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KHARG STRIKE: US Jets Hit Iran Oil Hub

US jets struck oil infrastructure on Kharg Island signaling a major escalation in the U.S. campaign against Iran’s export lifelines as President Trump weighs further attacks to disable Tehran’s ability to export oil and fund proxies

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200 - U.S. service members wounded since the Iran war began

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"I can ‘take it’ and ‘do anything I want with it’" — President Donald Trump

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