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U.S. Escalates War on Iran, Targeting Civilian Infrastructure as 3 U.S. Soldiers Are Killed

2026-07-20 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The United States is expanding its attacks on Iran after three U.S. soldiers were killed over the weekend, the first U.S. fatalities in the conflict since March. Two U.S. service members were killed in an Iranian attack on a base in Jordan, and a third soldier was killed in northern Iraq during a “controlled detonation” of a downed Iranian drone. The United States has now bombed Iran for nine consecutive nights, and Iran has retaliated by striking U.S. allies across the Persian Gulf. The war, which has led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has squeezed global supplies of oil and gas. “The United States has considerable violence at its disposal, but it has limited political capacity to dictate terms,” says Toby Jones, associate professor of Middle East history at Rutgers University. Jones says that while the United States has tried to “inflict pain” on Iranian civilians in order to weaken the government, “it’s hard to say that it’s working.” Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@bluper10 2026-07-20

Is this why Rubio was shitting on the ICC? Because they're planning to commit war crimes?

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@jhpy4223 2026-07-20

John F. Kennedy: "Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside

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@KenRichard-e9b3y 2026-07-20

"Netanyahu" owns the US President?

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@rubberchickens1985 2026-07-20

That is illegal and trump need to be arrested NOW!!! Also by ordering our troops to do that has also made them liable for those crimes too and trump is using our money for those illegal orders

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@TorvikR-e4v 2026-07-20

Senseless waste of young lives.

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@cz2165 2026-07-20

We can’t believe anything about how the soldiers were killed and how many are injured. traitor trump lies about everything and will minimize anything that he can, for his own ego. Imagine being a loved one of one of the deceased soldiers having to realize they died for nothing good , just for traitor trump’s narcissism. 😢

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@mamer7997 2026-07-20

Genocide by USA and Israel

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@TheBuba1212 2026-07-20

rubio wants to commit war crimes that's why he wants to dismantle the ICC!!!!!

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@TennesseeJed 2026-07-20

Sure is a lot of death for a war we won last week.

34 6 replies
@ears9506 2026-07-20

If this is not ended now, it will be a forever war. Who profits from forever wars?

22 16 replies

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