(AP) James Laporta - Communications intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency in January showed that Iran's Revolutionary Guard discussed mounting "USS Cole-style attacks" against Fort McNair, an Army post on the Potomac River in Washington. The Iranians were referring to the October 2000 suicide attack in which a small boat pulled up alongside the Navy destroyer in the Yemeni port of Aden and exploded, killing 17 sailors. Members of the Quds Force discussed potential military options to avenge the U.S. killing of the former Quds leader Gen. Qassem Soleimani. They said Tehran's military commanders are unsatisfied with their counterattacks so far. Fort McNair is home to the National War College, and the base sits alongside Washington's newly-developed Waterfront District, which includes three marinas and hundreds of boat slips.
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