Epstein Secrets

63 EFTA01977747 steadily expanding its sphere of influence, from western Afghanistan to the Mediterranean. A subsequent U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf and an intensifying U.S.-led economic warfare campaign slowed Iran down, but it was the decline of the al Assad regime that put Iran on the defensi

Arabia and Hamas, and it took advantage to increase funding and weapons supplies to the group. Forces from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, along with Hezbollah, worked with Hamas to expand the group's weapons arsenal and build elaborate tunnels under the Gaza Strip to facilitate its o

in. Arizona Sen. John McCain, o=ce Obama's GOP challenger for the presidency, blasted the speech for not including any reference to the incid=nt in the Persian Gulf. "Ten American sailors have been taken into custody in Iran," he said in a statement.= "But President Obama completely omitted this latest example o

ers of national interest — the three way= the United States is capable of firing nuclear weapons (by land, sea and air), the difference between the Quds Force in Iran and the Kurds to their west, Nort= Korea's nuclear tests, the causes of autism, the effects of his tax=plan on the deficit and much besides.

sion in 2003, which transformed Iraq into a gateway for Iranian power, connecting the Islamic Republic's geography of dominance from the shores of the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. ... Many of Iraq's foremost political, military, and security officials have had secret relationships with Tehran, accord

trait of how aggressively Tehran has worked to embed itself into Iraqi affairs and the unique role of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani. the head of Iran's Quds Force. From the Times and the Page 16635 EFTA00046146 Intercept: "The unprecedented leak exposes Tehran's vast influence in Iraq, detailing years of p

asion in 2003, which transformed Iraq into a gateway for Iranian power, connecting the Islamic Republic's geography of dominance from the shores of the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. ... Many of Iraq's foremost political, military, and security officials have had secret relationships with Tehran, accord

trait of how aggressively Tehran has worked to embed itself into Iraqi affairs and the unique role of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Quds Force. From the Times and the Intercept: "The unprecedented leak exposes Tehran's vast influence in Iraq, detailing years of painstaking work by Iranian

Denuding U.S. forces in the region to enable a pivot to Asia 1s also risky. Nowhere else in the world is America more likely to deploy forces than in the Persian Gulf in opposition to Iran, and nowhere else is it of utmost importance that any potential confrontation be won decisively in the next five to ten years t

mb slapped on his car during his morning commute. By then, Iran was trying to strike back. The task of avenging the scientists fell to the sprawling Quds Force’s own covert-operations division, known as Unit 400. It took a shotgun approach, targeting Israeli diplomatic missions in a variety of countries, mostl

defendants made a poor showing for the notorious Quds Force of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. A

Denuding U.S. forces in the region to enable a pivot to Asia is also risky. Nowhere else in the world is America more likely to deploy forces than in the Persian Gulf in opposition to Iran, and nowhere else is it of utmost importance that any potential confrontation be won decisively in the next five to ten years t