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Iran is planning to assassinate Lana Marks, US ambassador to South Africa
- cwwc 6y agoFor background, Marks has been an ambassador for less than a year and made her fortune selling handbags (some for 40K). She is also an old friend of Trump. This story also has a lot of detail, and the story appeared in the CIA’s WIRe, a publication widely available to the most senior government officials.
- jfengel 6y agoIt seems like the kind of thing that would tend to help the President get reelected. Americans often get behind a President when they feel attacked, especially if he responds with "strength". Even otherwise liberal elements may support forceful responses to an attack. This is of course a very unusual political situation and it's hard to make predictions, but whatever harm it might do to the President personally, it seems likely to benefit him politically.
- simonblack 6y agoWhatever for? She is so insignificant that assassinating her is pointless.