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What prompted President Trump to order intensive strikes on Iran after recent U.S. troop deaths?
President Trump orders intensive strikes on Iran after U.S. troops are killed in Jordan and Iraq.
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The U.S. has vowed severe retaliation against Iran after missile strikes killed multiple American service members over the weekend. Cabot Phillips, host of Wired In, is here to get us up to speed. So Cabot, for weeks now, you know, things have been escalating. Now it looks like we're on the verge of all-out war again. So what is the latest in the conflict?
Yeah, as we've discussed on the show, the ceasefire with Iran had been slowly dissolving over the last few weeks with tit-for-tat strikes, but President Trump maintained the talks were ongoing and diplomacy was still a main goal for both sides. But there's now no doubt that the memorandum of understanding is over with, and the real question now is whether we return to all-out war. The turning point came Saturday when Iranian missiles and drones made it past our air defense system and scored a direct hit on Muwaffaq Salty Air Base. That's an American installation used throughout this conflict. That strike killed at least three American service members and sent four more to the hospital with serious injuries.
And then Sunday afternoon, CENTCOM announced that yet another soldier had been killed, this time in Iraq, quote, during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone. These are the first American deaths in the Middle East since back in April and bring the death toll for this conflict up to at least 17. In remarkable and just horrifying footage reportedly captured at the scene, you can see the devastating impact of this Iranian strike on the base in Jordan.
Like you said, just horrific footage there. So what have we heard so far from the White House and the Pentagon?
Well, in a statement shortly after the strikes, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said, quote, Godspeed, heroes. Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve. And that has been the general sentiment so far. Resolve. For example, a Pentagon spokesman posted this clip of Secretary Hegseth as well over the weekend. If you kill Americans, if you threaten Americans anywhere on Earth, we will hunt you down without apology and without hesitation, and we will kill you. U.S. Central Command announced that they had completed their eighth consecutive night of airstrikes across Iran. This time, they targeted not just missile and drone sites along the Strait of Hormuz, but they also hit key bridges and the specific IRGC bases that launched this lethal attack on our base in Jordan.
And according to Iranian state media, the U.S. also targeted an under-construction nuclear power plant in the country's southwest. Now, if true, that would mark the first strike on such a facility, so a major escalation.
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Chapters
3 chapters
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What prompted President Trump to order intensive strikes on Iran after recent U.S. troop deaths?
0:04–9:49
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Which U.S. bases and assets were hit and how many American service members were killed or injured?
9:49–14:31
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How has the White House and Pentagon publicly justified the retaliatory campaign?
14:31–17:21
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