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US Launches 'Most Intense' Day of Strikes - Iran Campaign Escalates

The US conducted its most intense day of strikes inside Iran as Pentagon officials reported a major escalation in operations targeting Iranian military and infrastructure locations across the country

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140 - U.S. service members wounded in Iran war

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"a little excursion ... to get rid of some evil" — President Donald Trump

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