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Officials: Iran weighs plot to kill U.S. ambassador to South Africa ...
www.yahoo.com
-- 13 Sep 2020 ~~ By Nahal Toosi and Natasha Bertrand
The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen the intelligence.
News of the plot comes as Iran continues to seek ways to retaliate for President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a powerful Iranian general earlier this year, the officials said. If carried out, it could dramatically ratchet up already serious tensions between the U.S. and Iran and create enormous pressure on Trump to strike back — possibly in the middle of a tense election season.
U.S. officials have been aware of a general threat against the ambassador, Lana Marks, since the spring, the officials said. But the intelligence about the threat to the ambassador has become more specific in recent weeks. The Iranian Embassy in Pretoria is involved in the plot, the U.S. government official said.
Still, attacking Marks is one of several options U.S. officials believe Iran’s regime is considering for retaliation since the general, Qassem Soleimani, was assassinated by a U.S. drone strike in January. At the time, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. killed Soleimani to reestablish deterrence against Iran.
Comment:
There's no doubt in my mind that the ayatollahs in Iran want retribution for the death of General Qassem Soleimani. Obviously the Progressive Marxist Socialist DSA Democrat Left is disappointed that the plot has been uncovered and that the Ayatollahs did not target Trump himself. The PMS/DSA is too cowardly to do what PMS/DSA Democrat Leftists did in 1963.
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Officials: Iran weighing plot to kill U.S. ambassador to South Africa
The Islamic Republic is still looking to avenge the death of Qassem Soleimani, officials said.
-- 13 Sep 2020 ~~ By Nahal Toosi and Natasha BertrandThe Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say, according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and another official who has seen the intelligence.
News of the plot comes as Iran continues to seek ways to retaliate for President Donald Trump’s decision to kill a powerful Iranian general earlier this year, the officials said. If carried out, it could dramatically ratchet up already serious tensions between the U.S. and Iran and create enormous pressure on Trump to strike back — possibly in the middle of a tense election season.
U.S. officials have been aware of a general threat against the ambassador, Lana Marks, since the spring, the officials said. But the intelligence about the threat to the ambassador has become more specific in recent weeks. The Iranian Embassy in Pretoria is involved in the plot, the U.S. government official said.
Still, attacking Marks is one of several options U.S. officials believe Iran’s regime is considering for retaliation since the general, Qassem Soleimani, was assassinated by a U.S. drone strike in January. At the time, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. killed Soleimani to reestablish deterrence against Iran.
Comment:
There's no doubt in my mind that the ayatollahs in Iran want retribution for the death of General Qassem Soleimani. Obviously the Progressive Marxist Socialist DSA Democrat Left is disappointed that the plot has been uncovered and that the Ayatollahs did not target Trump himself. The PMS/DSA is too cowardly to do what PMS/DSA Democrat Leftists did in 1963.
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