US-Israeli Strike on Iran Sparks Alarm, Pentagon Meeting Reveals Lack of Intelligence

Washington: A joint US-Israeli strike on Iran has sparked alarm across the Middle East. Iran and the United States were in talks in Geneva. US President Donald Trump ordered the strike while the two countries were in talks. Iran retaliated strongly after the US-Israel strike. Trump then instructed the US military to strike. But Trump's claim was belied at a secret Pentagon meeting. Israel and the US attacked Iran on Saturday. Both countries succeeded in assassinating Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Then a secret meeting of US Defense Department Pentagon officials on Sunday. There was no indication that Iran was preparing to strike. There was no intelligence, Trump's officials said. Two senior officials involved in the meeting have leaked the discussions. Trump's claim was that the strike was the biggest attack on Iran in the Middle East to date. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, was killed.