"I'll see your mouthing-off on Twitter, and raise you a bloody bug smear." - President Trump
Posted on 01/02/2020 7:01:04 PM PST by dead
Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran's elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials officials said Friday.
The officials said the strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, which were responsible for the recent attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
An official with the PMF blamed the U.S. military for the strike. 'The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani,' said Ahmed al-Assadi, a PMF spokesman.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that strikes had been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad on Thursday but declined to give any further details.
American officials have made no public comments on the strike yet. The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to inquiries from DailyMail.com. Soon after news of the strike spread, President Donald Trump tweeted an image of an American flag, offering no remarks or explanation.
The audacious airport strike is a potential turning point in the Middle East as U.S.-Iran relations teeter on the brink, and is expected to draw severe retaliation from Iran and and its Shiite allies against Israel and American interests.
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State television in Iran has cut off all broadcasts and is displaying pictures of Soleimani on repeat with prayers.
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The Green Zone is locked down.
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All Patriot batteries in Bahrain are on high alert.
The poop is about to hit the flan , the entire ME is on edge waiting for Iranian retaliation. The hawks in Washington are pushing for a hot war while president Trump is dedicated to
a policy of proportionate response.
Most think that a hot war against Iran would weaken the USA
so that China would take advantage of relative US military weakness ( brought about by the magic community organizer president of dirty name).
Interesting twists.
China is the bigger game.
There’s been a showdown in the works for some time. Better to have it before Iran goes nuclear. Is there a danger of being drawn in to a conflict which costs Trump re-election? Certainly. These are serious times, and we have a clown Congress.
Two senior members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah are reported to be killed. One may be Mohammad Al-Kothrani.
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The Iranians had flown to Damascus to pick them up. Then off to Baghdad on a Cham Wings flight.
"I'll see your mouthing-off on Twitter, and raise you a bloody bug smear." - President Trump
A drop in violence around Iraq has cut burials in the huge Wadi al Salam cemetery here by at least one-third in the past six months, and that's cut the pay of thousands of workers who make their living digging graves, washing corpses or selling burial shrouds.
President Trump is bringing jobs to Iraqis, too!
-PJ
I got a grain shovel they can borrow...
Trump will not be intimidated.
this
THIS! I’D LAY ODDS ON IT!
I’ve got a troll on me, this is for him.
FOR THE TROLL: I’LL CALL IN THE MORNING WHEN JIM IS UP,
Iran only goes real hot if we invade it.... I think we have the ability to really hurt them badly via the air with no ground troops. Half their military is in their cities trying to tamp down protests against the regime by the Iranian people.
Where Iran will try to strike us (and Israel) is via terror attacks and they will likely try and disrupt the flow of oil but that assumes their naval assets survive the onslaught. The Iron Dome is probably about to get a major workout in Israel.
Pray for our troops and personnel in Iraq and throughout the region and their safety, but this attack tonight was overdue. For my brothers and sisters killed and wounded by IED’s in Iraq this was the man MOST responsible so justice was served.
Forget the media talking points. His organization was a designated terrorist group and he was the head of it so to me he is no different than the leader of ISIS.
Good start to a new year. Keep it up.
What the hell is going on in Northern Ireland with Rodham?
Prayers up for them ALL!
The third rate media is trying to paint this as Donald Trump's Benghazi; laughable! Intelligent people will see right through that farce. To this day we do not know where Ozero and Hildebeest were on the night of the Benghazi disaster- but we remember all their lies.
DJT sent the military in toute sweet firing flares at the protesters, reinforced the embassy with fresh troops, AND did not apparently ask the Iraqis permission to deploy our forces on foreign soil.
The Iraqis were responsible to maintain the Green Zone free of trouble; they failed for whatever reason. Message received and responded to - 10 times over! Don't Tread On Me
MAGA!
Iranian generals get less blowed up if they stay in Iran instead of hanging around in Iraq...
Don’t get me wrong. I am glad they are no longer breathing air.Its justified.
But we have to remember that we need to keep strengthening our military.
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