Washington – WSJ: White House Asked For Options To Strike Iran

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    FILE PHOTO: The flag of the United States flies at half staff in mourning for 11 people who were shot to death at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 28, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File PhotoWashington – The White House’s national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned with Tehran fired mortars into an area in Baghdad that is home to the U.S. Embassy, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

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    The request by the National Security Council, which is led by John Bolton, sparked deep concern among Pentagon and State Department officials, the newspaper reported, citing current and former U.S. officials. (https://on.wsj.com/2Clg09b)

    The Pentagon complied with the request, but it is not known whether the options for an Iran strike were also provided to the White House or if President Donald Trump knew about it.

    The decision to seek options striking Iran was prompted by an incident in September in which three mortars were fired into a diplomatic quarter in Baghdad, the newspaper said. The shells landed in an open lot and no one was hurt.

    State Department Secretary Mike Pompeo did not comment on the story when asked about it by reporters and a State Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

    A Pentagon spokesman did not have any immediate comment on the story and the White House and National Security Council could not be immediately reached.

    A spokesman for the National Security Council was quoted in the Wall Street Journal, however, as saying: “We continue to review the status of our personnel following attempted attacks on our embassy in Baghdad and our Basra consulate, and we will consider a full range of options to preserve their safety and our interests.”


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    AlbertEinstein
    AlbertEinstein
    5 years ago

    Washington Prust garbage news. Undocumented sources, pure speculation.

    BH-Baby
    BH-Baby
    5 years ago

    (to ‘Barbara Ann’)
    Bomb.
    Bomb.
    Bomb.

    Bomb I-Ran

    Buchwalter
    Buchwalter
    5 years ago

    you need an admission to a mental institution

    AlbertEinstein
    AlbertEinstein
    5 years ago

    The Pentagon maintains strike options against ALL countries (yes, even its “friends”). These scenarios are updated regularly as situations change. Bolton was only asking for an update of the Iran strike scenario.

    I’m sure other nations do the same.

    AmYisroel
    AmYisroel
    5 years ago

    this good news unlike during the obamanation administration when they threatened to shoot down any Israeli jets passing over iraq on the way to iran