FILE PHOTO: CIA Director Mike Pompeo arrives the FDD National Security Summit in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
Reuters: CIA chief Pompeo says he warned Iran's Soleimani over Iraq aggression
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he sent a letter to Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and Iranian leaders expressing concern regarding Iran’s increasingly threatening behavior in Iraq.
Speaking during a panel at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in Southern California, Pompeo said he sent the letter after the senior Iranian military commander had indicated that forces under his control might attack U.S. forces in Iraq. He did not specify the date.
“What we were communicating to him in that letter was that we will hold he and Iran accountable for any attacks on American interests in Iraq by forces that are under their control,” Pompeo told the panel.
“We wanted to make sure he and the leadership in Iran understood that in a way that was crystal clear.”
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Update #1: CIA director warns Iranian general on Iraq (SFGate/AP)
Update #2: CIA Chief Sends Letter To Iranian General Over Threats To U.S. Forces In Iraq (RFE)
WNU Editor: Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has declined accepting this letter .... Quds commander declines letter sent from CIA director, Iranian official (RUDAW).
Being at war with Iran and/or NoKo is not that easy. The President has not the power of declaring war, this mean we have to have a pretext big enough for having the Congress approval. The Pompeo way is one, but we have to make reprisal hard enough to provoque escalation.
ReplyDeleteSoleimani may not have taken physical custody of the letter, but he knows what is in it.
ReplyDeleteSoleimani being Muslim should recognize the letter.
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Maybe the world would have been better off if Farsi had died as a language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Iranian_sentiment