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“Trump did not shrug off Netanyahu's suggestion to use tactical nuclear weapons” Militants from several Kurdish Iranian factions are preparing for a possible ground offensive against Iran's regime in the northwestern part of the country, according to U.S. and Israeli officials and a senior official in one of the factions. A Kurdish ground offensive coordinated with the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Tehran could increase pressure on the regime and encourage an internal rebellion that could spread to other parts of Iran. Six days before the war began, five dissident Kurdish Iranian groups sheltering in Iraq announced the formation of the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan to fight Iran. These Kurdish factions have thousands of soldiers along the Iran-Iraq border and control strategic areas. In recent weeks, the Kurdish Iranian factions sent hundreds of their members from the camp on the Iraqi side of the border to the Iranian side as part of preparation for a possible attack against regime forces, a source close to one of the factions said. The Iranian Kurdish militias are backed by the Mossad and the CIA, two U.S. and Israeli officials and a third source with knowledge said. The goal is to try to take over a specific territory in the Kurdish region inside Iran in order to challenge the regime and inspire a broader uprising, a U.S. official said. “The war started with a kinetic phase by the U.S. and Israeli militaries, but as the war continues there will be other efforts by the Mossad and the CIA,” an Israeli official said. Rubio told Congress in a closed-door briefing on Tuesday: “We're not arming the Kurds. But you never know with the Israelis.” The idea to support the Kurdish Iranian factions and use them for a ground offensive from Iraq into Iran came initially from Netanyahu and the Mossad, with the CIA joining the effort at a later stage, a second U.S. official said. Israeli officials promised the Kurdish Iranian factions not only military support but also political support for a Kurdish autonomous region in a future Iran if the regime collapsed, the official claimed. "The problem is that the Kurdish Iranian factions don't have enough military power and could end up as cannon fodder," the official said. Trump spoke by phone on Sunday with Kurdish leaders in Iraq Masoud Barzani and Bafel Talabani to discuss the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and what might come next. “I know for sure that Trump did not shrug off Netanyahu's suggestion to use tactical nuclear weapons against the ayatollahs,” a senior U.S. military official said on condition of anonymity. #trump#netanyahu#nuclear#weapons#iran 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸