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The case for seizing Kharg Island rests on a single number: the tiny eight-square-mile terminal off Iran's coast handles roughly 90 percent of the Islamic Republic's crude oil exports.
The complication is that capturing Iran's economic lifeline, military experts say, could happen in hours. Holding it is a different problem. President Donald Trump declined to rule out a U.S.
operation to seize the island during a Fox News interview with chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, saying it would be "foolish" to telegraph his intentions either way.
strikes had intentionally avoided the island's oil facilities because they are, in his words, "a chunk of the world economy." What a seizure would look like Vice Adm.
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