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'Almost Certainly Israel Did Coordinate Strikes' With US, Professor Says

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'Almost Certainly Israel Did Coordinate Strikes' With US, Professor Says
"They [US] clearly understood that a strike was coming, and that Iran might live up to its promise [to strike US facilities] if it thought the US was directly involved in this military strike," Dr Greg Simons of the Daffodil International University, Bangladesh, told Sputnik.
What can prove Washington was aware of the Israeli strikes?
withdrawal of non-essential personnel from US embassies in Iraq and around the Persian Gulf ahead of the strikes;
drawing down military, especially military families.
The Israeli attack is a clear attempt to derail the US-Iran nuclear negotiations, the expert noted. "They did the same thing with the JCPOA. They were trying to derail that," he recalled.
However, the Trump administration's priorities are changing, as the US is trying to focus on China, but "their vassals and client states in Ukraine and Israel are causing problems for them by running their own agenda," Simons pointed out.
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