Posted on 01/04/2020 8:24:23 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A high-ranking Revolutionary Guard commander says that Iran has identified 35 targets it can strike in the region in retaliation for the killing of Qasem Suleiamani.
Iranian General Gholamali Abuhamzeh, the commander of the Revolutionary Guard in the southern province of Kerman, says most of the targets are U.S. warships in the region. But he also mentioned the Israeli city of Tel Aviv as a target for Iran's revenge.
The Strait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross there,” Abuhamzeh said according to a Reuters report, citing Tasnim news agency.
“Vital American targets in the region have been identified by Iran since long time ago ... some 35 U.S. targets in the region, as well as Tel Aviv, are within our reach."
In addition to threatening the U.S. with a possible attack, Abuhamzeh's remarks that the targets had been previously “identified by Iran” seemed to confirm the State Department’s statement regarding the motivation behind the airstrike.
The Strait would, indeed, be a target-rich environment, but for what? An air assault is unlikely. But the narrow confines of those waters make it ideal for a mine attack. The carrier strike groups in the Gulf have a dozen minesweepers, among other support vessels that would handle that eventuality.
Iranian small boat threats, limpet mines and Tehran-backed forces armed with cruise and anti-ship killing missiles are just a few of the threats to the shipping channel in the Persian Gulf that supplies nearly one-fifth of the world’s global crude oil.
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YEP, A DEAD TERRORIST LEADER.
Try Trump, please, just try showing him up, trying pushing the buttons of the USA just one more time... PLEASE!!!
Even if Suleimani were alive, these so-called 35 targets would STILL be targets. So, what’s the difference?
YEP, A DEAD TERRORIST LEADER.
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Yes - they were killing innocent people before and now they are angry, so they are going to kill innocent people “for revenge.” *smh*
I have no problem with taking out the Iranians just because they’re making these threats.
RE: Yes - they were killing innocent people before and now they are angry, so they are going to kill innocent people “for revenge.”
So, there’s no difference before and after Suleimani’s death. They will kill Americans regardless.
Better a dead terrorist general than not.
Those targets sound pathetic to me. They aren’t going to attack a US warship without sustaining massive retaliation.
Tel Aviv? The Israelis can defend themselves quite well.
And you might get 52 new parking lots in return.
Trump just told them I’ll see your 35 and raise you 52 for the 52 hostages you held in 1979. I think Iran is starting to get cold feet knowing the Dems won’t be able to protect them because they announced not to expect their revenge to be immediate but some time in the future.
Exactly. They threaten “business as usual” when someone has the nerve to hit back!
So you’re saying there isn’t enough trinitite in the world?
If they are going to do something, it will likely be something on American soil.
Lord knows how many terrorists have infiltrated into our country by crossing our porous borders. They may be waiting for the right time to do things.
I remember some stuff from the book “1000 Years for Revenge”. Muslims have no problem being patient and waiting for a devastating time to attack. I truly pray that I’m wrong, but I think we should be on high alert.
They already got the library!
"Bomb, Bomb, Bomb......Bomb, Bomb, Iran...."
Straits of Hormuz? Are we in the 80’s?
"Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!"
Iran is threating to attack 35 targets over the coming weeks, some of which they were most likely going to attack anyway.
President Trump is telling the Iranian regime that he will give the order to destroy up to 52 targets if they try it.
Better check that list with Putin, dude.
Yeah...China no likey.
Is it too soon to talk about contracting the salvage rights for the Iranian navy?
They better understand that Israel will glassify most of Tehran, if they try to get cute with Tel Aviv.
Their true weapon is the blackmail they hold over many western leaders who took bribes to get to the Nuke Deal.
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