U.S. Central Command announced that six U.S. soldiers have been killed in combat operations over the past 48 hours.
This command is explained in the statement as follows: ET on March 2, six U.S. soldiers were killed in combat operations, adding: The U.S. military recently recovered the bodies of two previously missing soldiers from a facility targeted at the start of Iran’s offensive in the region.
She said large-scale combat operations were continuing and the identities of the dead would not be released for 24 hours after families were informed.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mark Rubio told reporters that while the US hopes that the Iranian people can overthrow the government in Tehran, the goal of the US mission is to destroy Iran’s capabilities in the field of ballistic missiles and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
He added that while the United States is not ready to send ground forces to Iran at this time, President Donald Trump has such an option, indicating that he believes the goals Washington has set for Iran can be achieved without ground forces.
Mr. Rubio considered Iran to be an imminent threat to the United States and described the attack on Iran as a “pre-emptive strike.”
Asked whether Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, Rubio said: “Yes, it certainly was an imminent threat. Imminent threat means that we knew that if Iran were attacked, and we believed that it would be attacked, that Iran would immediately rush to target us.”
He added: “We were not going to sit there and get attacked before responding because we said if we had done that, if we had waited for Israel to attack and then they would attack us first – because Israel attacked, they would attack us first – and if we had waited for the attack, we would have suffered more losses, injuries and deaths.”
He noted that the United States acted proactively in a defensive manner to prevent further damage, adding, “If we hadn’t done that, there would have been hearings in Congress about why we knew this was going to happen and didn’t act proactively to prevent further casualties and loss of life.”
U.S. Central Command announced that six U.S. soldiers have been killed in combat operations over the past 48 hours.
The command said in a statement: As of 4 p.m. ET on March 2, six U.S. soldiers have been killed in combat operations, adding: U.S. forces recently recovered the bodies of two previously missing soldiers from a facility that was the target of Iran’s first attack in the region.
Please note that a large-scale combat operation is underway and the identities of the deceased will be kept for 24 hours after notifying their families.
On a different note, U.S. Secretary of State Mark Rubio told reporters that while the U.S. hopes the Iranian people can overthrow the government in Tehran, the goal of the U.S. mission is to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
He added that while the United States is not prepared to send ground forces to Iran at this time, President Donald Trump has the option to do so, indicating that he believes Washington’s goals for Iran can be achieved without ground forces.
Mr. Rubio considered Iran to be an imminent threat to the United States and described the attack on Iran as a “preemptive strike.”
Asked whether Iran posed an imminent threat to the United States, Rubio said, “Yes, it definitely was an imminent threat. An immediate threat was that we knew Iran was going to be attacked, that we believed that it would be attacked, and that Iran would immediately rush to target us.”
He added: “We were not going to sit there and get attacked before we responded because we said that if we did that, and if we waited for other countries to attack us and then they attacked us first — because Israel attacked us, they attacked us first — if we waited for them to attack us, we would suffer more casualties, more injuries, more deaths.”
He noted that the United States acted preemptively in a defensive manner to prevent greater harm, stressing that “if we had not done that, there would have been hearings in Congress about how we knew that was going to happen and why we did not act preemptively to prevent further casualties and loss of life.”
