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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIsrael 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
Trita Parsi
@tparsi
·
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.'
***
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
elleng
(131,100 posts)1. 'perfect' trifecta, netanyahu, pompeo, trmp.
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)3. All three
Have very real chances of ending up in jail, or facing indictment at the least.
flying_wahini
(6,646 posts)2. Go check out Pompeo's shit he's been posting on Twitter today,
Very inflammatory. It almost sounds like he is trying to start a world war this week.
flying_wahini
(6,646 posts)4. Start here; or use " countdown Pompeo "for your searches.
Dan
(3,579 posts)5. I suspect that even if Pompey/Israel initiated an action that started a
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.