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US military briefs Trump on plan to seize Iran's buried uranium stockpile: Report
The operation would require excavation gear, a runway for cargo planes and hundreds or thousands of troops, officials and experts said.
- In the past week, the Pentagon briefed President Donald Trump on a plan to seize nearly 1,000 pounds of Iran's 60% enriched uranium, involving landing troops, clearing debris under fire, and constructing a runway to airlift the material.
- The Department of War developed the potential ground operation after Trump ordered additional troops to the Middle East in recent weeks, with planners presenting options intended to deliver a 'final blow' to Iran.
- Executing the mission would require clearing debris under fire to reach uranium hidden under caved-in tunnels, a task never before attempted during wartime while constructing a runway exposed to enemy fire.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the Pentagon's work as providing "maximum optionality," while foreign policy expert Ilan Goldenberg called the plan "the worst of all the bad ideas."
- Brendan P. Buck at The Cato Institute warned the "commando option" is "extraordinarily risky" and unlikely to succeed, with the operation potentially requiring hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground for weeks.
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Pentagon Briefed Trump on Plan to Seize Iran's Uranium
The War Department has developed a detailed and highly complex proposal that would involve deploying U.S. forces deep inside Iran, bringing in excavation equipment, and even constructing a temporary runway to airlift highly enriched uranium out of Iran.
The military handed over to US President Donald Trump a plan to seize about 450 kilograms of highly enriched uranium in Iran, reporting on April 1, The Washington Post, citing sources.
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