US approves plan to strike Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials say
US approves plan to strike Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials say
The strikes in Syria and Iraq will take place over a number of days, American officials tell CBS News.
There was a time when all this would have been hush hush and we'd find out about it in the following day or so newspaper. Now we and they get a heads up before the event. Are they selling tickets?
There's a lot of value to telegraphing this particular set of operations as it gives Iran time to move any high-value targets and prevent out-of-control escalation.
Adding to this
Citing unnamed sources, Reuters on Thursday reported that Iran had withdrawn senior officials from Syria following a series of Israeli airstrikes in a bid to avoid being directly drawn into a wider conflict in the region.
US officials told CNN this week that there were signs that the Iranian government was becoming increasingly concerned about the actions of its proxy groups in the region, who have launched over 160 attacks on US forces since October.
Just waiting for China to invade Taiwan for WW3 to really kick off
That, or Russia going for some combination of Finland, the Baltic states, and the Suwalki Gap
And/or
there's a big NATO exercise (90,000 troops) starting up, that will run through May.. we may not wait for them to start it..
The article suggests Iran is losing its influence on its proxies. That's an interesting take, but I wouldn't hold my breath that it would help simmer things down.
Hex codes of many B-1Bs noted transiting to the middle east.
Things are about to get very proportional
Hearing this phrase repeated ad nauseam these past fee days is pretty fucked up.
Because we all know many innocent people are going to get caught up in such an unproportional attack.
Its like you're all salivating for death.
to reduce the risk of inadvertently hitting civilians
Something the US is as famous as Israel for.
First I've ever heard that term - what do you mean by hex code? Is this a logistics thing?
Congress needs to approve acts of war. These are not defensive. Holy shit, now US going to fight IRAN. Shit Biden, slow your roll.
No, the President can initiate such strikes. He has 48 hours to justify them to congress. I don't think congress will have a problem with it. Nice try though. I learned this in high school.
You should be proud of getting a high school education. Who's a smart boy. You are. Awwwwwh
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The US has approved plans for a series of strikes on Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News.
That group, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, is believed to contain multiple militias that have been armed, funded and trained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards force.
President Joe Biden has been under mounting pressure from Republican lawmakers, including some of Washington's most hawkish voices on Iran, to strike targets on Iranian soil.
But while the US has repeatedly pledged to respond to the drone attack, Mr Biden and other defence officials have said Washington is not seeking a wider war with Iran or an escalation of tensions in the region.
Citing unnamed sources, Reuters on Thursday reported that Iran had withdrawn senior officials from Syria following a series of Israeli airstrikes in a bid to avoid being directly drawn into a wider conflict in the region.
US officials told CNN this week that there were signs that the Iranian government was becoming increasingly concerned about the actions of its proxy groups in the region, who have launched over 160 attacks on US forces since October.
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Genocide Joe really wants to get WW3 going before he hits the grave.
Reminder, US illegally occupying a third of Syria. https://www.algora.com/Algora_blog/2023/04/29/us-in-syria-the-forgotten-illegal-occupation
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