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Secret service increases security amid Iranian plot to assassinate Trump

Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari

Mansour Al-Maswari

Published July 16th, 2024 - 06:55 GMT
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Police walk past the Trump sign outside the Fiserv Forum during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. AFP
Highlights
The Secret Service and the Trump campaign were briefed beforehand, and security resources were surged in response.

ALBAWABA- US authorities received intelligence of a plot by Iran to assassinate former President Donald Trump, prompting the Secret Service to bolster security around him.

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 The intelligence, obtained from a human source, led to heightened measures before a rally in Pennsylvania, where Trump was shot at by Thomas Matthew Crooks, who has no known connection to the Iranian plot. 

Questions arise about security lapses at the rally and how the shooter accessed a rooftop. The Secret Service and the Trump campaign were briefed beforehand, and security resources were surged in response. 

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Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari

Mansour Al-Maswari

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Dr. Mansour Al-Maswari is Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University-Global Center, Amman. A Yemeni academician with a Ph.D. in English "Comparative Literature" and two MA degrees, one in political science and the other in English, Dr. Al-Maswari possesses more than 17 years of extensive experience in university-level teaching, research, research reviewing, bilingual translation, and copy-writing...

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