Trump announces attack on Iran, says US will 'destroy' its missiles
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The U.S. aims to wipe out Iran's ballistic missile program, prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon and help its people seize control, Trump said.
WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" in Iran aimed at wiping out Tehran's ballistic missile program and debilitating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime.
The U.S. began carrying out strikes on Iran in coordination with Israel in the early morning of Saturday, Feb. 28, after nuclear negotiations failed to produce a deal that satisfied all of the Trump administration's concerns, including an end to its missile program.
"A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard terrible people," Trump said in a video statement, which he delivered from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
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