Israel built two secret military bases in Iraq to aid Iran war, New York Times reports

About this episode

The episode discusses a New York Times report alleging that Israel constructed secret military bases in Iraq to facilitate operations against Iran, with US knowledge of these bases.

A new report by the New York Times claims Israel built a second secret military base in Iraq’s western desert to support its strikes on Iran, and that the United States had knowledge of it. Citing an Iraqi official and lawmaker, the NYT reported that the presence of these bases may have led to the death of the Bedouin shepherd who first sounded the alarm.

Topics covered

• Israel
• military bases
• Iraq
• Iran
• US involvement
• New York Times report

Keywords

• Israel
• military bases
• Iraq
• Iran
• New York Times
• US involvement
• Bedouin shepherd

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times

Places: Iraq, Iraq’s western desert

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