Assassinations in Iran (2 Viewers)

[superchuck500]

Two weeks ago, Al Qaeda’s Muhammad al-Masri was assassinated in a “brazen” drive-by shooting in Tehran. Analysts believed the incident had all the marks of an operation by Israel’s Mossad. Those suspicions were confirmed by a senior US official speaking to the NYT and Washington Post. (See below).

Analysts believe that the Trump administration may be requesting/demanding a late push for transactional rewards for its pro-Israel policy that has resulted in various benefits including US recognition of Israel settlements as legitimate and the recent “normalization” with UAE.

After the al-Masri assassination, Trump signaled a tough posture on Iran and stories broke that he was considering an attack. As recently as two days ago, the US had repositioned Mid East assets.

And now today, Iran’s top nuclear scientist was assassinated in Iran. Will Iran respond? Will there be more assassinations? What is Trump’s objective?




Reporting on al-Masri killing:

 

[Maxp]

Owners of California dive boat faulted for fire that killed 34

The NTSB said the Conception's captain failed to post a roving night watchman, which allowed the deadly fire to quickly spread.

www.google.com

Charges are up to the Coast Guard. We don't know what the charges will be yet, but you can bet with over 30 deaths of passengers there will be charges.

 

[wardorican]

Owners of California dive boat faulted for fire that killed 34

The NTSB said the Conception's captain failed to post a roving night watchman, which allowed the deadly fire to quickly spread.

www.google.com

Charges are up to the Coast Guard. We don't know what the charges will be yet, but you can bet with over 30 deaths of passengers there will be charges.

Yeah, and it looks more like lax rules, incompetency, and cheapness were the cause of that. Not some stupid conspiracy theory.

 

[Booker]

I’m gonna miss him/it

He was just like family.

 

[TaylorB]

I'm sorry if I missed this, and I'm certainly going to regret asking, but @Ratchet, what was the stated basis for connecting the California dive boat sinking to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard being sanctioned by the US government? And who, specifically, is in charge of the efforts to keep that connection quiet, and why? Do you have links to reporting on this, or to reporting on facts from which you concluded this?

 

[FullMonte]

Owners of California dive boat faulted for fire that killed 34

The NTSB said the Conception's captain failed to post a roving night watchman, which allowed the deadly fire to quickly spread.

www.google.com

Charges are up to the Coast Guard. We don't know what the charges will be yet, but you can bet with over 30 deaths of passengers there will be charges.

And the charges are 34 counts of manslaughter.

California dive boat captain indicted on multiple counts of manslaughter in connection with fire that left 34 dead | CNN

Jerry Nehl Boylan, 67, was indicted by a federal grand jury.

www.cnn.com

 

[SystemShock]

I'm sorry if I missed this, and I'm certainly going to regret asking, but @Ratchet, what was the stated basis for connecting the California dive boat sinking to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard being sanctioned by the US government? And who, specifically, is in charge of the efforts to keep that connection quiet, and why? Do you have links to reporting on this, or to reporting on facts from which you concluded this?

 

[GrandAdmiral]

So who gets to the official first, Trump or Mossad?

US official says Israel was behind assassination of Iranian scientist | CNN Politics

A senior US administration official said Israel was behind the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist but declined to give details about whether the Trump administration knew about the attack before it was carried out or provided support.

www.cnn.com

 

[insidejob]

So who gets to the official first, Trump or Mossad?

US official says Israel was behind assassination of Iranian scientist | CNN Politics

A senior US administration official said Israel was behind the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist but declined to give details about whether the Trump administration knew about the attack before it was carried out or provided support.

www.cnn.com

It's got to be Mossad. Trump is too busy watching "hearings" about election fraud on OANN to do anything else.

 

[TaylorB]

Does Bibi (and therefore, Trump) really care if it's publicly known that Mossad carried out the strike? He's been pretty straightforward about his intentions with Iran.

 

[MT15]

I think it’s been widely assumed that Israel was behind the assassination.

 

[efil4]

So who gets to the official first, Trump or Mossad?

US official says Israel was behind assassination of Iranian scientist | CNN Politics

A senior US administration official said Israel was behind the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist but declined to give details about whether the Trump administration knew about the attack before it was carried out or provided support.

www.cnn.com

Oh no...this was calculated.

Now Iran turns its ire directly at Israel.

Who, by treaty, we are duly sworn to protect.

 

[insidejob]

Oh no...this was calculated.

Now Iran turns its ire directly at Israel.

Who, by treaty, we are duly sworn to protect.

Yay, us!

Did anyone else hear that this assassination was conducted using a remote controlled pick up truck and machine gun?

 

[DaveXA]

Yay, us!

Did anyone else hear that this assassination was conducted using a remote controlled pick up truck and machine gun?

Where was that reported?

 

[insidejob]

Where was that reported?

It was a televised interview yesterday that was on the TV in the cafe of our office building. I'm not sure if I heard them correctly though. Probably on CNN.

ETA: LOL maybe it wasn't CNN. I just fired up my google machine and this was the first article to pop up.

Iranian nuclear scientist: Intelligence and security experts skeptical of claims that he was targeted in 'remote control' assassination

 

[SystemShock]

Yay, us!

Did anyone else hear that this assassination was conducted using a remote controlled pick up truck and machine gun?

 

[superchuck500]

Oh no...this was calculated.

Now Iran turns its ire directly at Israel.

Who, by treaty, we are duly sworn to protect.

It’s the same story as the al-Masri assassination (see OP). It’s probably the same official verifying.

Mossad is not only good at those kinds of operations, it’s also less messy for the US to have Mossad do them. But they’re being done with US blessing if not shared coordination.

 

[DaveXA]

It’s the same story as the al-Masri assassination (see OP). It’s probably the same official verifying.

Mossad is not only good at those kinds of operations, it’s also less messy for the US to have Mossad do them. But they’re being done with US blessing if not shared coordination.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if it's something along the lines of, "hey buddy, I'm gonna drop a name, here's where he might be at. Thanks."

 

[coldseat]

Trump is most likely the one who pushed for this. He's made no secrete that he's trying actively poison the water with Iran to force Biden's hand. He want to be sure that a return to a nuclear deal is impossible.

It was unlikely anyway. All he's going to end up doing is getting us into another pointless war that Biden won't be able to turn away from.