Fascinating and remarkable details here:
Inside the plot by Iran’s Soleimani to attack U.S. forces in Iraq | Reuters
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
Inside the plot by Iran’s Soleimani to attack U.S. forces in Iraq | Reuters
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
Important part: “Soleimani’s plans to attack U.S. forces aimed to provoke a military response that would redirect that rising anger toward the United States.” reuters.com/article/us-ira… 
This was also my sense of what he was trying to do, in an upcoming piece:
He wasn’t plotting a response as part of this back-and-forth Iran-US escalation. Instead it was his attempt to divert attention from the protests in Iraq, and turn a bad situation into an opportunity.
He wasn’t plotting a response as part of this back-and-forth Iran-US escalation. Instead it was his attempt to divert attention from the protests in Iraq, and turn a bad situation into an opportunity.
