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From air strikes to boots on the ground? US-Israel campaign against Iran escalates
France 24
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From air strikes to boots on the ground? US-Israel campaign against Iran escalates

France 24 · Mar 2, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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What’s the plan and does it go beyond dropping bombs from the sky? On Day 3 of the US and Israeli campaign that’s killed Iran’s supreme leader, the United States insisting there will be no boots on the ground. But while the US defense secretary talks of nuclear installations and missile launchers, the U-S president's spoken of laying the groundwork for regime change. Already, the escalation’s gone well beyond last June’s 12 days of bombing raids.


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