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Baghdad airport activity (rocket attack? US air attack?)
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Posted on 01/02/2020 3:43:09 PM PST by janetjanet998

what was first reported as a rocket attack on the airport may have actually been a US strike o a "high value" Iranian target


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boom; braking; irgc; quds; rumors; soleimani; trumpiran
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Fox news headline

Shadowy Iranian general behind elite Quds force among 7 killed in Baghdad, officials say

CNN headline (which isn’t really news)

Documents link hold on Ukraine aid to Trump


121 posted on 01/02/2020 5:49:54 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: janetjanet998
Encouraging comment from Iran in Youtube live comments. Will be watching out for supporting evidence.


122 posted on 01/02/2020 5:53:19 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Jim Robinson

You might want to check this one out.


123 posted on 01/02/2020 5:54:16 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Raman Ghavami‏ @Raman_Ghavami Follow Follow @Raman_Ghavami  More Raman Ghavami Retweeted العربية عاجل According to Al Arabiya sources: Qais Khazali and Hadi Al-Amri have also been arrested in the Jadiriya area. If true, this means major players in Iraq are working with US-Israel and U.K. to counter Iran in a more effective way.

"Msjor players"
Trump is calling in the bets.

124 posted on 01/02/2020 5:55:27 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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This is even WAY better than Ohio State gettin' beat the other day  :-))
125 posted on 01/02/2020 5:55:52 PM PST by tomkat
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To: grey_whiskers
Air strike kills Qassim Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, and senior militia official at Baghdad airport The Telegraph Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed early on Friday in an air strike on their convoy at Baghdad airport. "The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qasem Soleimani," Ahmed al-Assadi, a spokesman for Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces umbrella grouping of Iran-backed militias, told Reuters. State television reported Soleimani's death in a breaking news alert, citing sources from Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi military force, which is dominated by Shiite-majority factions close to Tehran. US officials said strikes had been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad. Three rockets hit Baghdad International Airport, killing five members of Iraqi paramilitary groups and two "guests", Iraqi paramilitary groups said on Friday. The rockets landed near the air cargo terminal, burning two vehicles. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces Credit: Reuters Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces Credit: Reuters An official with the group known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, an Iran-backed paramilitary force, said the dead included its airport protocol officer, identifying him as Mohammed Reda. The security official said the bodies of those killed in the airport attack Friday were burned and difficult to identify. The official added that Reda may have been at the airport to pick up a group of “high-level” visitors who had arrived from a neighboring country. He declined to provide more information. The attack came amid tensions with the United States after a New Year’s Eve attack by Iran-backed militias on the US Embassy in Baghdad. The two-day embassy attack which ended Wednesday prompted President Donald Trump to order about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East. The breach at the embassy followed U.S. airstrikes on Sunday that killed 25 fighters of the Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Kataeb Hezbollah. The US military said the strikes were in retaliation for last week’s killing of an American contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base that the U.S. blamed on the militia. US officials have suggested they were prepared to engage in further retaliatory attacks in Iraq.
126 posted on 01/02/2020 5:56:28 PM PST by rodguy911
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first Dem response NO News ‏ Verified account @BNONews 3m3 minutes ago More U.S. Senator Chris Murphy says Soleimani was an enemy of the U.S., but adds: "Did America just assassinate, without any congressional authorization, the second most powerful person in Iran, knowingly setting off a potential massive regional war?"
128 posted on 01/02/2020 5:56:42 PM PST by janetjanet998
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To: Sarah Barracuda
And this is why Iran wishes that Hillary Clinton had won..she would have just sent them BILLIONS more of our money to pay them off..and of course she would have kissed their asses like Obama did
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John Kerry must be on the phone right now to the yatollah grand poobah. "Hang in there, we're going to get him out this year, just wait, the money will start flowing again".
129 posted on 01/02/2020 5:57:38 PM PST by Keflavik76 (Don't want to be a brick in Babylons wall.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Obama, Kerry, Hillary are s__ting bricks.

They’ll be up all night working on the media narrative unlike when they went to bed after hearing the Benghazi compound was under assault.


130 posted on 01/02/2020 5:57:52 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: tomkat
This is even WAY better than Ohio State gettin' beat the other day :-))

I am APPALLED at you.

It's THE Ohio State

131 posted on 01/02/2020 5:57:56 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

LOL

Only to their overblown egos ;-)


132 posted on 01/02/2020 5:59:10 PM PST by tomkat
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To: Eddie01

Outstanding

Someone is tickled orange

Our guys must have s#it napalm

This is big


133 posted on 01/02/2020 5:59:29 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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To: rodguy911
Air strike kills Qassim Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, and senior militia official at Baghdad airport

The Telegraph Iranian Major-General Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed early on Friday in an air strike on their convoy at Baghdad airport.

"The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qasem Soleimani," Ahmed al-Assadi, a spokesman for Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces umbrella grouping of Iran-backed militias, told Reuters.

State television reported Soleimani's death in a breaking news alert, citing sources from Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi military force, which is dominated by Shiite-majority factions close to Tehran. US officials said strikes had been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad. Three rockets hit Baghdad International Airport, killing five members of Iraqi paramilitary groups and two "guests", Iraqi paramilitary groups said on Friday. The rockets landed near the air cargo terminal, burning two vehicles.

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces Credit:

Reuters: Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces Credit:

Reuters An official with the group known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, an Iran-backed paramilitary force, said the dead included its airport protocol officer, identifying him as Mohammed Reda. The security official said the bodies of those killed in the airport attack Friday were burned and difficult to identify.

The official added that Reda may have been at the airport to pick up a group of “high-level” visitors who had arrived from a neighboring country. He declined to provide more information.

The attack came amid tensions with the United States after a New Year’s Eve attack by Iran-backed militias on the US Embassy in Baghdad. The two-day embassy attack which ended Wednesday prompted President Donald Trump to order about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East.

The breach at the embassy followed U.S. airstrikes on Sunday that killed 25 fighters of the Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Kataeb Hezbollah. The US military said the strikes were in retaliation for last week’s killing of an American contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base that the U.S. blamed on the militia. US officials have suggested they were prepared to engage in further retaliatory attacks in Iraq.

134 posted on 01/02/2020 6:00:26 PM PST by rodguy911
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To: Keflavik76

Lefties: This is an amateur move by an incompetent POTUS! His ego is going to start WWIII! The Iranians will be completely justified in escalating violence! PDJT just put all of our armed forces at risk! He’s recklessly getting us into another war!

PDJT: We know who you are, where you are, where you’re going. These men are responsible for many US & Iraqi deaths, they got what they deserved. They died like powerless dogs! Their replacements had better change their thinking or they’ll receive the same treatment. Our forces executed brilliantly, brilliant execution!


135 posted on 01/02/2020 6:01:31 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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Fox News is reporting it on TV.


136 posted on 01/02/2020 6:01:49 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: tomkat

Knock it off

OSU usually beats themselves

Sad but true


137 posted on 01/02/2020 6:02:24 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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To: fuzzylogic

That’s a nice touch. Always throw in, “they died like powerless dogs”! The ME only understands a strong horse.


138 posted on 01/02/2020 6:04:34 PM PST by Keflavik76 (Don't want to be a brick in Babylons wall.)
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To: janetjanet998

SeeBS just broke into local programming and stated this may a act of war.


139 posted on 01/02/2020 6:04:55 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: combat_boots

The IRGC and al Quds and the Obama man in one night

I just had me a cold drink


140 posted on 01/02/2020 6:05:16 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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