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The New York Times foreshadowed attack on Iranian Qassem Soleimani in op-ed
NYP ^ | 01 03 2020 | Bob Fredericks

Posted on 01/07/2020 8:51:39 AM PST by yesthatjallen

The New York Times published a mysteriously prescient op-ed Thursday that cited an attack on Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani as a possible scenario hours before the US took him out in a similar way.

The op-ed, “Hypersonic Missiles Are a Game Changer,” by Quincy Institute analyst and former National Security Council big Steve Simon, speculated about the use of the powerful weapons.

“Is there an individual in an unfriendly country who cannot be apprehended? What if the former commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Qassem Soleimani, visits Baghdad for a meeting and you know the address? The temptations to use hypersonic missiles will be many,” Simon wrote.

Hours after the piece was published, the Pentagon confirmed that Soleimani was killed in a US drone airstrike at Baghdad International Airport.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: airstrike; bobfredericks; idiotsaysneocons; iran; iraq; jimwatroll; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nyt; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; soleimani; stevesimon
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NYT OP-ED: Hypersonic Missiles Are a Game Changer

1 posted on 01/07/2020 8:51:39 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

There a STILL anti-American forces within the White House.


2 posted on 01/07/2020 8:55:25 AM PST by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: yesthatjallen

someone LEAKED!!!!!


3 posted on 01/07/2020 8:56:37 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Strangely specific.


4 posted on 01/07/2020 9:00:23 AM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Seems unusually prescient. Coincidence?


5 posted on 01/07/2020 9:02:47 AM PST by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: yesthatjallen

I guess Gen. Soleimani was not a subscriber.


6 posted on 01/07/2020 9:06:29 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: yesthatjallen

It sure ain’t a crossword puzzle!


7 posted on 01/07/2020 9:07:06 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfuAJcWl6DE Kill a Commie for Mommie)
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To: Chainmail

Sounds like it could have been a warning to Iran


8 posted on 01/07/2020 9:07:18 AM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: yesthatjallen

Haha....didn’t get the warning out in time.....hehe...


9 posted on 01/07/2020 9:09:30 AM PST by Mopp4
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To: Ann Archy

Yep, a traitor definitely leaked it to the Times and this was a warning to the enemy.


10 posted on 01/07/2020 9:12:23 AM PST by thoughtomator (... this has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.)
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To: yesthatjallen

It would be interesting to know the exact time of the publishing of this piece.

There’s four possibilities:

1. The most amazing coincidence in the history of journalism. Clue squared. The right guy (1 in a 1000) in the right place (1 in 100) on the exact right day (1 in 1000) with (almost) the right weapon (1 in 100). Basically a 1 in 10 billion chance.

2. The author had just heard what happened and updated his story just before publication. Unlikely because editing at the Times takes hours at least.

3. The NYT article was updated after publishing and the Post is mistaken (also unlikely).

4. A deep state operative didn’t want the strike to be successful and so arranged for this otherwise pointless story about hypersonic missiles to be published on short notice as a heads up. But he or she wasn’t privy to the exact timing of the strike (just knew it was coming) and so the article was too late to be noticed by the Iranians in time.


11 posted on 01/07/2020 9:12:24 AM PST by edwinland
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To: yesthatjallen

Someone in the deep state leaked the info to the NYT.


12 posted on 01/07/2020 9:13:38 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Parley Baer
Someone in the deep state leaked the info to the NYT.

I suspect the Iraq troop "memo" was a barium meal related that leak to the NYT.

13 posted on 01/07/2020 9:16:37 AM PST by niteowl77
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"What if the former commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Qassim Suleimani, visits Baghdad for a meeting and you know the address? The temptations to use hypersonic missiles will be many."

Hmmmm.... When was it published as "former" though, if this is the article that was originally published then the use of "former" would mean it would have to have been after the missile strike.

Does anyone have any idea if that word has been altered at all?

14 posted on 01/07/2020 9:24:46 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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Good spot. Weird. Very weird.


15 posted on 01/07/2020 9:26:09 AM PST by edwinland
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To: Ann Archy
someone LEAKED!!!!!

This !

16 posted on 01/07/2020 9:29:46 AM PST by timestax
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To: niteowl77

Yep.


17 posted on 01/07/2020 9:41:02 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Chainmail

Seems unusually prescient. Coincidence?

No coincidences at this level.


18 posted on 01/07/2020 9:53:28 AM PST by Grampa Dave (If Nanzi peeee-losi, Schiffless, Mad Maxine and Chuckie were in charge, they would be droning us.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Trump was set up by the neocons in his administration and is now boxed in. After Iran retaliates he will have no choice but to further enmesh us in these desert sh*tholes, the exact opposite of what he promised in his campaign. This is gonna have serious negative consequences for the 2020 elections.


19 posted on 01/07/2020 9:56:20 AM PST by jimwatx
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To: edwinland
He was with the NSC several years ago.
20 posted on 01/07/2020 11:35:05 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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