Posted on 01/15/2024 7:00:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind
In what is a massive escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, Iran reportedly bombed a U.S. consulate in Northern Iraq on Monday. Several videos have gone viral claiming to show the moment of impact, though confirmation of their authenticity is still being gathered. The consulate was just one of eight different locations targeted, according to sources inside Iraq.
Several explosions were reported near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Iraq, an Iraqi security source told ABC News.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps quickly took responsibility for the attacks, saying it was targeting the "headquarters of spies" and "anti-Iranian terrorist gatherings in parts of the region" with ballistic missiles.
Coalition forces also shot down three drones near Erbil airport in Iraq, the source said.
It is worth noting that some videos have already been debunked. For example, the following clip has gone viral claiming to be from the attack, but it is actually a 2022 video of a C-RAM intercept.
The moment ballistic missile pass through U.S C-RAM system and hit American bases in Iraq pic.twitter.com/HoR9NUvzTd— TRACKER DEEP (@tracker_deep) January 15, 2024
Still, other videos do appear to be genuine, including these showing missiles being launched from inside Iran.
#BREAKING: It has now been known that #IRGC has launched its ballistic missiles at #Erbil, Northern #Iraq from cities of #Khorramshahr, #Kermanshah and #Tabriz in Southwest, West & Northwest of #Iran respectively. pic.twitter.com/ySQFQPNFZe— Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) January 15, 2024
What makes this so unique compared to past attacks is that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has taken direct credit for the attack. Normally, you'd see these kinds of assaults carried about by Iranian-backed proxy militias, and Iran itself would be careful to not be caught with its hand on the button. In this case, the IRGC isn't leaving anything to the imagination, saying they were targeting "headquarters of spies" while striking at "anti-Iranian terrorist gatherings."
How will the Biden administration respond to this? Technically, this is an act of war. That doesn't mean the United States has to rush into a full-scale conflict, but clearly, some kind of response is going to be warranted. This is a developing story; updates will be posted as they become available.
Oh shit
I’m sure President Retard and his raghead loving staff will get right on that
No attack on US Consulate explosions near it the Iranians targeting Kurdish elements used by Israel to stage covert ops against Iran.
Those Kurds allies of the US right now getting the short end of the stick.
The US Consulate was not hit.
Looks like an act of war.
Thank God!
Biden will give them another billion....................
In Neocon Land it is.
Didn’t we have some sort of Embassy problem with these chumps already?
It’s ok. We have President Bidon on their side.
Nuke Qom from Space.
The “Mullahs” aren’t Persian.
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“Near” the US Consulate, or “hit”?
Not entirely clear from this write up.
Obama’s billions...
Winkin’ Blinken will warn them that “there will be consequences.”
I think its being hyped as an attack on the US Consulate to gaslight us for war with Iran.
This idiot administration coddles Iran.
Biden had Iran do this to get the attention off of the Iowa Caucuses, since Nimroda didn’t do well.
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