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Iran has reportedly threatened to attack an Army base in Washington, DC — and kill Gen. Joseph M. Martin in a USS Cole-style attack.
The National Security Agency intercepted communications in January indicating that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard discussed carrying out an assault against Fort McNair to kill Martin, the Army’s vice chief of staff, the Associated Press reported on Sunday citing senior intelligence officials.
The NSC picked up the chatter among members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force discussing how to avenge the killing of Gen. Quassem Soleimani, Iran’s top military leader, by the US in January 2020.
In October 2000, Al Qaeda terrorists in a small boat pulled up alongside the Navy destroyer USS Cole as it was refueling in the Yemeni port of Aden and set off explosives, killing 17 sailors.
Fort McNair is Martin’s official residence.
Army officials have been asking DC to expand a buffer zone along the Washington Channel that runs parallel to the Potomac River to increase security, but have run into opposition from city leaders.
Army Maj. Gen. Omar Jones, commander of the Military District of Washington, said there were “credible and specific” threats against top military officials who live on the base, but he only mentioned a swimmer who was arrested after ending up at the base.
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