{"id":62668,"date":"2026-05-09T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/09\/israel-built-and-defended-a-secret-iran-war-base-in-iraq-wsj\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T18:00:00","slug":"israel-built-and-defended-a-secret-iran-war-base-in-iraq-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/09\/israel-built-and-defended-a-secret-iran-war-base-in-iraq-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Built and Defended a Secret Iran War Base in Iraq &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxNdW81dms1eW1JT09hSnpNeGVrN3duVS1mUDBpTnk5UFhOS0RJdHJSTjFscDk1MXhxR01xZDlfS0ZNYWpGZU94aVdXTzkyeVBsQmdWYmJPSGltUlg5SXdMWTBjQ3B5WXZqTnRVX1FEZXpoRVUtMjdTTkM5dnNIWTJoNURHR01KRm1BX1RLd1VLeUgtWV91ek1yRnR5dmE0VE5sYnRxcjdR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Israel Built and Defended a Secret Iran War Base in Iraq<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiYEFVX3lxTFB6MjhVb2FkM1hKdU1URHN0aTZ1RVQ5V0hPUkRHMjdGanNKOGFHRWlmaThvbnN2LVJoT3hYemlIcWxkRU95aFJ4Nk9tWGNsVktpUmVSUWNuS1F0RHE2NTlMONIBZkFVX3lxTE9uaVdRb3BwalZub1JLeU9nYjZ0ZGxZSGlNSXRwbUp1RWplajBwS29JVGJPY1l5QTQ3dE5tbGlDRDVQNGJ4ajRLM2RlU20tTWtGR0p2VExzZEEtbXRPMGMtNGtnYnJEQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Qatari PM met with Rubio, Witkoff in Miami, source says, as Doha reportedly mediating US-Iran talks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Times of Israel<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9qU25pMGlyOXNNbm1Bbk5HendaRFAxZXQ4dGoyYUREREV1NTUzNWwwT01uNmI5cVo3YXVBN2lpT1ZCNzVRTmJOZHBCdGxBajExUEZnQlRoUUlpd3VRdHR0Q2RHQUo3OFNRWUJuQ2RrM0ctLWRuNFI4aHNXeTh3YWs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Jerusalem Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxObWcyZHJlTU9iSDhnd1BseXdmNTI4VDRKaFFzRHkwMW5VbWoxVUVfUTlrV19tcXltbVlKQzY4YTk3clUzWWs4VGxRdXNHMk5wY0ZVMXI5emNudEZnNUFud3IxV1dNSnZJTktNa2xLUUVkZVFnc01WMFk2TzZkdmdONTVCV2otMTRCU3Rj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Israel built secret base in Iraqi desert during war with Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Yahoo<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxPVl9XbHRoYThMMlJoLXI0bkJzMFlYUE1zZ2RNUE5vY1RGVEg4bl9yQWpJMUZnc1Z6ck03cHBBNlN0QzJZN2ZudVc2ekw2U3lrTkE1dDNvT3FhX0Npcm15WVlhU01Oak0zVmplYTRXVWtCN0RqVlBlZ2Z6amdIa2FGTDU4VWljMWJPV0VqbUN6dTBodkF4NDZWRU5BUG5aVHQwSGhQWXQxeEwta2ZTSXZ5YUdUZ3VqWERHQzZROGZaM3F1cUhrMFJHelhkMThLSmx5M05BanNSaFU4MGs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ: Israel operated secret base in Iraq during Iran war, struck Iraqi troops to prevent exposure<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">i24NEWS<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel Built and Defended a Secret Iran War Base in Iraq&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ Qatari PM met with Rubio, Witkoff in Miami, source says, as Doha reportedly mediating&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/09\/israel-built-and-defended-a-secret-iran-war-base-in-iraq-wsj\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}