President Trump
Launched military strikes against Iran in collaboration with Israel
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The United States and Israel have officially attacked Iran … like President Trump Announced that American and Israeli armed forces had launched “major combat operations” against the country.
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Trump uploaded a video message online late Friday, telling the world that he aimed to “protect the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime — an evil group of very callous, horrible people.”
The president also said Iran has waged a 47-year campaign of “bloodshed and mass murder” against the United States and its allies. Trump said he would never allow Iran to possess nuclear weapons, despite efforts to rebuild the country’s nuclear program after the US dismantled it last summer.
His intentions regarding Iran’s weapons are clear, promising… “We are going to destroy their missiles and collapse their missile industry.”
NEW: Smoke is seen rising from a government building in Tehran as the US and Israel conduct “Operation Epic Fury”.
A senior Israeli official confirmed to Fox News that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Massoud Pezeshkian were targeted in the initial wave… pic.twitter.com/Pg6w9cFPMy
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cnn The latest US and Israeli attacks on Iran were reported to have been launched on Saturday morning. The video shows smoke billowing from the target in Iran’s capital Tehran. Multiple military sources told CNN… the US and Israel had been planning the attack for months.
Video geolocated by CNN shows the moment a missile fell near a US Navy base in Bahrain. The sound of a big bang can be heard in the video. After this, a large plume of smoke was seen rising from the area around the base. Follow live updates:https://t.co/ozSE71vyvO pic.twitter.com/JVsvh0x4h2
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Trump described the military operations as “large-scale and ongoing”, warning that American lives could be lost during the war.
In retaliation, Iran launched the first wave of missiles and drone strikes toward Israel. There were also multiple reports of explosions in Dubai, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, CNN said. The US has bases in each of these regions.
