{"id":28591,"date":"2017-12-05T08:51:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28591"},"modified":"2017-12-05T08:51:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T13:51:37","slug":"us-new-moves-war-with-iran-may-be-much-closer-than-we-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28591","title":{"rendered":"US New Moves: War with Iran May Be Much Closer Than We Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<header><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" title=\"US New Moves: War with Iran May Be Much Closer Than We Think\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/images\/news\/2017\/12\/05\/or-40011.jpg\" alt=\"US New Moves: War with Iran May Be Much Closer Than We Think\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2017\/12\/05\/us-new-moves-war-with-iran-may-be-much-closer-than-we-think.html\">US New Moves: War with Iran May Be Much Closer Than We Think<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<p>The US does not intend to end or even curtail its military presence in Iraq (as well as Syria) after the defeat of the Islamic State. It is planning to turn Iraq into a major theater of confrontation with Iran. There are signs that a war with Iran may be much closer than we think.<\/p>\n<p>CIA director Mike Pompeo, an official known for his staunch opposition to Iran, has warned Tehran that the United States would hold it accountable for any attacks it conducted on American interests. Addressing high-ranking US military and security officials on Saturday, Dec. 2, at a defence forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute in Simi Valley, California, Pompeo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/cia-director-warns-iranian-general-on-iraq\/2017\/12\/02\/10e21044-d7ca-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/cia-director-warns-iranian-general-on-iraq\/2017\/12\/02\/10e21044-d7ca-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_story.html\">said<\/a>\u00a0that he had sent the letter to General\u00a0Qassem Suleimani, a leader of Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and elite Quds. \u201c<strong>What we were communicating to him in that letter was that we will hold him and Iran accountable\u2026 and we wanted to make sure that he and the leadership of Iran understood that in a way that was crystal clear,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>the CIA director explained.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pompeo, the message was sent after the senior Iranian military commander had indicated that forces under his control might attack US\u00a0forces in Iraq. He did not specify the date. \u201c<strong>You need to only look to the past few weeks and the efforts of the Iranians to exert influence now in Northern Iraq in addition to other places in Iraq to see that Iranian efforts to be the hegemonic power throughout the Middle East continues to increase<\/strong>,\u201d he noted. Pompeo also said that Saudi Arabia had grown more willing to share intelligence with other Middle Eastern nations regarding Iran and Islamist extremism.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US New Moves: War with Iran May Be Much Closer Than We Think The US does not intend to end or even curtail its military presence in Iraq (as well as Syria) after the defeat of the Islamic State. It is planning to turn Iraq into a major theater of confrontation with Iran. 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