War with Iran sees several historical firsts
This sets a dangerous precedent.
The joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran in the morning hours of Feb. 28 sparked the largest regional war in the Middle East in decades and marked several historical milestones.
Operation Epic Fury is the largest U.S. campaign since its invasion of Iraq in 2003, and is poised to reshape the order in the Middle East for the near future. The U.S. and Israel have inflicted heavily lopsided casualties on the Iranians, with U.S. losses being six soldiers dead as of Friday, while Iran has lost thousands so far.
MICHAEL BARONE: TRUMP AVOIDING REPEATING HISTORY IN IRAN
In achieving these results, the U.S. and Israel have achieved several historical milestones, while the Iranians have achieved several of their own:
First assassination of a head of state by a rival state since 1979 or 1870
The U.S. and Israel began the war with a devastating opening strikes, hitting hundreds of targets with a wide variety of munitions. One target took absolute precedence, however, and getting him in a favorable spot was the trigger of the entire war — former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The attack was launched shortly after 8 a.m., when Khamenei was at a meeting with other top officials in his above-ground office. The strike was the culmination of months of intricate intelligence from the CIA and Mossad, meticulously tracking the supreme leader’s movements. When the order was given, over 30 precision munitions were launched from Israeli aircraft, obliterating his compound and killing Iran’s head of state and several other top officials.
The killing marked the first assassination of a head of state by a rival head of state in nearly a half-century, and the first of the 21st century. The last time such a feat was achieved was on Dec. 27, 1979, when the communist Afghan President Hafizullah Amin was mortally wounded by a grenade thrown by Soviet special forces during Operation Storm-333. Amin was a Soviet puppet who was eliminated in a daring operation after becoming increasingly erratic and disruptive to Moscow’s aims in the country.
TRUMP GRAPPLES WITH THE GREATEST COST OF HIS WAR IN IRAN: THE HUMAN COST
Given Amin was more a betrayed ally than actively hostile, another claimant to the last assassination of a head of state by a rival power could be Paraguayan President Francisco Solano López, who was killed in battle by Brazilian soldiers in 1870 during the War of the Triple Alliance.
Most neutral countries attacked by a belligerent in history
After the U.S. and Israel’s …
This sets a dangerous precedent.
The joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran in the morning hours of Feb. 28 sparked the largest regional war in the Middle East in decades and marked several historical milestones.
Operation Epic Fury is the largest U.S. campaign since its invasion of Iraq in 2003, and is poised to reshape the order in the Middle East for the near future. The U.S. and Israel have inflicted heavily lopsided casualties on the Iranians, with U.S. losses being six soldiers dead as of Friday, while Iran has lost thousands so far.
MICHAEL BARONE: TRUMP AVOIDING REPEATING HISTORY IN IRAN
In achieving these results, the U.S. and Israel have achieved several historical milestones, while the Iranians have achieved several of their own:
First assassination of a head of state by a rival state since 1979 or 1870
The U.S. and Israel began the war with a devastating opening strikes, hitting hundreds of targets with a wide variety of munitions. One target took absolute precedence, however, and getting him in a favorable spot was the trigger of the entire war — former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The attack was launched shortly after 8 a.m., when Khamenei was at a meeting with other top officials in his above-ground office. The strike was the culmination of months of intricate intelligence from the CIA and Mossad, meticulously tracking the supreme leader’s movements. When the order was given, over 30 precision munitions were launched from Israeli aircraft, obliterating his compound and killing Iran’s head of state and several other top officials.
The killing marked the first assassination of a head of state by a rival head of state in nearly a half-century, and the first of the 21st century. The last time such a feat was achieved was on Dec. 27, 1979, when the communist Afghan President Hafizullah Amin was mortally wounded by a grenade thrown by Soviet special forces during Operation Storm-333. Amin was a Soviet puppet who was eliminated in a daring operation after becoming increasingly erratic and disruptive to Moscow’s aims in the country.
TRUMP GRAPPLES WITH THE GREATEST COST OF HIS WAR IN IRAN: THE HUMAN COST
Given Amin was more a betrayed ally than actively hostile, another claimant to the last assassination of a head of state by a rival power could be Paraguayan President Francisco Solano López, who was killed in battle by Brazilian soldiers in 1870 during the War of the Triple Alliance.
Most neutral countries attacked by a belligerent in history
After the U.S. and Israel’s …
War with Iran sees several historical firsts
This sets a dangerous precedent.
The joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran in the morning hours of Feb. 28 sparked the largest regional war in the Middle East in decades and marked several historical milestones.
Operation Epic Fury is the largest U.S. campaign since its invasion of Iraq in 2003, and is poised to reshape the order in the Middle East for the near future. The U.S. and Israel have inflicted heavily lopsided casualties on the Iranians, with U.S. losses being six soldiers dead as of Friday, while Iran has lost thousands so far.
MICHAEL BARONE: TRUMP AVOIDING REPEATING HISTORY IN IRAN
In achieving these results, the U.S. and Israel have achieved several historical milestones, while the Iranians have achieved several of their own:
First assassination of a head of state by a rival state since 1979 or 1870
The U.S. and Israel began the war with a devastating opening strikes, hitting hundreds of targets with a wide variety of munitions. One target took absolute precedence, however, and getting him in a favorable spot was the trigger of the entire war — former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The attack was launched shortly after 8 a.m., when Khamenei was at a meeting with other top officials in his above-ground office. The strike was the culmination of months of intricate intelligence from the CIA and Mossad, meticulously tracking the supreme leader’s movements. When the order was given, over 30 precision munitions were launched from Israeli aircraft, obliterating his compound and killing Iran’s head of state and several other top officials.
The killing marked the first assassination of a head of state by a rival head of state in nearly a half-century, and the first of the 21st century. The last time such a feat was achieved was on Dec. 27, 1979, when the communist Afghan President Hafizullah Amin was mortally wounded by a grenade thrown by Soviet special forces during Operation Storm-333. Amin was a Soviet puppet who was eliminated in a daring operation after becoming increasingly erratic and disruptive to Moscow’s aims in the country.
TRUMP GRAPPLES WITH THE GREATEST COST OF HIS WAR IN IRAN: THE HUMAN COST
Given Amin was more a betrayed ally than actively hostile, another claimant to the last assassination of a head of state by a rival power could be Paraguayan President Francisco Solano López, who was killed in battle by Brazilian soldiers in 1870 during the War of the Triple Alliance.
Most neutral countries attacked by a belligerent in history
After the U.S. and Israel’s …
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