
Pentagon Chief Says No Evidence Iran Was Plotting To Attack US Embassies
Monday, January 13, 2020, 7:41 AM
U.S. Defense-Secretary Mark Esper said he did not see specific evidence from intelligence-officials that Iran was planning to attack four U.S. embassies, an assertion made by President Donald Trump in justifying the killing of Iran's top-general. Trump said Iran probably had targeted the U.S.-embassy in Baghdad and was aiming to attack four U.S. embassies before Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone-strike on Jan.-3.
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