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"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked why Donald Trump appeared to be threatening 'war crimes' in Iran, during her latest briefing in DC on Monday. "The president posted this morning about you know his threat that on leaving Iran, he said we might come blowing up and completely obliterating all of their electric generating plants, oil wells, Kharg island and possibly all desalination plants," a reporter put to her. "Under international law, striking civilian infrastructure like that is generally prohibited. Why is the President threatening what would amount to potentially a war crime with the US military? And how do you square that with the administration repeatedly saying that the US does not target civilians?" She hit back: "Look, the President has made it quite clear to the Iranian regime at this moment in time, as evidenced by the statement that you just read, that their best move is to make a deal, or else the United States Armed Forces has capabilities beyond their wildest imagination and the president is not afraid to use them." "Including potential war crimes?" the reporter followed up, and she replied: "That's not what I said." Earlier, Trump suggested he could 'take the oil’ in Iran and could seize the crucial Kharg Island hub ‘easily’ - and refused to rule out ground troops. He also wrote: ""The United States of America is in serious discussions with A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME to end our Military Operations in Iran. "Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately 'Open for Business,' we will conclude our lovely 'stay' in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinisation plants!), which we have purposefully not yet 'touched'," he added. "
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