By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American)
President Donald Trump said today that U.S. forces will take Iran’s Kharg Island, which handles 90 percent of the nation’s oil exports, and take control of the nation’s energy infrastructure. Such a move would require U.S. ground troops.
And, he vowed as well, we will hit Iran “very hard” tonight.
The threat came after U.S. forces escalated their attack on Iran last night, hitting the nation with almost 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Central Command reported “self-defense strikes” against “Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites across Iran”:
U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy assets fired precision munitions on Iranian targets that posed a threat to U.S. forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters.
The strikes are in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression. U.S. forces remain vigilant, lethal, and ready.
CENTCOM also detailed the attack on the oil tanker, the Guinea-Bissau flagged M/T Jalveer. “It attempted to transport oil from Iran through the Gulf of Oman,” so we disabled the vessel by firing two Hellfire missiles into its engine room.
U.S. aircraft also stopped the Palau-flagged vessels M/T Marivex and M/T Settebello on Monday and Tuesday. “Marivex violated the blockade by attempting to sail to an Iranian port and Settebello attempted to transport Iranian oil,” CENTCOM reported:
CENTCOM forces have disabled nine non-compliant vessels, redirected 135 ships that complied, and allowed 42 vessels supporting humanitarian aid to pass since initiating the blockade on April 13.
The blockade is being enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.
…But taking Kharg Island, as The New American has reported, won’t be a cakewalk, as Israel First GOP Senator Lindsey Graham (S.C.) believes. It will require ground troops, which is likely the reason that U.S. Marines and elements of the 82nd Airborne Division are in the region. One analyst said seizing the island would entail a “grinding war of attrition.”…
Read the rest here: https://thenewamerican.com/world-news/middle-east/trump-u-s-will-hit-iran-tonight-and-soon-be-taking-kharg-island/
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