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\nThis latest revelation should not surprise anyone who has been actively following the exploits of the current Trump Administration and its partner organization, Israel\u2019s Netanyahu government.<\/strong><\/p>\n
According to a recent report released by the\u00a0Times of Israel<\/em><\/a>, it was officials in Tel Aviv who provided the White House with the key intelligence details leading to the targeted double assassination of Iranian Quds Force leader,\u00a0General Qasem Soleimani<\/strong>, and senior Iraqi PMU commander,\u00a0Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis<\/strong>, on January 3rd.<\/p>\n The illegal assassinations prompted an Iranian missile strike on two US bases in Iraq, bringing Washington and Tehran dangerously close to a larger military confrontation, until\u00a0Trump stood down in the face of reprisals<\/a>\u00a0by Iran and its allies in the region.<\/p>\n This latest news also validates previous analysis by\u00a021WIRE<\/em>\u00a0which\u00a0concluded that Israel<\/a>\u00a0has been the primary source of \u201cintelligence\u201d provided to the White House, relating to the recent chain of events involving the United States, Iraq and Iran.<\/p>\n Netanyahu Lied About Involvement<\/strong><\/p>\n This also indicates that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was lying last week when he told ministers that the killing of Soleimani was \u201ccarried out solely by the US,\u201d and that Israel was not involved. According to\u00a0Axios<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n \u201cNetanyahu told Security Cabinet ministers Monday that the killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani was carried out solely by the U.S. and that Israel was not involved in any way and must not be dragged into the escalating conflict, two ministers who attended the meeting told me.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This calculated move to walk-back his previously hawkish stance on Soleimani and Iran appears to have been a shrewd and cynical political maneuver to avoid being implicated in the political maelstrom which ensued in Washington \u2013 where US Senators and Congressional Representatives were\u00a0demanding the White House present any of the illusive intelligence<\/a>\u00a0relating to the successive incidents. Their calls were met with complete stonewalling from the Trump Administration who claimed that any discussion into the matter would be \u2018helping the enemy.\u2019<\/p>\n The question now is whether or not Israel also provided the White House the illusive intelligence that prompted Trump\u2019s illegal assassination orders \u2013 the mysterious intelligence which claimed there were \u201cimminent threats\u201d to the United States. Elected representatives are still waiting.<\/p>\n The new reports now reveal how Israeli intelligence officials provided President Trump the location and reconnaissance data which resulted in the state-sanctioned murder of Soleimani. Details of the operation also appeared in an\u00a0NBC News<\/em><\/a>\u00a0report:<\/p>\n Armed with a tip from informants at the airport in the Syrian capital of Damascus, the CIA knew exactly when a jet carrying Iranian Gen.\u00a0Qassem Soleimani<\/a>\u00a0took off en route to Baghdad. Intelligence from Israel helped confirm the details.<\/em><\/p>\n Once the Cham Wings Airlines Airbus A320 landed, American spies at Iraq\u2019s main airport, which houses U.S. military personnel, confirmed its exact whereabouts.<\/em><\/p>\n Three American drones moved into position overhead, with no fear of challenge in an Iraqi airspace completely dominated by the U.S. military. Each was armed with four Hellfire missiles.<\/em><\/p>\n (\u2026)\u00a0On large screens, various U.S. officials watched as an Iraqi militia leader walked up a set of stairs to greet the leader of Iran\u2019s Quds Force as he emerged from the airplane. It was past 1 in the morning, so the black and white infrared imagery wasn\u2019t very clear. No faces could be seen.<\/em><\/p>\n It is important to note that from the onset of the Trump presidency, Israel has played a visible role in directing US policy regarding Iran. In fact, the current round of hostilities between the US and Iran was started when the White House unilaterally withdrew from the landmark international JCPOA Iran Nuclear Agreement in May 2018. Leaked recordings reveal that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu\u00a0boasted about his own role in convincing the White House to unilaterally withdraw from the JCPOA<\/a>\u00a0deal.<\/p>\n SAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.<\/p>\n