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9 Apr, 4 tweets, 3 min read
1/ Remember this NYT-Administration
Collaborative leak on the #Saviz
sabotage?
"Israel-Iran Sea Skirmishes Escalate as Mine Damages Iranian Military Ship"
It is so dangerously wrong & stupid on many levels. The Administration official who outed Israel... nytimes.com/2021/04/06/wor…
2/ Administration official who "outed" Israel gave legitimacy to Iranian retaliation & regional escalation.

NYT called #saviz a "military" ship. It was registered and presented itself as a civilian cargo ship. A more correct description would be "pirate" ship.

The official...
3/ The NYT/official said the #Saviz sabotage was timed to coincide with the US resumption of the #Irandeal negotiations in Vienna.

Balderdash! If #israeli naval commandos were responsible, such a mission 1500 km from Israel would have had months of planning, a ship/sub in ..
4/ such a mission needed ships/sub in place or a temporary point of departure like Socotra Island. This was NOT a reflexive reaction to Vienna.

Frankly, the leak tactic & claims are so dangerous & irresponsible, they probably came out of the @brhodes Skunkworks shop.

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Look what the Ottomans/Turks did to #Jerusalem 105 yrs ago. Why they lost it and have no claim on it today.
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