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Former Iranian FM Mottaki called on Iran to launch a ground war, seize a US Middle East base, and take thousands of US soldiers hostage.
Part of the monitored dynamic Israel–Iran Confrontation · VUCA INDEX 75/100
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INGESTED ARTICLETIER 3JUL 15
jpost.com — Fmr. Iranian FM calls on Tehran to kidnap thousands of US soldiers from military
"Manouchehr Mottaki said in an interview broadcast on Iranian state media on Wednesday that Iran should launch a ground war, infiltrate and seize a US military base in the Middle East, and take thousands of US military personnel hostage."
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Extracted by pipeline v0.5 (claude-opus-4-8) from jpost.com · approved by christopher@vucanews.com JUL 18.
Extracted JUL 15; approved JUL 18 at 0.60.
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