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Tamir Hayman, the former head of Israel’s military intelligence, said in an interview published Monday that Tel Aviv played a role in the high-profile assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the top Iranian commander.
Soleimani met his fate on 3 January 2020 when reportedly killed in a U.S. airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. Former President Trump said at the time that he ordered the precision strike to kill the commander because he was planning “imminent and sinister attacks” on U.S. forces in the region.
Iran called the strike an act of terrorism in a letter to the United Nations.
Few details were ever released about the strike, but few had any doubt that Israel played a role.
Hayman told Malam magazine that Israel “played a role” in the strike.
“Soleimani’s assassination is an achievement, since our main enemy, in my eyes, are the Iranians,” he said. “Two significant and important assassinations can be noted in my term,” he said, without mentioning the other killing.
The Trends Journal has reported on the stealth war being played out between Israel and Iran. (See: “IRAN BLAMES ISRAEL FOR NUCLEAR FACILITY EXPLOSION,” “ISRAEL BLAMES ROCKET ATTACK ON HEZBOLLAH, RESPONDS,” and “ISRAEL TO ATTACK IRAN? WASHINGTON GIVES THE GREEN LIGHT TO THE ‘MILITARY OPTION.’”)
Axios reported last week that the killing of Soleimani ended up hurting the relationship between the U.S. and Israel because Trump thought that Jerusalem should have played a larger role in the attack. He reportedly said that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “willing to fight Iran to the last American soldier.”
“I can’t talk about this story,” Trump told the news website. “But I was very disappointed in Israel having to do with that event…People will be hearing about that at the right time.”
Israel rejected Trump’s claim and said the U.S. insisted on being in the driver’s seat during the strike. NBC News pointed out at the time that Israeli intelligence followed Soleimani from Damascus international airport to Baghdad and kept Americans informed.
TRENDPOST: “All available evidence,” is the same bullshit line like the little vile of nothing that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell flashed at the United Nations to deceive the world that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Once again, the U.S. is ready to incite and support more wars.
Will Israel attack Iran? Read “Major Israeli Strike Imminent?” in the Featured Article section of the Trends Journal (10 Aug 2021), by Daniel McAdams, Executive Director, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.
TREND FORECAST: Should military tensions between Israel and Iran escalate and war breaks out between the two nations, oil prices will spike to well over $100 a barrel, which will, in turn, spike inflation rates and trigger a global equity market crash. It will also mark the beginning of World War III.