Pentagon’s phony Iran “evidence”: New rationale for U.S. intervention? – Salon –

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Pentagon’s phony Iran “evidence”: New rationale for U.S. intervention? – Salon – Pentagon’s phony Iran “evidence”: New rationale for U.S. intervention?  Salon

Last week a senior Pentagon official accused Iran of having sabotaged four oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on May 12 and of firing a rocket into Baghdad’s Green Zone on May 19. Iran executed these events, he said, either directly or through regional “proxies.” But instead of creating sensational headlines, the briefing by Vice Adm. Michael Gilday, the director of the Joint Staff, was a flop, because it was clear to reporters covering it that he could not cite a single fact to back it up. The story got only the most cursory coverage in major news outlets, all of which buried Gilday’s acc…

– June 3, 2019 at 08:10AM

John Jason Fallows

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