Wednesday, December 4, 2019

U.S. Intelligence Says It Has Fresh Intelligence On A Possible Threat From Iran To U.S. Forces And Interests In The Middle East

Master-At-Arms Seaman Khang Ho, right, and Seaman Shane Mitchell stand guard on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln as it transits the Strait of Hormuz, November 19, 2019

CNN: Fresh intelligence points to Iranian threat against US forces and interests in Middle East, officials say

There is fresh intelligence of a potential Iranian threat against US forces and interests in the Middle East, according to several US defense and administration officials.

"There has been consistent intelligence in the last several weeks," one administration official told CNN.
A second official described it as information that has been gathered throughout November. The information is being gathered by military and intelligence agencies.

The officials would not say in what format the intelligence exists. But in the last several weeks there has been movement of Iranian forces and weapons that the US worries could be put in place for a potential attack, if one is ordered by the Iranian regime, the officials said. It's not clear if a potential threat would come from the central government or Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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1 comment:

Bob Huntley said...

I believe there are a number of US bases in relative close proximity to Iran.