Trump's biggest gamble: Daring extraction of US airman trapped in Iran almost failed at the cost of dozens of American lives - as footage of plane escaping Iran is seen
Two transport planes and one helicopter became stuck in the mud, leaving more military personnel stranded behind enemy lines as Basij fighters closed in on their botched rescue site.
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