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The State Department informed several American allied governments on Thursday in the Middle East before Israel’s strikes on IranFour sources told CBS News.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has personally contacted a number of allies, the sources said.
The main message conveyed by the Trump administration in its awareness of the Allies was that strikes were not an American operation and did not imply American assets, and that the United States preferred diplomacy to military force.
The impression left with multiple allied regional governments was that the Trump administration was trying to distance itself from military action and the fallout which could occur accordingly, in particular unforeseen consequences for the allies of the region – in particular those which welcome the American forces.
CBS News contacted the State Department and the White House to comment.
The State Department has not followed the standard practice to provide details on calls to foreign ministers.
Israel said its air strikes struck Iranian nuclear installations, researchers and senior military officials early Friday morning, in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that a several day operation could be.
The Trump administration publicly said that it was not militarily involved in the strikes of Israel, although it was notice by the plan of Israel to strike Iran. The United States has helped Israel intercept Iranian missiles pulled in reprisals, an American official and an official of the White House confirmed to CBS News. Israeli officials told CBS News that their government had warned the United States, but remained vague about the degree of coordination.
Iran’s army retaluance Against Israeli strikes with a wave of missile and drone attacks against Israel who injured more than 20 people, according to Israeli defense forces. Before the strikes, Iran threatened They bases in the region if it is attacked.
Rubio warned Iran against targeting American forces.
President Trump also seeks to conclude an agreement with Iran to limit the size of his nuclear program. In a social post of truth on Friday morning, Trump told Iran to “conclude an agreement, before he left.”
The United States and Iran had to hold talks on Sunday, several US officials said in CBS News. Some reports in the Iranian media have indicated that Iran would probably no longer participate in negotiations.
Several sources have said that the allied countries of CBS News fear a broader war in the region, and involuntary consequences that can come from this attack on Iranian nuclear installations.
The United States has air bases in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, sheltering American military equipment as well as members of the American service. The United States also has troops in Syria and Iraq.
Several of the regional allies in the United States also have relations with Israel via the Abraham agreements, a set of standardization transactions between Israel and the Arab states struck during Mr. Trump’s first mandate. These offers connect them to Israel and its largest weapon supplier, the United States
A certain number of these same allied governments in the United States have their own concerns about the Iranian nuclear program and Iran’s practice to support militias through the Middle East, but strongly oppose any attempt to change external regime or actions that could trigger nationalist feeling and ignite the proxy forces that could put them in danger.
The proximity of the Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to Iran also make benefits and contamination by radiation strikes on Iranian nuclear installations a concern for their governments. For example, Bushehr’s nuclear installation In Iran, is through the Persian Gulf of Kuwait, which has a great American military presence on its coast.
On Thursday overnight, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi said that the Iranian authorities had reported that Natanz’s radiation was not at a disturbing point. Since that time, however, strikes have continued, and it is not clear when they end.
