Two senior US intelligence officials said that Iran had made threats against the Fort McNair military base in the US capital, and against the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army.

The two officials indicated that the communications intercepted by the NSA in January showed that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards discussed launching “attacks like the destroyer USS Cole” against the Fort McNair military base, referring to the suicide attack that occurred in October 2000 when a small boat next to the USS Cole was stopped in Yemen in the port of Aden. In the attack there were 17 sailors.

The intelligence also revealed threats to kill the general. Joseph Martin and plans to infiltrate and monitor the Fort McNair base, according to the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Fort McNair, one of the oldest bases in the United States, is Martin’s official residence.

The threats were one of the reasons that prompted the military to reinforce protection around Fort McNair, which lies alongside the Waterfront District Navy area. Newly developed in Washington.

City officials opposed the Army’s plan to add a buffer zone extending between about 75 to 150 meters from the shore of the Washington Canal, which would limit access to nearly half the width of the congested waterway that is running. Parallel to the Potomac River.

The Pentagon, the National Security Council and the National Security Agency refused to comment on this news when contacted by the Associated Press.

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