Coverage dated August 3, 2026

Report: Trump Admin Is “Crowdsourcing” Ideas for Ending War in Iran

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“We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” CENTCOM wrote in a group email.

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  1. KION Central Coast

    Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran (opens KION Central Coast)

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    By Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas. “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an officer in US Cen…

  2. The New Republic

    Trump Admin Now Crowdsourcing for “Creative” Ideas on Iran (opens The New Republic)

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    The Trump administration is running out of ways to pressure Iran, with its airstrikes failing to end Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz or force the country back to the negotiating table. So now the military is asking for “unconventional” new ideas. CNN reports that an officer in the U.S.

  3. Truthout

    Report: Trump Admin Is “Crowdsourcing” Ideas for Ending War in Iran (opens Truthout)

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    “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” CENTCOM wrote in a group email.

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