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Seven Minutes to Abort Iran Rescue Ends in Tragedy
Washington recounts the April 24 abort of the hostage rescue mission in Iran. President Carter approved the plan after Brzezinski briefings, but a string of equipment failures and a runaway bus near the desert site doomed the operation and killed eleven service members.
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Washington
Carter
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Oval Office
Defense
Harold Brown
Pentagon
Brzezinski
Brown
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Iran
CIA
Army
Tehran
Elburz Mountains
Damavand
Desert One
Tabas
State Department
U.S
Arabian Sea
Amjadieh
Brezinski
Mondale
David Jones
Adm
Stansfield Turner
Vance
Camp David
Norfolk
Vietnam
Gen. Jones
Air Force
Jones
Hobe Sound
Fla
Warren Christopher
Christopher
Persian Gulf
Middle East
United States
American Southwest
Delta Team
Blue Light
Egypt
James Vaught
Nimitz
Beckwith