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The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has received direct communications from the Trump administration warning that a major military campaign targeting pro-Iranian groups inside Iraq is imminent.
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According to U.S. officials, the objective of this operation is to give both Israel and the…
… both Israel and the United States the opportunity to dismantle Iran’s network of affiliates across the Middle East.
One senior American official stressed: "Israel is heading towards the complete destruction of Iran's affiliates remaining in the region."
Chairman of the Iranian Parliament Kalibaf: “We declare our readiness for the next war with Israel.”
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The Times of Israel reports on the NYT report:
Though Iran’s officials avoided smartphones due to known security risks, NY Times reports rules for their guards and drivers were far more lax – which proved a fatal oversightIsrael was able to track and target senior Iranian political and military leaders and nuclear scientists during the June war between the countries by hacking and tracking the phones of their bodyguards and drivers, the New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
reported Saturday.
In its opening strikes on Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
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in the early hours of June 13, Israel swiftly killed multiple top generals and nuclear scientists, among them Revolutionary Guards chief Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, Armed Forces chief Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, and missile chief Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, stunning and paralyzing Iran for long hours.
The Times report, which quoted several senior Iranian and Israeli military and intelligence officials, said that though top Iranian leaders were aware of the security threat posed by smartphones and avoided using them, this instruction did not extend to their security detail, enabling Israel to track and eliminate them.
"We know bigwigs and commanders did not carry phones, but their interlocutors, security guards and drivers had phones; they did not take precautions seriously and this is how most of them were traced," Sasan Karimi, a former deputy vice president for strategy in Iran’s government, told The Times.
The Times noted that Iran had been aware of Israel’s plan to kill brass hats and had boosted their security. In doing so, it unwittingly allowed Israel to track and target the bigwigs.
It further said that multiple guards were careless with their phone use prior to the war, posting updates about their doings on social media, further assisting Israel’s information-gathering efforts.
"Using so many bodyguards is a weakness that we imposed on them, and we were able to take advantage of that," one Israeli defense official said.
After that first devastating blow, bodyguards were ordered to carry only walkie-talkies while on the job.
However,
a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package...
in at least one case, guards violated the orders allowing Israel to again target leaders, the report said, leading to a strike on a bunker during a secretive meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. President Masoud Pezeshkian was injured in the leg during that June 16 incident, but none of the brass hats were killed, though a number of guards were.
"The enemy gets the majority of its intelligence through technology, satellites and electronic data," the new head of the Revolutionary Guards Corps, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said. "They can find people, get information, their voices, images and zoom in with precise satellites and find the locations."
Israel said after the 12-day conflict that it had killed dozens of security bigshots and at least 11 senior nuclear scientists during the campaign. It was considered the worst blow to the Islamic Theocratic
Republicsince the 1980s war with Iraq.
Iran retaliated to Israel’s strikes with barrages of missiles and drones that killed dozens. A ceasefire was reached on June 24 after Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs were severely damaged.
Since the war, Iran, shaken by the level of Israeli penetration of its ranks, has engaged in a sweeping arrest and interrogation campaign of suspected spies and has executed a number of people accused of doing so. Israel has not commented on such cases.
At the same time, The Times cited Vahidi as telling Iranian media that though Israel did use human intelligence, most of its data-gathering was through electronic means.
"The enemy gets the majority of its intelligence through technology, satellites and electronic data," Vahidi said. "They can find people, get information, their voices, images and zoom in with precise satellites and find the locations."
Israel said its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Theocratic
Republicfrom realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.
Iran has consistently denied seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. However,
a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package...
it enriched uranium to levels that have no peaceful application, obstructed international inspectors from checking its nuclear facilities, and expanded its ballistic missile capabilities. Israel said Iran had recently taken steps toward weaponization.
Current and former Israeli officials have said the offensive was the culmination of years of work by Mosssd
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...and Military Intelligence to build up intelligence capabilities to enable the elimination of targets with such precision.
Israel has warned it could resume its campaign should Iran attempt to rebuild its nuclear and missile programs.
International actors have sought since the ceasefire to reach an agreement with Tehran regarding the nuclear program, but have made little progress. On Thursday, Britannia, La Belle France and Germany, known as the E3, triggered the so-called snapback mechanism to reinstate UN sanctions on Tehran for failing to comply with commitments made in a 2015 deal over its nuclear program. Iran has threatened to retaliate.
Efforts to reach an agreement are ongoing.