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US military has launched 'major combat operations' in Iran - Trump

Trump says the US military has launched “major combat operations” in Iran, saying the country had attempted to rebuild its nuclear programme.

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[–] breakfastmtn@piefed.ca 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In a video posted on Truth Social, Trump has told the Islamic Revolutionary Guard to lay down their arms, saying “You will be treated fairly with total immunity or you will face certain death.”

Trump has accused Iran of developing long range missiles that threaten the US and others.

He said the US will “raze their missile industry to the ground” and “annihilate their navy”.

The Guardian

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That only makes sense if he's planning on an occupation. That's insane.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s insane.

If you expect anything else from this regime, you haven't been paying attention.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 3 points 23 hours ago

If you expect anything else from any US regime, you haven't been paying attention. This is exactly what happened in Iraq and Afghanistan before puppet governments were installed.

[–] Dragomus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So uh isn't the Islamic Republican Guard responsible for the extremely brutal response to the recent civillian protests?
And even a few days ago would enter hospitals to further injure and abuse said protesters now in hospital, also prevent doctors from treating them?

They get total immunity?

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Total immunity and jobs working for ice

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago

There is a decent possibility that he did it cause he was jelly of the protester crackdown.