"US national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen," Jeffrey Goldberg said.
"I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling," he wrote in a piece published by the Washington-based monthly magazine The Atlantic, of which he is editor-in-chief.
"The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen," Goldberg wrote.
"I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming," he said. "The reason I knew this is that Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, had texted me the war plan at 11:44 a.m."
Goldberg revealed that the plan included "precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing."
He described the Houthis as an "Iran-backed terrorist organization" whose motto is "God is great, death to America, death to Israel, curse on the Jews, victory to Islam."
Shortly after Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, he said the Houthis launched attacks on international shipping, creating havoc for global trade.
"Throughout 2024, the Biden administration was ineffective in countering these Houthi attacks," Goldberg wrote, adding that the Trump administration "promised a tougher response."
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Source: theatlantic.com