An array of former British security officials are advising a US-based group that is cheerleading the US/Israel war on Iran
Senior British military and intelligence figures including two former UK security ministers and a head of special forces are advising a US organisation that has long supported military action against Iran and is now congratulating Donald Trump for his war on the country.
United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) is led by neoconservative hawks and has close ties to US and Israeli intelligence.
When the US started bombing the country, UANI’s two leading figures wrote: “We applaud President Trump for his courageous decision to launch this military operation.”
They added: “UANI salutes the courage and professionalism of American and Israeli service members carrying out this historic mission against the Iranian regime.”
UANI’s chair Jeb Bush – younger brother of former US president George W Bush, who invaded Iraq – and the group’s CEO, Mark Wallace – a former US ambassador under Bush – had long urged the US to strike Iran.
Their US-based organisation says it “educates the public, policymakers, and businesses about the danger posed by the Iranian regime… including its desire and intent to possess nuclear weapons”.
Founded in 2008, UANI does not divulge where its funding comes from.
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