Η κυβέρνηση της Ουάσιγκτον εξέδωσε επείγουσα εντολή σχετικά με το αμερικανικό προσωπικό στο Ιράκ, να εγκαταλείψει τη χώρα αμέσως. Επίσης, το υπουργείο Εξωτερικών ανακοίνωσε ότι αυτή η τελευταία απόφαση έχει να κάνει με την αύξηση των εντάσεων με το Ιράν. Σύμφωνα με τη RT, η αμερικανική πρεσβεία στη Βαγδάτη ανακοίνωσε ότι έχει εντολή να επιστρέψει αμέσως στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, το προσωπικό που δεν είναι απαραίτητο. Αυτή η κίνηση έρχεται εν μέσω αυξανόμενων εντάσεων στις σχέσεις ΗΠΑ-Ιράκ, καθώς και ανταλλαγής πυρών μεταξύ Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών και του Ιράν. Αρκετοί υπάλληλοι της πρεσβείας στη Βαγδάτη έχουν ήδη αρχίσει να εγκαταλείπουν τη διπλωματική αποστολή καθώς και υπάλληλοι της αμερικανικής διπλωματικής αποστολής στην πρωτεύουσα Αρμπίλ των Κούρδων του Βόρειου Ιράκ. Ήδη, από την Κυριακή, η κυβέρνηση των ΗΠΑ είχε προειδοποιήσει τους πολίτες της να μην πάνε στο Ιράκ και αν βρίσκονται εκεί να ‘απέχουν’ από όλα όσα συμβαίνουν. Η έκδοση θεωρήσεων τέθηκε, επίσης, σε αναστολή.
Τα γερμανικά ΜΜΕ ανέφεραν, επικαλούμενες πηγές του στρατού, ότι η χώρα αποχώρησε από τη συμμετοχή σε κοινές στρατιωτικές ασκήσεις με το Ιράκ. Εκπρόσωπος του υπουργείου Άμυνας επιβεβαίωσε την είδηση αυτή με την παρατήρηση ότι η Γερμανία είχε ενδείξεις ότι θα μπορούσε να γίνει επίθεση του Ιράν κατά τις ασκήσεις αυτές, σημειώνει το σερβικό ραδιόφωνο b92.
Ταυτόχρονα το Κουβέιτ, αποφάσισε να αυξήσει την ετοιμότητα του στρατού στο υψηλότερο επίπεδο λόγω των εντάσεων στην περιοχή, ενώ το Κρεμλίνο λέει ότι ανησυχεί για τις εξελίξεις στην κατάσταση γύρω από το Ιράν και τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες.
The Hellenic Information Team
The escalating tension between the United States and Iran, and the ensuing military buildup in the Persian Gulf, may have resulted from a misreading of intelligence by both sides, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. Reports from the Middle East continue to describe the situation there as tense, while the political rhetoric by both Washington and Tehran remains heightened. Last week, the White House ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to sail to Middle Eastern waters, following intelligence showing that “Iran or its proxies were planning attacks against US forces in Iraq, Syria and at sea”. Washington also evacuated all non-essential personnel from its embassy in Iraq. Meanwhile Iranian officials stated on Thursday that they were “prepared for war”, while the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major Genreal Hossein Salami, described the escalating crisis as “the most decisive moment in the [40-year history] of the Islamic Revolution”. But a new report in The Wall Street Journal claimed on Thursday that the crisis between the two countries may have been caused by a misinterpretation of intelligence on each other’s moves. The paper said that new intelligence collected by American spy agencies appears to show that Tehran was under the impression that the US was about to launch attacks against it.
There is no information about what precisely led the Iranians to draw that conclusion. But it is believed that Iran responded to the perceived threat from Washington by abruptly bolstering its military posture and placing its allies in the region —including Hezbollah in Lebanon and numerous Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria, on high alert. Those actions were interpreted by Washington as evidence that Iran was planning to launch an attack against American interests in the region, thus prompting the White House to send the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to sail to the area, and to partially evacuate its embassy in Iraq. Citing “people familiar with the matter”, the Journal said that new intelligence that has been collected “in recent days” points to the initial actions taken by Tehran as “defensive in nature”. However, said that paper, there continue to be “sharply differing views” about the situation among officials in the administration of US President Donald Trump. Specifically, some administration officials continue to argue that the available intelligence indicates that Iran “was planning to strike first”, and some even believe that Tehran is still “planning imminent attacks” on the US and its interests in the region. The paper also noted that President Trump is believed to have told senior officials in his administration —including the Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan— that he does not want to see a military confrontation with Iran.
Joseph Fitsanakis
https://intelnews.org/2019/05/17/01-2550/
Τα γερμανικά ΜΜΕ ανέφεραν, επικαλούμενες πηγές του στρατού, ότι η χώρα αποχώρησε από τη συμμετοχή σε κοινές στρατιωτικές ασκήσεις με το Ιράκ. Εκπρόσωπος του υπουργείου Άμυνας επιβεβαίωσε την είδηση αυτή με την παρατήρηση ότι η Γερμανία είχε ενδείξεις ότι θα μπορούσε να γίνει επίθεση του Ιράν κατά τις ασκήσεις αυτές, σημειώνει το σερβικό ραδιόφωνο b92.
Ταυτόχρονα το Κουβέιτ, αποφάσισε να αυξήσει την ετοιμότητα του στρατού στο υψηλότερο επίπεδο λόγω των εντάσεων στην περιοχή, ενώ το Κρεμλίνο λέει ότι ανησυχεί για τις εξελίξεις στην κατάσταση γύρω από το Ιράν και τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες.
The Hellenic Information Team
The escalating tension between the United States and Iran, and the ensuing military buildup in the Persian Gulf, may have resulted from a misreading of intelligence by both sides, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. Reports from the Middle East continue to describe the situation there as tense, while the political rhetoric by both Washington and Tehran remains heightened. Last week, the White House ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to sail to Middle Eastern waters, following intelligence showing that “Iran or its proxies were planning attacks against US forces in Iraq, Syria and at sea”. Washington also evacuated all non-essential personnel from its embassy in Iraq. Meanwhile Iranian officials stated on Thursday that they were “prepared for war”, while the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, Major Genreal Hossein Salami, described the escalating crisis as “the most decisive moment in the [40-year history] of the Islamic Revolution”. But a new report in The Wall Street Journal claimed on Thursday that the crisis between the two countries may have been caused by a misinterpretation of intelligence on each other’s moves. The paper said that new intelligence collected by American spy agencies appears to show that Tehran was under the impression that the US was about to launch attacks against it.
There is no information about what precisely led the Iranians to draw that conclusion. But it is believed that Iran responded to the perceived threat from Washington by abruptly bolstering its military posture and placing its allies in the region —including Hezbollah in Lebanon and numerous Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria, on high alert. Those actions were interpreted by Washington as evidence that Iran was planning to launch an attack against American interests in the region, thus prompting the White House to send the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to sail to the area, and to partially evacuate its embassy in Iraq. Citing “people familiar with the matter”, the Journal said that new intelligence that has been collected “in recent days” points to the initial actions taken by Tehran as “defensive in nature”. However, said that paper, there continue to be “sharply differing views” about the situation among officials in the administration of US President Donald Trump. Specifically, some administration officials continue to argue that the available intelligence indicates that Iran “was planning to strike first”, and some even believe that Tehran is still “planning imminent attacks” on the US and its interests in the region. The paper also noted that President Trump is believed to have told senior officials in his administration —including the Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan— that he does not want to see a military confrontation with Iran.
Joseph Fitsanakis
https://intelnews.org/2019/05/17/01-2550/
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