Diplomat Attacks Raise Specter of Escalating Israel-Iran War -- Bloomberg Businessweek
eb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. officials and defense analysts are concerned that a covert war of assassinations between Israel and Iran could escalate out of control.
“Things are heating up and there is a surge” of assassination attempts, Matthew Levitt, a former U.S. Treasury Department official and now director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said in a telephone interview.
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My Comment: While Iranian/Hezbollah agents are the main suspects in recent attacks, some in Israel are now questioning if these assassination attempts have an actual Iranian connection. What's my take .... because no one is claiming responsibility for these attacks, one is then forced to make the assumption that your "main enemy" is the one who is behind it. Because of the volatility in the region, and the need to always appear strong and independent against your opponents .... everyone is now blaming the other side, which in this case we have Israel in one corner blaming Iran and its proxies like Hezbollah, and in the other corner we have Iran blaming Israel (and indirectly) the U.S..
For the moment, both sides are now just accusing each other. But .... and this is my prediction .... if we have more attacks and successful assassinations in the next few weeks .... this conflict will escalate into something far more sinister and dangerous.
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