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Africa Subsaharan
Iranian agents scouted Israeli, US, UAE embassies in East Africa for attack — TV
2021-02-02
[IsraelTimes] Attempted strike to avenge deaths of Iranian general, nuclear scientist was thwarted last month, Kan News claims, citing Western intelligence sources.

Several Iranian agents who scouted out the Israeli, American, and Emirati embassies in an unnamed East African country in preparation for a potential attack have been arrested, according to a Monday Israeli TV report.

The agents were sent by Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
to gather intelligence on the sites for a terror attack, Kan News reported, citing Western intelligence sources.

Some held dual European and Iranian citizenship, and some were arrested in the East African country, while others were apprehended in different countries. The attack was thwarted last month, according to the report.

The report said Iran intended to target one of the missions in retaliation for the killing of its top general Qassem Soleimani
by the US last year and of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in November. Iran blamed Israel for Fakhrizadeh’s killing and swore Dire Revenge.

In September, the Politico news site reported that Iran was plotting to assassinate the US ambassador to South Africa for the killing of Soleimani. Iran dismissed the allegation.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  I would be surprised if they didn't have partnerships in east africa. Mercutio is right about the cash though. Print, Print
Posted by: Chris   2021-02-02 20:27  

#4  "....I'd be surprised if they weren't..."

Don't disagree MK however the E Africa part does surprise me. They have MUCH better connections in W Africa due to the large number of Lebanese traders/merchants/restaurants. All up n down the seaboard from Dakar to Libreville. Big time Hezbollah money movers and organized crime. I'm not aware of a similar network in E Africa.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2021-02-02 19:37  

#3  The Biden Pretendership will ship them a few pallets of cash; that'll settle them down. What the hell, at the rate they're printing the stuff, we'll be using it for tp soon, anyway.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-02-02 18:54  

#2  been doing it long before sslami was killed
Posted by: Chris   2021-02-02 13:34  

#1  ...Kind of a dog-bites-man story - I'd be surprised if they weren't...

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-02-02 04:58  

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