Geopolitics
Strategist claims Iran targeted Gulf partners, including Qatar LNG, to deter action
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"Iran stopped attacking Israel very early in the war and just started attacking the Gulf partners to include the world's largest LNG factory in the world in Qatar and said, "Look, I have this chaos strategy. I'm not going to attack you. I'm not going to attack the ships. If you try to do something in the strait, I'm going to attack these guys.""
John Spencer claims Iran shifted to attacking Gulf partners early in a conflict, including what he describes as the world’s largest LNG facility in Qatar, as part of a deterrence-by-chaos strategy linked to the Strait of Hormuz. In his account, the aim was to pressure regional states and international shipping indirectly, rather than attempting to physically close the strait. The segment offers no corroborating detail on dates, damage, or attribution beyond Spencer’s assertion.
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