Bombing Campaign Against Iran 'Within Weeks'

THE HAGUE - A highly successful operation inside Iran's 'arms industry' by Dutch intelligence service AIVD, aimed at disruption and sabotage, has been halted and Dutch intelligence personnel has been withdrawn...

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Bombing Campaign Against Iran 'Within Weeks'

THE HAGUE - A highly successful operation inside Iran's 'arms industry' by Dutch intelligence service AIVD, aimed at disruption and sabotage, has been halted and Dutch intelligence personnel has been withdrawn...

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