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

Posted: January 11, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: Foreign Policy, War Room | Tags: , , , , , |Leave a comment

Al Jarida, a Kuwaiti newspaper which in recent years had broken exclusive stories from Israel, 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, which in recent years had broken exclusive stories from Israel, 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.” It is generally assumed in the Arab world that the paper is used as an Israeli platform for conveying messages to other countries in the Middle East.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.The report says Israel was “on the verge” of assassinating Soleimani three years ago … (read more)

Source: Haaretz.com

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