US could strike Iran as soon as next weekend, Hersh says The US is preparing for massive airstrikes on Iranian territory in the coming weekend, noted American journalist Seymour Hersh reported, citing sources in Washington and among Israeli insiders. According to the journalist, the operation will “entail heavy American bombing.” A senior Washington official told Hersh that “all will be under control” if Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “departs.” However, Hersh emphasized that it was unclear how that could happen “short of his assassination.” “There has been a great deal of talk about American firepower and targets inside Iran,…
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