After killing Ali Khamenei why doesn’t the US attack Mojtaba Khamenei?
from undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world on 12 Mar 02:07
https://lemmy.hogru.ch/post/3833799

Am I the only one that thinks it’s strange that the US hasn’t attacked Mojtaba Khamenei? I thought that they were threatening to remove any leader previously associated with the regime.

Am I missing something?

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[deleted] on 12 Mar 02:14 next collapse
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DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world on 12 Mar 02:20 collapse

Presumably, the Israeli-US alliance hasn’t gotten around it.

db2@lemmy.world on 12 Mar 02:16 next collapse

It’s not strange, the Israeli government hasn’t ordered Trump to do it.

dhork@lemmy.world on 12 Mar 02:21 next collapse

It’s possible either the US or Israel had some extremely timely intelligence on the location of the old leader, and the new one is just being more careful…

Asafum@lemmy.world on 12 Mar 02:21 next collapse

I saw a headline the other day that his “base” was attacked, so I think they are trying to kill him.

Edit: I went searching for an article to post a link but I can’t seem to find anything. All I see is that he was “hurt” in the attack that killed his family.

setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world on 12 Mar 02:21 next collapse

I don’t believe the US knows his location. Mojtaba hasn’t been seen publicly since he was appointed.

Ali was (according to current public information) only successfully targeted due to CIA assets inside Iran tracking him and confirming a time where he would be in a building vulnerable to a strike.

Edit: There is speculation he, along with other Iranian leaders, is in Mashhad in the far east of Iran. That however is only speculation online based on people looking at images of Iranian leaders who have been giving statements, and I can not judge how credible that speculation is.

Janx@piefed.social on 12 Mar 02:39 next collapse

I’m sure they walk around in public all the time after we just killed their father…

undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch on 12 Mar 04:11 collapse

I mean didn’t they gather all their leaders in the same place (where they got attacked) not once but twice?

FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website on 12 Mar 02:39 next collapse

What they are saying ≠ what they are doing. I’m my book, this is a half-assed, poorly thought through, unadvised military campaign. Trying to grasp it with logic is as useless as an ashtray on a motorbike.

After 9/11 W was flown around a long time in Air Force One to keep him secure. After just having their old dear leader blown up, it’s highly likely they have stepped up security on junior. So junior will be moved around or hidden in bunkers and caves or moved around between various bunkers and caves, thus making a hit harder.

anas@lemmy.world on 12 Mar 02:55 next collapse

They tried when they killed his father, and they failed.

ohulancutash@feddit.uk on 12 Mar 04:19 next collapse

It took six months to track and select the optimal time and place to attack. These things take a while.

remon@ani.social on 12 Mar 11:55 next collapse

The guys probably sitting in the deepest bunker they have right now, give it time.

MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world on 13 Mar 21:52 collapse

Don’t worry. It’s on the “to do list”. I know. I’m still getting copied into the Signal text chat.