On March 1st local time, U.S. government officials admitted during a closed-door briefing to Congress that “there is no intelligence indicating that Iran originally planned to launch a preemptive strike against U.S. forces”—however, they still insisted that Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities and its regional proxy armed groups pose an “imminent threat” to U.S. interests. The day before, some U.S. officials stated that President Trump decided to launch an attack, partly because of so-called intelligence suggesting Iran might “preemptively” attack U.S. military targets in the Middle East, and that Trump would not “sit idly by” while U.S. forces in the region are attacked. (CCTV News)
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U.S. officials admit no intelligence indicating Iran plans to preemptively strike U.S. forces
On March 1st local time, U.S. government officials admitted during a closed-door briefing to Congress that “there is no intelligence indicating that Iran originally planned to launch a preemptive strike against U.S. forces”—however, they still insisted that Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities and its regional proxy armed groups pose an “imminent threat” to U.S. interests. The day before, some U.S. officials stated that President Trump decided to launch an attack, partly because of so-called intelligence suggesting Iran might “preemptively” attack U.S. military targets in the Middle East, and that Trump would not “sit idly by” while U.S. forces in the region are attacked. (CCTV News)