Exklusiv: Das US-Militär beeilte sich, eine Bodenmission zur Eroberung des iranischen Urans vorzubereiten, aber Trump unterbrach sie, sagen Quellen

    https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/politics/us-military-plan-uranium-iran-ground-troops?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit

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    1. The US’ top general made a secret, rushed visit to US Central Command headquarters in Florida late last month to be briefed in person on plans for the US military to send ground troops into Iran to forcibly seize its highly enriched uranium, the key component necessary to produce a nuclear weapon, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

      The briefings were so urgent and sensitive that they required Gen. Dan Caine, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to rush from a meeting of senior NATO officials in Brussels back across the Atlantic to Tampa, Florida, on May 19, the sources said. The high-level and pressing nature of the briefings underscores how close the administration came to greenlighting the high-risk ground operation, sources said.

    2. DefinitelyNotMeee on

      A meeting so secret we are reading about it on Reddit.

      If what the article talks about is true, then … *hmm, what agency would be responsible for managing state secrets? FBI? NSA?* … have some work to do.

      I bet there is a hefty prison sentence attached to leaking state secrets, especially the military kind.

      EDIT: and it once again shows that there are people who would do **anything** just to ’stick it to Trump‘.

    3. It sounds like the headline should be..

      After TOP Commanders look at US Plans to invade IRAN. Top generals convince Trump to Pause plan.

    4. NekoCatSidhe on

      That sure sounds like an idea so stupid even Trump would say no to it. And that is certainly something.

      Sorry, but they were really planning to send hundreds of American troops deep inside Iran territory to get a bunch of canisters of radioactive uranium that are kept in gas form in three locations, two of whom are deep inside bunkers under mountains while the last one is in a major Iranian city ?

      No matter how “weakened” Iran’s military is supposed to be, that sounds like something they could easily interfere with at best and likely completely crush at worst. Particularly since the US have underestimated Iran’s military capabilities regularly since the beginning of that war, and that whatever people may think of the IRGC, they don’t have the reputation of being incompetent.

    5. CliftonForce on

      I would expect the US military has been keeping an updated plan on how to do that on the books for decades now.

      Mostly so they can pull it out when a politician asks about it and use it to prove what a stupid idea it would be.

    6. Don’t believe any of this at all. I just it’s Pentagon psy-ops to throw off Iran and to make Trump seem like he’s actually running the show. Which we all know he isn’t running anything. The goes with that fake news that he told his daddy Netanyahoo that he calls the shots. White House’s publicity department has grown bigger than the DOJ. And you know it’s being run out of Tel Aviv.

    7. Didn’t the US already do this and tried to play it off as a fighter pilot rescue mission?

    8. VisualAdagio on

      Huh, maybe if you didn’t invade various countries undel false pretences that caused 1 m + dead people, you could’ve waited and acted when it was actually necessary and makes an impact.

    9. The headline is the opposite of reality. Trump wanted a plan to steal their uranium, but the generals said it was a really bad idea.

    10. Christopher_Ramirez_ on

      Huh so you’re telling me the deal that took the State Department’s top negotiators and nuclear experts 18 months to hash out, couldn’t be improved upon by a NY real estate heir / reality TV starlet?

    11. WeAreTheLeft on

      I’m fairly sure the US tried to establish a temp FOB with the missing pilot „rescue“ and it was all cover for a mission that failed. It’s why the whole tempo of the conflict shifted after. 5 years from now we will learn the truth, but that is my speculation.

    12. The problem is they can’t invade Iran. The country almost broke apart during Vietnam which not that many people died in the grand scheme of things. The number would be 4 times that amount during a actual naval invasion

    13. thesablesorcery on

      sending troops into iran to grab uranium canisters sounds like the plot of a bad action movie, glad someone pumped the brakes on that one

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