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Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news

From vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Newsgroups alt.checkmate, talk.politics.guns, talk.politics.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news
Date 2020-09-15 08:26 +0000
Message-ID <hsbc57Ffkr8U3@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <hsbakqFfkr8U1@mid.individual.net> <rjpt83$4c4$4@dont-email.me>

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On Tue, 15 Sep 2020 01:16:03 -0700, Janithor wrote:

> x-no-archive: yes
> 
> On 9/15/2020 1:00 AM, vallor wrote:
>> Sorry if this is old news to you guys, but I heard about this on BBC
>> World service, but _didn't_ hear about it on NPR or ABC hourly
>> broadcasts.  Seems like this would be more of a story in the U.S.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, the ultimate source seems to be the story on Politico
>> (linked below) which claims to have two sources, both anonymous.  Yes,
>> I'm skeptical -- but frankly, I'm not sure what Iran is thinking after
>> we took out their guy in Iraq.
>> 
>> Keep an eye out for funny business.
>> 
>>   _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>> Officials: Iran weighing plot to kill U.S. ambassador to South Africa
>> 
>> https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/13/iran-south-africa-ambassador-
assassination-plot-413831
>> 
>> Obquote:
>> The Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the
>> American ambassador to South Africa, U.S. intelligence reports say,
>> according to a U.S. government official familiar with the issue and
>> another official who has seen the intelligence.
>>   _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> 
> Old news, I saw it yesterday on Fox yesterday.

Oh well -- at least I ran down where Fox got the story.  Easy, but nobody 
seems to look for source documents anymore.

-- 
-v  https://theproblemisextremism.org

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Assassination threat from Iran in the news vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2020-09-15 08:00 +0000
  Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news Janithor <Janithor@comcast.net> - 2020-09-15 01:16 -0700
    Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2020-09-15 08:26 +0000
      Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news Janithor <Janithor@comcast.net> - 2020-09-15 01:29 -0700
      Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news Checkmate <More.Bull.Schiff@gmail.com> - 2020-09-15 03:20 -0700
  Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news Checkmate <More.Bull.Schiff@gmail.com> - 2020-09-15 02:45 -0700
    Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2020-09-15 09:50 +0000
      Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news Checkmate <More.Bull.Schiff@gmail.com> - 2020-09-15 03:43 -0700
      Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news Skeeter <Scoot@invalid.invalid> - 2020-09-15 09:20 -0600
        Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news Checkmate <More.Bull.Schiff@gmail.com> - 2020-09-15 09:02 -0700
  Re: Assassination threat from Iran in the news Skeeter <Scoot@invalid.invalid> - 2020-09-15 09:18 -0600

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