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Leaked Pakistani Intelligence Document: US Troop Build Up Enables Sudden Invasion Capability in Southern Iran
JFeed ^ | 28 July 2026 | Eliana Fleming

Posted on 07/28/2026 3:10:06 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan

A leaked intelligence document from Pakistan central intelligence indicates that expanding United States troop concentrations near the Persian Gulf provide capabilities for a sudden limited invasion of southern Iran.

A leaked intelligence document originating from Pakistan central intelligence agency and shared with Arab media indicates that the concentration of United States military forces in the Middle East provides President Donald Trump with operational capabilities to execute a sudden invasion of southern Iran.

The intelligence assessment, compiled from direct military observations and electronic surveillance, indicates that American naval, air, and ground deployments near Iranian territory expand daily. This force build up provides strategic flexibility for potential ground operations aimed at securing the Strait of Hormuz and guaranteeing regional maritime transit.

Senior officials in Islamabad stated that the intelligence assessment was transmitted directly to Iranian leadership, serving as a primary catalyst pushing Tehran back to the negotiation table. Diplomatic representatives from Pakistan and Qatar continue intensive mediation efforts to prevent an expansion of regional war.

In response to the intelligence assessments, Iranian authorities issued warnings regarding prospective amphibious landings and distributed propaganda footage demonstrating the arming and coastal deployment of civilian militias along the Persian Gulf shoreline.

According to statements provided by diplomatic sources to Reuters, the strategic force concentration enables immediate military responses if diplomatic avenues fail to secure international shipping lanes and prevent further escalation across the region.


TOPICS: Iran; News/Current Events; War
KEYWORDS: iran; pakistan; wot

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Plan C.

I would presume this is a feint, but you never know.

1 posted on 07/28/2026 3:10:06 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan
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To: MeanWestTexan

“A leaked intelligence document originating from Pakistan central intelligence agency and shared with Arab media”

ROTFLOL!

thanks for sharing: everyone knows that there’s no source more reliable than a leaked intelligence document originating from Pakistan central intelligence agency and shared with Arab media ... well, except maybe for the Babylon Bee ...


2 posted on 07/28/2026 3:14:08 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: catnipman

I tend to agree. The important line from the article:

“Senior officials in Islamabad stated that the intelligence assessment was transmitted directly to Iranian leadership, serving as a primary catalyst pushing Tehran back to the negotiation table.”


3 posted on 07/28/2026 3:15:01 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MeanWestTexan

You’d think they’d welcome it. Isn’t an invasion what the Mullahs have been asking for?


4 posted on 07/28/2026 3:19:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: catnipman
Just take this much and give it to Oman......
5 posted on 07/28/2026 3:20:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Why not keep it? DJT wants to be the guarantor of the Strait, so plant the 173rd from Italy there since Meloni wants to play games.


6 posted on 07/28/2026 3:24:55 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: BenLurkin

just take that much and Kharg Island to the north, and keep it.


7 posted on 07/28/2026 3:25:45 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: BenLurkin

An interesting proposal.


8 posted on 07/28/2026 3:27:17 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: MeanWestTexan

Not sure why we’d trust any muslim country with information like that, whether Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, etc. Hell, not even Israel. Just sayin’


9 posted on 07/28/2026 3:27:47 PM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: MeanWestTexan

One might recall Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s warning about getting involved in a land war in Asia.


10 posted on 07/28/2026 3:31:41 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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“Not sure why we’d trust any muslim country with information like that”

Did we give Pakistan anything? The article says Pakistan developed it:

“The intelligence assessment, compiled from direct military observations and electronic surveillance, indicates that American naval, air, and ground deployments near Iranian territory expand daily.”


11 posted on 07/28/2026 3:31:46 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Part two: And to allow the Iranians to reinforce key points in southern Iran and prepare defense in depth to stop any invasion. Our benevolent friends in Pakistan are so good at looking out for our American insterests.........


12 posted on 07/28/2026 3:34:40 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Fiji Hill

I don’t see China rushing to send millions of men over the border to Iran like in Korea. For one, it’s not a neighbor.

That said, I opine that this is a feint.


13 posted on 07/28/2026 3:35:30 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Midwesterner53

Or we played them, and as they sent troops there, we target the remaining bridges, get them stuck, and go elsewhere.


14 posted on 07/28/2026 3:37:13 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: BenLurkin
Take it and keep it like: Gibraltar, Macao, Singapore, Guangzhouwan, Weihaiwei, Diego Garcia, Kiautschou Bay, Gitmo or Honk Kong


15 posted on 07/28/2026 5:16:27 PM PDT by Theophilus (I'm all out of attention to this matter...)
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To: MeanWestTexan

The Art of the Deal


16 posted on 07/28/2026 5:35:26 PM PDT by READINABLUESTATE
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To: MeanWestTexan

I’m always surprised when I see “Pakistani” and “intelligence” in the same sentence.


17 posted on 07/28/2026 6:51:15 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: john drake

Maybe we let them have certain information, which they developed further on their own, specifically to intimidate Iran and bring them back to the negotiating table? Geez, it said right in the article that this is exactly what the report did. Give our intelligence people at least a little credit for…intelligence.


18 posted on 07/28/2026 7:13:03 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Gee, them Pakis are real rocket surgeons. We’ve got two boatloads of Marines there, two or three carrier battle groups, and a bunch of Army guys sitting around. Because sitting around is what they’re trained for.


19 posted on 07/28/2026 7:23:29 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Likely being held as a possible action for after the midterms if the straits are still a problem.


20 posted on 07/29/2026 10:49:21 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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