National Security Council asked for military options to strike Iran, report says
By WILLIAM CUMMINGS | USA Today | Published: January 13, 2019
(Tribune News Service) — President Donald Trump's National Security Council asked for military options on striking Iran in response to that country's support of insurgents in Iraq, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
The NSC, under national security adviser John Bolton, made the request after militants aligned with Iran fired three mortar rounds into the diplomatic section of Baghdad, which includes the U.S. embassy, according to the report. The mortars landed in a vacant lot and no one was injured.
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/national-security-council-asked-for-military-options-to-strike-iran-report-says-1.564295
