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by Pete Hoekstra • September 30, 2024 at 5:00 am
* Iran, having just had two of its major proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, seriously degraded, is apparently setting its sights on a new, "consolation prize" proxy to use as an additional base of operations: Sudan.
* Iran's strategy of supporting and infiltrating other countries and terrorist groups -- as it has done in Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Lebanon, Venezuela and Yemen -- appears as yet another extension of its strategy of moving into territories with weak or unstable governments to expand its influence throughout the Middle East, to create new fronts for its campaign to destroy Israel and bring down the world order led by the West.
* A major port and foothold in Sudan will enable Iran to accomplish two of its goals: to continue encircling Israel in a "ring of fire" by opening yet another front from which to attack the small Jewish nation from the southwest, and to further control all international shipping in the Red Sea.
* The Sudanese Armed Forces, led by [Sudanese General Abdel Fattah] Al-Burhan... although invited [for peace talks], was not represented. "We will not go to Geneva," Al-Burhan told reporters in Port Sudan, at the time; "we will fight for 100 years."
* Al-Burhan nevertheless showed up at the UN recently, asking for talks. Why did he not respect the offer from the US and the international community when they gave him that opportunity in Geneva? Might the incident suggest a lack of candor?
* Openly stating its ambition to dominate the Middle East -- and to drive US forces out of the region presumably to make it easier to do so – Iran, for 40 years, through force and intimidation, has been seeking to dominate its neighbors in the Middle East, not just Israel, but also Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
* Iran's militias and proxies have been firing, as well, on American assets in the region, more than 160 times just in the last year, with virtually no response from the US. Iran has also been extending its reach into Africa, especially with the increasing collaboration of two powerful allies: China and Russia.
* Iran's influence is not presently confined to any region. Iran has, for instance, been "exporting the revolution" to the Western Hemisphere, particularly, as mentioned, Venezuela, an ideal base from which to harass the "Big Satan," especially when Iran will have nuclear weapons, which are reportedly close to being "taken public."
* This new, potential land-grab by Iran, in collaboration with Russia and China, poses yet another serious security threat not only to Israel, but also to the entire region and the United States. It is hoped that the US government, and whoever wins the November election, will give this emerging flashpoint urgent attention.

Iran, having just had two of its major proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, seriously degraded, is setting its sights on a new, "consolation prize" proxy to use as an additional base of operations: Sudan. Recently, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps formed a close relationship with General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, the chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces. Pictured: Al-Burhan arrives to speak at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran, having just had two of its major proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, seriously degraded, is setting its sights on a new, "consolation prize" proxy to use as an additional base of operations: Sudan.

Iran has, for a while, been trying to establish a port in Sudan's major coastal city, Port Sudan. Iran's strategy of supporting and infiltrating other countries and terrorist groups -- as it has done in Iraq, Syria, Gaza, Lebanon, Venezuela and Yemen -- appears as yet another extension of its strategy of moving into territories with weak or unstable governments to expand its influence throughout the Middle East, to create new fronts for its campaign to destroy Israel and bring down the world order led by the West.

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