The United States had intelligence that Iran could carry out airstrikes on US positions "preemptively, but if not, simultaneous" to US attacks, Punchbowl News reported on Saturday, citing a senior US official.
"The president decided he was not going to sit back and allow American forces in the region to absorb attacks from conventional missiles," the source said. According to the official, the number of casualties and the amount of damage would be "substantially higher" if the US had not attacked first. The report added that the Gang of Eight, a group of congressional leaders usually briefed on classified intelligence matters, has been told of the information prior to the strikes.
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Iran-could-have-launched-'preemptive'-strike-on-US/65768796
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