Monday, January 1, 2018

Report: The Obama Administration Warned Iran Of An Israeli Plot To Assassinate Top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani

Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp Brigadier General Haj Qassem Soleimani

Haaretz: Report: U.S. Gives Israel Green Light to Assassinate Iranian General Soleimani

Al Jarida, considered an Israeli mouthpiece, says Israel was 'on the verge' of assassinating Soleimani, but the U.S. warned Tehran and thwarted the operation.

Washington gave Israel a green light to assassinate Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force, the overseas arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Monday.

Al-Jarida, considered an Israeli mouthpiece, quoted a source in Jerusalem as saying that "there is an American-Israeli agreement" that Soleimani is a "threat to the two countries' interests in the region."

The agreement between Israel and the United States, according to the report, comes three years after Washington thwarted an Israeli attempt to kill the general.
read more: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.832387

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WNU Editor: The above article also mentions that the Trump administration has given Israel the "green light" to assassinate the General now.

Update: Kuwaiti report: US gives Israel go-ahead to kill powerful Iranian general. (Times of Israel).

3 comments:

Bob Huntley said...

Does Israel really need permission from the US to kill anyone?

fazman said...

They do when iran will see the u.s as implicit in it and the resulting threat to u.s personnel

Bob Huntley said...

Fazman. In the recent half century, when did the US ever consider the possibility of threat and even death to it personnel?