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☆ Iran wants Israelis to worry that Hezbollah has a rare and powerful EMP weapon
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Nuclear EMP pulses can travel hundreds of miles depending on their altitude of detonation, while NNEMP devices only have ranges of about 5 miles. AP Photo/Mohammed ZaatariIran does have a nuclear program, and probably could build a nuclear EMP weapon if it wanted to. But a non-nuclear EMP weapon might enable Iran to sidestep any red lines. But this raises another question: would Iran give EMP weapons to Hezbollah, its most important proxy? Giving EMP weapons to Hezbollah would risk the possibility that Israel and other nations would hold Iran responsible.

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“Any assessment that Iran is assigning lethal operations to a ‘B team’ misses the utility of nonofficial actors," said Roule, currently affiliated with United Against Nuclear Iran. Officials say they see no connection between that plot and the shooting of Trump in Pennsylvania by a local resident who had researched mass shootings and political assassinations. In 2021, the Justice Department charged four alleged Iranian intelligence operatives with trying to kidnap Masih Alinejad. “We have said many times that we have been tracking Iranian threats against former politicians,” she said this week. Neither President Joe Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris has commented on the alleged Iranian assassination plots.

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☆ Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a Champion for Progressive Causes, Dies at 74
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( John Yoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas who was a leading voice for racial justice and progressive causes during the three decades she served in the House, died on Friday. She was 74. Her death was announced in a statement from her family. She said in June that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “By God’s grace, I will be back at full strength soon,” she told constituents.

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☆ Iran plot to kill Trump prompted Secret Service to boost protection before rally shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump with his bloodied face is assisted by the Secret Service as multiple shots rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. The Secret Service increased its protection for Donald Trump in recent weeks after U.S. officials obtained intelligence about an Iranian plot to assassinate the former president, three officials briefed on the matter told NBC News on Tuesday. "In response, Secret Service surged resources and assets for the protection of former President Trump. Anthony Guglielmi, the chief spokesman for the Secret Service, in a statement to CNBC, said, "The Secret Service and other agencies are constantly receiving new potential threat information and taking action to adjust resources as needed." "We cannot comment on any specific threat stream other than to say that the Secret Service takes threats seriously and responds accordingly," Guglielmi said.

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