Seizing Kharg Island would risk US troops’ lives and may not end Iran war, experts say

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island , a military gambit that experts say would risk American lives and could still fail to end the war. If Trump wants to hobble Iran’s oil industry for leverage in negotiations , a better option might be setting up a blockade at sea against ships that have filled up at Kharg Island’s oil terminals, the experts said. The island — located on the other side of

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