“The U.S. government provided Iran with a private warning that there was a terrorist threat within Iranian borders”
Iran controls and finances multiple Islamic terror groups, but being a Shiite state, there are Sunni Islamist terror groups that target it. Some of these are aligned with ISIS. Others have nationalistic reasons linked to the Baloch movement. And some have both.
Recently, an ISIS bombing attack at a commemoration ceremony for IRGC terror leader Soleimani, who was responsible for the deaths of many Americans, made headlines.
The Biden administration is now announcing that it tried to help Iran head off the bombing.
The U.S. secretly warned Iran that Islamic State was preparing to carry out the terrorist attack early this month that killed more than 80 Iranians in a pair of coordinated suicide bombings, U.S. officials said.
The confidential alert came after the U.S. acquired intelligence that Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan, ISIS-Khorasan, known as ISIS-K, was plotting to attack Iran, they said.
American officials said the information passed to Iran was specific enough about the location and sufficiently timely that it might have proved useful to Tehran in thwarting the attack on Jan. 3 or at least mitigating the casualty toll.
And, out of gratitude, Iran went on trying to kill American soldiers and chanting, “Death to America”..
The obvious question is why do this?
Do we generally intervene when terrorist groups fight each other? Why are we helping Iran, which is actively trying to kill American soldiers in Iraq?
During the Trump admin, we kept hearing that even mentioning that we had certain kinds of intel would potentially expose sources and endanger them. So why are those sources being exposed to help one of our worst enemies.
“Prior to ISIS’s terrorist attack on January 3, 2024, in Kerman, Iran, the U.S. government provided Iran with a private warning that there was a terrorist threat within Iranian borders,” a U.S. official said, using an acronym for Islamic State. “The U.S. government followed a longstanding ‘duty to warn’ policy that has been implemented across administrations to warn governments against potential lethal threats. We provide these warnings in part because we do not want to see innocent lives lost in terror attacks.”
The target was a memorial ceremony for Qassem Soleimani: a terrorist leader. There were as many “innocent people” there as at a memorial for Osama bin Laden, Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin.
Maybe the Biden admin didn’t know the target? But the previous high-profile ISIS attacks in Iran targeted the Iranian parliament and the told of Khomeini.
ISIS tends to hit sites associated with Iran’s Islamist regime. Attack warnings protect the Iranian regime, not the oppressed people protesting in the streets.
This is another unfortunate example of our government’s collaboration with our worst enemies.
There is no reason for us to intervene in a fight between two Islamic terror groups. Yet the Biden admin chose to do that in Syria and now Obama is doing it in Iran.
ed says
18 U.S. Code § 2381 – Treason
U.S. Code
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies,
giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000;
and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(2)(J), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)
somehistory says
Yes, but while the ones committing it are in charge….
Hudders. says
The list is exhaustive regarding compromised officials in US Govt, working with/for Iran.
John Kerry has long held deep business & family ties with Iran for example & he is extremely influencial, considering he does nothing of real value other than jet around the globe in the name of climate crisis. (Now he is becoming Biden’s campaign advisior in a new role..Telling hey?)
Many others in the US political establisment are known to hold & enjoy the same murky conflicting relationships with the main sponsor of islamic jihadist terror today.
Who can forget the truck loads of cash Hussain Obama sent to Iran; or the enormous pile of money Biden recently released to Iran?
All the while supporting Iran as it marches ever closer to having a nuclear weapon; which of course will likely be unleashed on Israel & the US aswell. It is evil madness.
Before the dodgy 2020 election result, Trump had the Iranian leaders held firmly by their beards, having wiped scumbag murderer Solemeni of the face of the planet & restricted their nefarious behaviours. No sooner had Biden come to the Whitehouse, he freed Iran from all those restrictions & the justifiable fear Trump had placed them under!
These are clear acts of treason that continue resonate horror, harm & danger to the US & the wider world.
Lord willing Trump can get a fair election result this time, because THEN we will see how to deal with Iran, it’s terrorist proxies & the criminal scum in bed with them.
Peacelover says
When can Biden be charged with treason,After his ‘presidency’ or can it be before he leaves office and if that can be done,why hasn’t it been done by now,already that is?
James Lincoln says
Peacelover,
One thing is for sure: Sleepy Joe will never be charged with treason under this DOJ.
Michael Paul Skok says
Don’t we have to declare war first before anyone can be labeled as a traitor? There has been no declaration of war.
James Hoagland says
Hasn’t Iran been openly waging war on the US since 1979?
Peacelover says
Yeah,got that,Thanks James Lincoln
somehistory says
The present pretenders have never met a bad guy…esp the evil bad guys….they didn’t like.
Kissy face with abbas….the pretend president of the pa in Israel….wheeling and dealing with the evil xi, allowing his crew to come up through the Southern border; allowing some of his crew to build *illegal* labs where deadly diseases are kept in unlabeled jars;…sending billions upon billions to a friend of xi, zelenski….keeping the border open so millions of terrorists and other criminals can easily cross over and then without even taking their pictures, allowing them onto planes to go anywhere they choose…doing nothing to stop the mobs of hamas terror supporters from terrorizing little kids and interfering with the lives of other Americans….
So why not warn the evil iranians mourning the terrorist that they might not live to see another sunrise?
It’s a pattern.
mozlums never reciprocate. they never appreciate. they just always retaliate.
tgusa says
“While Iran Tries to Kill US Soldiers, Biden Regime Provides It With Intel”
Well of course he and they do. A Zebra can’t change it’s stripes.
“Biden has been wrong on every major foreign policy decision in last 4 decades”
Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates
An Obama era SecDef stated that, no less.
FYI says
“Death to America,Death to America”
Ali the reasonable shi’ite { at the back of the room}:
I dunno,I think we should all just try to get along and do business:especially with the Israelis:Think of the business opportunities.Cha$$ -Ching!Also we need to get rid of this ridiculous Chador nonsense and move to the 15th century.Oh And i think the Zoraoastrianism of our Persian ancestors…well it is probably a better religion than islam let’s face it.Do you know Christians can play music?
And here they come! The Revolutionary Guards..oh i can’t wait for another water boarding session!
Avenger says
To be fair we would also have notified Nations like Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan who also sponsor Islamic terrorists throughout the world. The only difference is those three countries are our allies used in US wars by proxy. At least the corrupt Biden regime is not hypocritical in this respect.
OLD GUY says
DOJ, Department of Justice really? Seems like the DOJ is anything but justice and picks and chooses which laws they are going to enforce and who they will hold responsible. Not much faith in fairness and justice in our government anymore.