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 Irans 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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Maybe but NYT from Yahoo is double time lying.
NY Times ...
straight to the circular file.
Not sure what’s going to happen, but if the desire is to get out of Iraq, killing Soleimani might have been a means to that end. Trump gets to claim Iraq made the decision, not the US leaving on weakened terms.
That may very well be the goal.
I hope they vote us out of there.
Yeah we can move our shit to Iran. For a bit before we leave.
If we’re lucky they’ll kick us out.
Why stay in Iraq? Why give them money?
Iraqi Sunnis in streets celebrating the killing of Sulimani
Typical NYT
People die over there every minute, but we kill ONE guy and they are all beside themselves.
That might be true, but it doesn’t mean they are a majority.
Not sure whats going to happen, but if the desire is to get out of Iraq, killing Soleimani might have been a means to that end. Trump gets to claim Iraq made the decision, not the US leaving on weakened terms.
That’s what I think.
He is doing the same thing by demanding that our “allies” pay more for our troops defending them.
These goat humpers do not deserve another minute of our time or drop of our kids blood laid down.
This nation building is BS
Its not might be true partner it was a text from Mike Pompeo
Iraqi demographics of Sunnis versus Shia is almost 50/50 depends on whos counting and if you count Kurdish Sunnis
Great idea. Trump just helped you morons by erasing Iran's #1 source of "conflict".
You're welcome!
Go ahead and make our day. We take your oil fields and carve out 2 more US air bases. UP YOURS IRAQ
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Who do we love?
LOL! at the NYT idiots.
***IGNORE COMPLETELY. DO NOT RESPOND IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER***
Imagine what would happen if the Administration just STOPPED engaging the leftist fake media. NO interviews. NO comments on threatened "articles" (propaganda). Just...NOTHING.
They would lose their minds...but their power would evaporate completely in a matter of weeks.
NYT via Yahoo? This is what, when your lefty newsrag isn’t shi**y enough it can always be made shi**ier?
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