Media: U.S. plans to expand or focus energy facilities for Iraq ' s military operations

ON 1 AUGUST, ACCORDING TO A NUMBER OF SOURCES QUOTED IN THE CBS NEWS, THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL ARE PLANNING TO LAUNCH “ONE OF THE MOST VIOLENT ROUNDS OF BOMBING SO FAR” OF IRAN'S ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE POWER PLANTS AND REFINERIES, OPERATIONS OR A WEEKEND. ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE, ISRAEL HAS RECEIVED NOTIFICATION AND COORDINATED WITH THE UNITED STATES, BUT TRUMP HAS YET TO ISSUE A FINAL APPROVAL ORDER. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THE PLAN HAD BEEN PRESENTED AT THE CAMP DAVID CABINET MEETING ON FRIDAY, WITH SOME WHITE HOUSE POLITICAL AFFAIRS ASSISTANTS STRONGLY OPPOSED AND CONCERNED THAT ACTIONS COULD IMPACT THE UNITED STATES AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. TRUMP SAID, "WE WILL HIT THEM VERY HARD." THE UNITED STATES, FOR ITS PART, HAS ALSO DISCUSSED CUTTING OFF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN TEHRAN, BUT HAS YET TO DECIDE. AS TRUMP HAD PREVIOUSLY INDICATED, THE UNITED STATES WOULD BOMB AN IRANIAN BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ EVERY TIME A SHIP WAS ATTACKED. IF THE OPERATION WERE TO BE CARRIED OUT, IT WOULD MEAN THE RESUMPTION OF MILITARY OPERATIONS PREVIOUSLY SUSPENDED AS A RESULT OF THE UNITED STATES GOOD OFFICES CEASEFIRE。