CNN Breaking News: Trump was briefed that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack US forces in Afghanistan

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BREAKING NEWS

Trump was briefed that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack US forces in Afghanistan

By Vivian Salama and Caroline Kelly, CNN

Updated 8:00 PM ET, Wed December 30, 2020
TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on December 7, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)


TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on December 7, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

(CNN)President Donald Trump received information earlier this month that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack American forces in Afghanistan, a senior administration official said.

The intelligence, which will be declassified by the Trump administration, was provided to the President in his daily brief on December 17, the official said. His national security adviser Robert O'Brien discussed the information with the President that same day, the official said.

News of the briefing and the administration's intention to declassify the information was first reported on Wednesday by Axios.

Information of this alleged intelligence is thus far uncorroborated. The scenario is reminiscent of reports earlier this year that Russia allegedly offered Afghan militants bounties to kill US forces in Afghanistan. That information also appeared in the President's intelligence briefing although it was later revealed that the information likely went unnoticed for weeks.

Trump has yet to publicly call Russia out on the issue.

While it's unclear whether President-elect Joe Biden has seen the intelligence, he would have had access to the same intelligence since he receives the President's Daily Brief.

The White House and the Biden transition team didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

CNN reported in June that Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence agency GRU had recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there, according to a European intelligence official. The official told CNN the incentives offered by the Russians had, in their assessment, led to coalition casualties, which would be service members' deaths or injuries. The official did not specify as to the date of the casualties, their number or nationality, or whether these were fatalities or injuries.

A US official with knowledge of the matter confirmed to CNN at the time that there was intelligence indicating money was transferred, but it is not clear how verified the intelligence in question was or who exactly the representatives of this Russian unit approached -- top leaders or commanders of field units located to the coalition forces.

US intelligence had concluded months prior that Russian military intelligence offered the bounties, amid peace talks, and Trump was briefed on the intelligence findings and the White House's National Security Council held a meeting about it in late March, according to the New York Times, citing officials briefed on the matter.

After the news broke in June, Trump denied receiving a briefing about the intelligence. He tweeted that "there have not been many attacks" on US troops by Taliban fighters as his evidence that the reported intelligence may be "phony" -- a step further than an earlier statement from the White House in which press secretary Kayleigh McEnany did not deny the validity of the report, but instead said Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were not briefed "on the alleged Russian bounty intelligence."

There was discussion as far back as February and March in the US intelligence community and among the top military commanders about the Russian operation to assess the intelligence and what exactly was happening, a US official told CNN in June. There were some efforts at protecting US forces because of the intelligence, the source also said.
News of China offering cash for attacks on US forces comes as China awaits whether Biden will embrace Trump's more punitive policies towards the nation or move to reset relations between Washington and Beijing.

Diplomacy during the Obama-Biden administration was guided for the most part by attempts at cooperation with China, rather than confrontation. But there is evidence that Biden's views have shifted in recent years in line with the changing mood in Washington, where Beijing is increasingly viewed not as America's potential partner, but as its primary rival.

Biden's campaign website slams technology companies "facilitating repression in China," and promises foreign policy "pressuring China -- the world's largest emitter of carbon -- to stop subsidizing coal exports and outsourcing their pollution to other countries."

"To win the competition for the future against China or anyone else, we must sharpen our innovative edge and unite the economic might of democracies around the world to counter abusive economic practices," it states.

A Biden campaign ad in June accused Trump of getting "played" by China. And during the Democratic primaries in February, Biden referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "thug," and said that Beijing had to "play by the rules."

This story has been updated with additional background information.

CNN's Ben Westcott, Paul LeBlanc, Nick Paton Walsh, Veronica Stracqualursi, Radina Gigova, Barbara Starr, Devan Cole and Sarah Westwood contributed to this report.
 
前段时间不是说俄罗斯付钱在那里要杀美军,川总压着说没这事。现在又说中国起了这心。多事之年啊。
 
川总对外就是怂货,伊朗导弹打了基地,没事,没死人,我们不报复,俄国人黑客进攻,没事。中国要美军死?也没事

他倒是真应该得诺贝尔和平奖
 
床总这是和习总死磕?
 
开战的信号
跟川普要连任的信号一样强烈。
 
床总这是和习总死磕?
更大的可能是给拜登埋雷,他马上拍拍屁股走人,搞出这个消息看拜登怎么办,四年后竞选说不定是一个攻击的借口
 

CNN:川普获报 中国要雇人攻击阿富汗美军​

文章来源: CTWANT 于 2020-12-30 18:22:10 - 新闻取自各大新闻媒体,新闻内容并不代表本网立场!
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美军在阿富汗执行任务的数据照。(美联社)

一名美国政府高层官员说,川普总统12月稍早接获情报称,北京寻求雇用”非国家行为者”(non-state actors),以攻击阿富汗美军。

据CNN新闻网与《值得》(Axios)新闻网30日报导,这将由川普政府解密的情报是在12月17日向总统的每日简报中提出。这名官员说,国家安全顾问欧布莱恩(Robert O'Brien)当天就和川普讨论了这项情资。不过,这情资尚未经证实。

而相关情节令人联想起今年稍早传出,俄罗斯提供阿富汗塔利班(Taliban)激进分子赏金,要他们杀害当地美军的消息。

川普只剩21天就将卸任,而他先前誓言,将加强对北京施压。目前还不清楚,总统当选人拜登是否看过相关情资,但由于他已开始接受总统每日简报,应该接触得到这些情资。如今川普政府官员已展开跨机构调查,设法确认这初步情资。

要是这情资获得证实,意味美国对中方战略将出现戏剧性转变,而美中紧张也将剧增。反之,如果这情资不正确,那问题就在于幕后散播消息人士,还有政府决定解密情资的动机。

 
看文学城下面的评论,没一人相信这fake news的。
 
这个比闫博士爆料还不靠谱,中国为什么要搞这个,没用任何实际的意义,不管战术上还是战略上
 
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