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Nevilledog

(51,197 posts)
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 02:03 AM Jan 2021

Israel struck Syria 'with U.S. intel after Pompeo, Mossad head met in D.C.'



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Trita Parsi
@tparsi
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Jan 13, 2021
Why isn't this a much bigger story???

"Netanyahu had reportedly pressed Trump... to deliver a final military blow to the [Iranian nuclear] program before turning Iran policy over to President-elect Joe Biden."

Israel launches unusually intense strikes on Iranian positions in Syria
Israeli warplanes hit eastern Syria overnight, targeting Iranian militia warehouses and positions across several cities in a series of fierce air raids.
washingtonpost.com
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syria-israel-airstrike-iran/2021/01/13/a14410fa-55a4-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html#click=https://t.co/6yqM1qKFbR

Greg Priddy
@GregPriddy1
And the largest-scale strikes on Iranian assets in Syria in a decade. And a US intel "senior official" basically claiming credit for it:

Israel struck Syria 'with U.S. intel after Pompeo, Mossad head met in D.C.'
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haaretz.com

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-struck-syria-with-u-s-intel-after-pompeo-mossad-head-met-in-d-c-1.9447549

4:51 PM · Jan 13, 2021
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Israel struck Syria 'with U.S. intel after Pompeo, Mossad head met in D.C.' (Original Post) Nevilledog Jan 2021 OP
'perfect' trifecta, netanyahu, pompeo, trmp. elleng Jan 2021 #1
All three SCantiGOP Jan 2021 #3
Go check out Pompeo's shit he's been posting on Twitter today, flying_wahini Jan 2021 #2
Start here; or use " countdown Pompeo "for your searches. flying_wahini Jan 2021 #4
I suspect that even if Pompey/Israel initiated an action that started a Dan Jan 2021 #5

flying_wahini

(6,646 posts)
2. Go check out Pompeo's shit he's been posting on Twitter today,
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 02:13 AM
Jan 2021


Very inflammatory. It almost sounds like he is trying to start a world war this week.

Dan

(3,579 posts)
5. I suspect that even if Pompey/Israel initiated an action that started a
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 02:23 AM
Jan 2021

War, a war that America would have to fight, the GOP Congress/Senators would be okay with it. And if history is to judge, the MAGA nation would be only too willing to send their children to fight and die in it.

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