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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegers issued a strong warning on social media, saying that anyone targeting American citizens will face fatal consequences.The message, shared by Central Command on“
The news was released along with a 21-second video clip showing what the military described as the current range. The footage includes “unclassified” video of vehicles and buildings bombed and destroyed by U.S. forces in recent operations.The warning comes amid rising tensions following a joint U.S.-Israeli military strike on Iranian territory on February 28. The attack killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior figures, triggering a strong reaction from Tehran.In response, Iran has expanded the conflict in West Asia by launching ballistic missiles and drones targeting U.S. assets and allies in the region, including Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan.ALSO READ |‘Destroyed their entire evil empire’: Is US responsible for Iranian school bombing that killed 160 people? what trump saidUS President Trump also claimed that the United States had successfully suppressed the entire Iranian leadership and described the military operation as removing a major “cancer” from the global stage.Trump made the remarks aboard Air Force One flying to Miami: “We’re winning the war by a huge margin. We’ve destroyed their entire evil empire. I’m sure that’s going to go on for a while…The war itself is going on incredibly well. It’s as good as it gets.” “We’ve wiped out their (Iranian) navy, 44 ships. We’ve wiped out their air force, every aircraft. We’ve wiped out most of their missiles. You see, they don’t have many missiles left. We’ve also attacked the manufacturing areas where they make their missiles. Their drone capability has gone way down and we’ve hit them where they hurt, including almost every form of leadership that we can take out,” he added.Meanwhile, more than a week into the conflict, Iran’s humanitarian toll continues to rise. According to Al Jazeera, official CIT figures show that “more than 1,300 people have been killed” since the violence began.
