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Iran threatens to target tourism sites worldwide and says it's still building missiles nearly 3 weeks into war​

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday's show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran's top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.

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Iran threatens to target tourism sites worldwide and says it's still building missiles nearly 3 weeks into war

U.S.-Israeli strikes have killed a slew of Tehran's top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.
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TERRORISM

The U.S. continues to face a complex and evolving threat landscape with a geographically

diverse set of Islamist terrorist actors seeking to propagate their ideology globally and harm

Americans, even as al-Qa‘ida and ISIS are significantly weaker than at their respective peaks

during the early 2000s and mid-2010s.

• A decade ago, ISIS controlled large parts of Iraq and Syria and in November 2015 had

launched coordinated attacks around Paris, killing 130 people and injuring more than 400

others. Up through the mid-2010s, al-Qa‘ida had repeatedly advanced innovative plots

threatening the West including efforts to bypass aviation security with hidden explosive
 
Let deep dive, OPERATION CYCLONE.

A 3 July 1979 Presidential Finding authorized CIA to expend up to $695,000 to support the Afghan insurgents, either unilaterally or through third countries, by providing cash or non-military supplies; and also authorized CIA propaganda operations in support of the insurgency. At the time the SCC discussed this proposal, it was agreed that consideration would be given in the future to increased support should circumstances indicate additional funds were warranted

Historical Documents - Office of the Historian

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Why is that important, recent talks of terror in the parks…
Following the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan in late 1979, bin Laden began providing financial and logistical support to the Islamic fighters battling the Soviets.

In 1988, after Soviet forces were defeated and withdrew from Afghanistan, bin Laden founded an organization called al Qaeda, or “the Base,” to continue the cause of jihad (holy war) through violence and aggression.

During this time, bin Laden was becoming increasingly hostile to the United States. In particular, he opposed the U.S. military presence in Saudi Arabia and Somalia and sought to drive our nation’s personnel out of these areas by force.

After centering his operations in Sudan in the early 1990s, bin Laden began formulating plans to attack the West with an evolving, deadly new brand of jihad.

Bin Laden and other members of al Qaeda also began issuing fatwas—rulings on Islamic law—indicating that attacks on the U.S. and its citizens were both proper and necessary. Bin Laden later openly declared war on the United States.
 

Abandonment and Civil War (1989-1996)​

U.S. Exit: Mission accomplished—Soviets defeated. U.S. funding ended almost immediately. No reconstruction aid, no peacekeeping, no political settlement. Afghanistan was discarded.

Blowback: 9/11 and Forever War​

Al-Qaeda: Using skills, weapons, networks, and ideology from the anti-Soviet jihad, bin Laden declared war on America (1996, 1998). His grievances:
  • U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia (after Gulf War)
  • Support for Israel
  • Support for "apostate" Arab regimes
  • Sanctions on Iraq
September 11, 2001: Al-Qaeda operatives (15 of 19 from Saudi Arabia, trained in Afghan camps) killed 3,000 Americans.
Afghanistan Invasion (2001): U.S. invaded Afghanistan to destroy Al-Qaeda and overthrow the Taliban—fighting the same forces we'd helped create 20 years earlier.

Operation Cyclone - Under the Microscope - Obsidian Publish

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