Posted on 01/04/2020 10:34:16 PM PST by NorseViking
BAGHDAD — American oil workers were fleeing Iraq on Friday, as fears grew of war between the United States and Iran. At sermons in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, worshippers chanted, “Death to America!”
And in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, where anti-government protesters have gathered for months, a banner went up with a pointed message to both Iran and the U.S.: “Keep your conflicts away from Iraq.”
A Shocked Iraq Reconsiders Its Relationship With the U.S. Falih Hassan, Tim Arango and Alissa J. Rubin The New York TimesJanuary 4, 2020, 8:22 PM GMT+5 Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 1, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via The New York Times) Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 1, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via The New York Times) BAGHDAD — American oil workers were fleeing Iraq on Friday, as fears grew of war between the United States and Iran. At sermons in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, worshippers chanted, “Death to America!”
And in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, where anti-government protesters have gathered for months, a banner went up with a pointed message to both Iran and the U.S.: “Keep your conflicts away from Iraq.”
Iraqis awoke to the news Friday that Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani of Iran, the architect of Iran’s dominating influence over Iraq, had been killed in a U.S. drone strike, along with several others.
Even before the shock of the brazen killing wore off, Iraqi factions were weighing their responses. Militias with ties to Iran vowed bloody revenge. Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi condemned the attack as “an outrageous breach to Iraqi sovereignty” and said parliament would meet to discuss the future of the U.S. presence in Iraq.
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every city in iraq is a holy city...
Consider what's coming in Virginia pretty soon. The NUT is going to be cheering brownshirts kicking in the door of every home to remove those bad guns.
Sure. We can pull our soldiers out of Iraq. That would free up some time and materiel for our forces to more even more thoroughly and quickly prepare for a real war in a much larger region.
Dear Democrat Facist Party Morons;
Invading a nation’s Embassy is a recognized act of war The US response was directly proportionally targeted at the perpetrators who planned and organized the criminal act.
That the Democrat Fascist Party, and their lying toadies in the Fake News, are trying to play politics with this is yet another indication Democrats have no business being in any elective office, at any level, anywhere
Yet you assume your clowns are the majority.
This guy directly responsible for terrorist attacks that left 700 US troops dead. He is a totally legitimate target
You brain dead morons want to play propaganda bot for the Democrat Fascist Party lie machine? then you can expect to be treated as the same sort of scum as they are.
Aerial scenes from the mass rally of the people of Khuzestan province to receive the bodies of the martyrs Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in the city of Ahwaz.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1213709346699456512
Millions have turned out to honor Soleimani.
What is very surprising about the number of crowds greeting #QassemSoleimani is the location, Ahvaz, that think-tank and media have been telling the world how #Iran is oppressing this area that is “totally anti-regime”.
Listen, nobody is arguing any of your point. Another point is that many Iraqis see it differently.
Yep, the crowd is impressive. But then they are showing you a ‘crowd’ of ten people dancing over who knows what and say the Iraqis are happy to see the guy dead.
We hear that chanting of “Death To America” every day from Pelosi’s “House on the Hill”. We’re numb to it.
every city in iraq is a holy city...
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I’d pray a lot too, if I lived there.
I am not sure what the US thought would happen when they killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, an Iraqi who fought Isis in Iraq would be, but I think they thought wrong.
If the “enemy of my enemy is my friend” applies Iraq and Iran will become allies against the US.
That’s one possible outcome. There might be some grand plan for it to work somehow differently but I don’t see it so far.
Yup. Trump is the master sand bagger.
I stopped reading right there.
Who knew !!
(you know the meme..........Bomb bomb Iran, Bomb bomb Iran)
Iraqi Sunnis in streets celebrating the killing of Sulimani
Typical NYT
Not Reported: Iranians and Iraqi Sunnis in streets celebrating the killing of Sulimani.
Typical NYT
The title is probably correct. But I think they may be rethinking it as in they need to solidify the relationship. If they are going to officially choose sides here, they need to choose wisely.
When you see YAHOO think Isikoff.
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