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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Americans are ‘right’ to be worried about Iranian sleeper cells, senator says as US rises to ‘heightened’ terror alert

Tom Cotton, Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has said that Americans are “right” to be worried about the prospect of Iranian sleeper cells posing a threat from within the United States as the country threatens retaliation for the bombing of its nuclear facilities over the weekend.

President Donald Trump gave the go-ahead on Saturday night for the bombing of three sites being used by Iran to enrich uranium, allegedly with a view to developing a nuclear weapon, as the U.S. belatedly joined Israel’s Operation Rising Lion offensive.

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