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Title: US Officials Say Soleimani Was Planning Attacks On Diplomatic Targets In Syria, Lebanon
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URL Source: https://prepperlifestyle.org/us-off ... atic-targets-in-syria-lebanon/
Published: Jan 5, 2020
Author: staff
Post Date: 2020-01-06 20:48:01 by BTP Holdings
Keywords: None
Views: 144
Comments: 6

US Officials Say Soleimani Was Planning Attacks On Diplomatic Targets In Syria, Lebanon

January 5, 2020 12:27 pm

Top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani was plotting to attack American military, diplomatic and financial targets in Syria and Lebanon, and comprised the imminent threat used to justify Soleimani’s killing, according to NBC News, citing multiple US officials.

“When we start seeing extensive and very solid intelligence that [Soleimani] is plotting imminent attacks against the United States, the president as commander in chief has a duty to take decisive action,” said a senior State Department official, adding “If we had not taken this action, and hundreds of Americans were dead, you would be asking me why didn’t you take out Soleimani when you have the chance.”

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said he is confident Soleimani was actively planning attacks against the U.S. in the Middle East and those attacks were imminent.

“We had clear, compelling, unambiguous intelligence to indicate Qassem Soleimani was planning, coordinating, and directing a significant campaign of violence against the United States in the coming days,” said Gen. Milley. –NBC News Soleimani’s targets are said to include US military outposts in eastern Syria, and diplomatic and financial targets in Lebanon. According to Gen. Milley, the US is confident that the “size, scale and scope” of the planned attacks constituted an imminent threat.

“By the way, it still might happen,” he added.

A Syrian boy looks at a U.S. convoy patrolling near the Turkish border on Oct. 31, 2019. (Delil Souleiman / AFP)

Should Lebanon come under attack, the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat team is on alert and prepared to deploy, should they come under attack. The deployment would consist of somewhere between 130 and 750 total troops.

A senior U.S. official said Soleimani had traveled to Syria, Lebanon and then to Iraq Thursday, and U.S. intelligence officials believe he was approving final plans for attacks in each location.

Milley said Soleimani had been directing attacks against the U.S. inside Iraq, including a Dec. 27 attack near Kirkuk that killed an American contractor and wounded four U.S. service members.

“He approved it,” said Milley. “I know that. One hundred percent.” –NBC News According to a senior Congressional aide briefed on the intelligence, however, lawmakers saw nothing linking Soleimani to an imminent attack – rather, what they saw was “exactly the sort of planning and coordination he has been doing for years,” according to NBC. The aide added that while nobody doubts Soleimani was a threat to the United States, the case for acting on an imminent threat was not made.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committe, said “I have real questions and want to get a full briefing from the intelligence community about the decision on this time and place.”


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The die has been cast.

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#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0)

The Iranian Brain Trust is totally Fucked with the hit on their Brain of Terror Soleimani. The entire region is happy that fucker is dead - of course the rat fucks in our Government Pelosi , Schiff , Schumer , AOC , Omar , Obama etc all miss the statesman known as General Soleimani

sonny  posted on  2020-01-06   21:23:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: BTP Holdings (#0)

Soleimani Was In Baghdad On Peace Mission To De-Escalate With Saudis: Report

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/soleimani-was-baghdad-diplomatic-mission-saudi-peace-iraq-pm

The Truth of 911 Shall Set You Free From The Lie

Horse  posted on  2020-01-06   23:15:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: BTP Holdings (#0)

“When we start seeing extensive and very solid intelligence that [Soleimani] is plotting imminent attacks against the United States, the president as commander in chief has a duty to take decisive action,” said a senior State Department official, adding “If we had not taken this action, and hundreds of Americans were dead, you would be asking me why didn’t you take out Soleimani when you have the chance.”

Even if it's true that Soleimani was plotting such an attack, and we should all have our doubts to this claim, killing Soleimani was not the only option. The US had no shortage of options in how to respond, and the implication that if the US didn't kill him when they did, that there was nothing else that could be done to stop an attack that they knew was coming. It is such a false argument to suggest that killing the guy was the only way to save "hundreds" of US troops.

Pinguinite  posted on  2020-01-07   13:38:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Pinguinite (#3)

The US had no shortage of options in how to respond,

That's for certain and you're a saint, Pinguinite.

But this is not a fist fight. Nothing less than a kick in the gut is due.

The mullah regime and its guard are thug organizations. Dealing with them realistically will be ugly.

Certain quarters will try to play politics with this. Their leaders can be blamed for mucking things up the way they are. However, they are in the passenger seat for now and like it or not they will kibbitz.

randge  posted on  2020-01-07   14:01:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: randge (#4)

The mullah regime and its guard are thug organizations. Dealing with them realistically will be ugly.

Who or what is the "mullah regime" exactly? I guess it's the Iranian version of our Deep State? Or maybe our 2-party duopoly that ensures only an R or D can get elected?

Iran does have elections and their leadership does change regularly. At least the photo ID of the prime minister or president does.

Pinguinite  posted on  2020-01-07   14:11:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Pinguinite (#5)

Who or what is the "mullah regime" exactly?

A "mullah regime" is a putative republic where homosexuals are judicially hanged from cranes or are pushed from the rooftops of buildings. Where women are second class citizens in ways too numerous to mention in a sentence or two. Where religious dissenters of all sorts face trial, extrajudicial coersion and stiff punishment.

It us a place where apocalypic expectations officially flourish and where ultimately the most sensitive political decisions are laid in the lap of an aged cleric.

randge  posted on  2020-01-07   14:30:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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