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Theyve never actually said that iran did it before today. they put it on a list along with a whole bunch of other things they never said were iran before either. including a car bomb that went off in afghanistan on may 31st. four afghan civilians were killed, four u.s. service members were wounded. again, this was another thing on this list today of all the terrible, provocative, escalating actions iran has recently taken the u.s. must respond to. but as with that rocket attack in iraq on may 19...

I should also mention part of this thats really sticking out for me. while secretary of state pompeo was making this case against iran today, i should also mention that in addition to blaming iran immediately for the attack on those tankers today, he also tried to put that in context saying this is part of an escalating series of events by iran. were looking at a series of events in total. and when he talked about that series of events he rattled off a number of recent violent incidents in middl...

Terrible, aggressive, provocative, violent, escalating actions that iran has recently taken, that the u.s. must respond to. but as with that rocket attack in iraq on may 19th this may 31st car bomb in afghanistan they also put on the list, it also got a bunch of news coverage at the time. u.s. service members were wounded in that attack. well, when that happened, according to news controversial at the time, the taliban claimed responsibility for it. the taliban. again, today with no evidence, th...

Were not just looking at this in isolation, were talking about a series of events in total. and when he talked about that series of events he rattled off a number of recent violent incidents in middle east and central asia which he blamed on iran. one of those was a rocket attack in iraq last month in which a rocket landed near the u.s. embassy. you might have heard about that when it happened. may 19th were the reports of that here. there has never, ever been a public state department announcem...

Minister abe was there. and they are using cheap devices to conduct warfare against us. and putting more ships in the area can certainly feel good, but youre talking about a technology advanced navy going into an area to fight against these kind of things that are easily implaced on ships. it doesnt take much to do this. secretary pompeo mentioned the rocket attack in baghdad, and having been in baghdad and knowing what kind of proxy forces they have in the city, they are not advanced and someti...

Begins new work on developing nuclear weapons, meanwhile iranian president rouhani said the islamic republic could hold referendum on what to do with nuclear program as iran looks to negotiate parts of nuclear deal this summer. over the weekend senior pentagon official did indicate that the united states does believe iran is responsible for attacks on 4 western oil tankers early yerl this month according to intelligence by u.s. military, pentagon officials point in the finger at iran when it com...

Amid news that the u.s. is also preparing for the possibility of a conflict in the region and will deploy an additional 900 troops in the middle east to draw the 600 already there. experts say the troop level could increase more if iran begins to work on developing nuclear weapons but meanwhile the iranian president said they could hold a referendum or to do the countries nuclear program as rls to renegotiate parts of the nuclear deal this summer. overlooking a senior pentagon official did confi...

That right now iran is the threat. that threat is being managed. republicans, when they came out of that briefing, mostly the takeaway seemed to be that iran, they understood that iran had been responsible not for the attack on those vessels but for an attack on an old pipeline in saudi arabia and for an attack in the green zone in baghdad. democrats critical of what they heard, saying they believe there wasnt sort of interdepartmental thinking and strategy about how to get iran to the place the...

Favor of house democrats forcing release of his financial records dating back 2 years before he was elected. devon nunez talks about his latest effort to get the fbi, cia and others to cough up information about the origins of the russia probe. congressman never had a meeting with nancy pelosi saying the president is making it difficult to avoid talking about impeachment. national security officials briefing congress about the situation with iran as a rocket attack lands a mile from the us embas...

Close its consulate in basra, which some at the pentagon views as an overreaction. ed? >> ed: what is the reaction today from the white house? >> the president tweeted after the rocket attack -- >> the iranian foreign minister trolled president trump on twitter saying -- >> president trump tweeted today that it is fake news that he wants to negotiate with iran. contradicting a senior administration official speaking to reporters on president trumps behalf friday.