An American aviator is missing tonight inside a country Donald Trump told you was finished two days ago.
On Wednesday, the president addressed the nation in primetime, declared Iran “completely decimated,” and called America’s military “unstoppable.” On Friday, Iran shot down an F-15E Strike Eagle over its territory and a second attack aircraft near the Strait of Hormuz. Two rescue helicopters took fire during the search. Iran struck four American aircraft in a single day, the first shot down by enemy fire in 23 years. Special forces rescued one crew member on Iranian soil, but the other is still out there tonight, with an Iranian governor offering a bounty and civilians searching on foot.
A Wall Street Journal exclusive revealed today that last month’s drone strike on the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh was far worse than anyone admitted. Two drones evaded the Patriot batteries and destroyed three floors of the embassy, including the CIA station. Officials now say it would have been a mass casualty event during working hours. They hid it for a month, the same month the president spent telling you the war was essentially over. Call your representatives through Resistbot and 5 Calls and demand congressional hearings on what this administration is hiding about the real cost of this war.
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Iran shoots down two U.S. warplanes, a first in the five-week war, leaving one crew member missing two days after Trump declared Iran "decimated."
Source: The Associated Press
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Source: The Wall Street Journal
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Source: The Montana Free Press
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Source: The Arizona Mirror
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Source: CNBC
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Source: UPI
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Source: The Hill
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Source: CNN
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Source: KRON San Francisco
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: CBS News
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Source: The Washington Post
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Source: Politico
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Source: Wired
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Source: NOTUS
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Source: Mediaite
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Source: The Hill
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Source: The Nevada Independent
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