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State Department officials involved in US embassy security were not made aware of imminent threats to four specific US embassies, two State Department officials tell CNN, further undermining President Donald Trump's claims that the top Iranian general he ordered killed earlier this month posed an imminent threat to the diplomatic outposts.
Without knowledge of any alleged threats, the State Department didn't issue warnings about specific dangers to any US embassy before the administration targeted Qasem Soleimani, Iran's second most powerful official, according to the sources.
The State Department sent a global warning to all US embassies before the strike occurred, a senior State Department official said and the department spokesperson confirmed, but it was not directed at specific embassies and did not warn of an imminent attack.
One senior State Department official described being "blindsided" when the administration justified the deadly Reaper drone strike on Soleimani by saying Iran's "shadow commander" was behind an imminent threat to blow up US embassies. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment on claims that the State Department officials were taken by surprise.
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bdamomma
(63,918 posts)there were no imminent threats.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)care less about the possibilities . They knew full well if this was leaked to the press,they would have to stand down.
Noticed a story about 14 Military personnel being injured by on blast. Two blown out a window and 12 suffering massive Concussions.
C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)Trump's story is falling to pieces. It was out and out murder.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)start a major conflict and Democrats in congress as well as the American public won't know until it's too late.
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)He was pretty out in the open. Everyone in Iran knows who he is. The Pentagon knows who he is. He wasn't a shadow commander he was a commander.
So they didn't notify anyone about imminent attacks. They can't get their stories straight about whether they knew when and where, they can't agree whether it was unknown, an embassy, or 4 embassies.
Oh, AND...
There are reports that they had been planning the attack against Soleimani for a month or more.
Bottom line... they lied and will continue lying because that is what they do.