israel Defense Forces · Ali Khamenei · Hassan Nasrallah · +1
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2026-03-02Iran Formally Declares Strait of Hormuz "Closed," Threatening to Destroy Any Transiting Vessel
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps · Ebrahim Jabari · Islamic Republic of Iran
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2026-02-17Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Pastor Doug Wilson to Lead Official Pentagon Prayer Service
Pete Hegseth · Doug Wilson · U.S. Department of Defense
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2025-08-22Hegseth Fires DIA Director Lt. Gen. Kruse After Agency's Iran Strike Assessment Contradicted Trump's 'Obliterated' Claim
Jeffrey Kruse · Pete Hegseth · Donald Trump · Benjamin Netanyahu
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2025-05-05Hegseth Orders 20% Cut to Four-Star General and Admiral Positions
Pete Hegseth · Jack Reed
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2025-04-04Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield Fired as U.S. Military Representative to NATO — 'Loss of Confidence'
Shoshana Chatfield · Pete Hegseth
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2025-04-03Trump Fires NSA Director Gen. Timothy Haugh and Deputy After Laura Loomer Oval Office Visit
Timothy Haugh · Wendy Noble · Donald Trump · Laura Loomer · +1
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2025-01-21Trump Fires Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan on Day Two — First Military Leader Removed
Linda Fagan · Donald Trump · Pete Hegseth · Kristi Noem
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