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BREAKING: Iranian retaliation begins with missile attack on Iraqi airbase
jpost.com ^ | 01.07.2020 | TZVI JOFFRE

Posted on 01/07/2020 3:29:04 PM PST by rxsid

Iranian retaliation begins with missile attack on Iraqi airbase
By TZVI JOFFRE JANUARY 8, 2020 01:21

Initial reports stated that 9 rockets hit the Ain al-Assad airbase on Tuesday. The base hosts American soldiers.

Heavy missile attacks were carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq that hosts both Iraqi and US soldiers on Tuesday night. Nine missiles hit the airbase, according to Al-Hadath.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1; 4scoopsoficecream; dumbass; iran; iraq; missileattack; trump
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To: rxsid

Symbolic attack? US should not play into the concept of proportionality. Hit them hard and big.


21 posted on 01/07/2020 3:37:47 PM PST by kabar
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To: TomGuy

Shit sounds like we’re at war. Pray for our troops and hope we win this quickly


22 posted on 01/07/2020 3:38:02 PM PST by over3Owithabrain
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To: LukeL
If they are coming from inside Iran this would be an official act of war.

And your point is?

Taking the embassy and the diplomats in 1979 was an act of war.

What follows really doesn't matter.

What's our strategy to end the war begun in 1979?

23 posted on 01/07/2020 3:38:50 PM PST by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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To: rxsid

Initial report: Mass casualties among US occupation forces.

Attack still ongoing.


24 posted on 01/07/2020 3:38:51 PM PST by sockmonkey (I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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To: rxsid

These are attacks from Iranian proxies, not flagged Iranian forces.

Otherwise there would be a lot more bang.


25 posted on 01/07/2020 3:39:01 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: TomGuy

The Iranian Mullahs just couldn’t keep it in their pants. Now they are going to lose it...


26 posted on 01/07/2020 3:39:10 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: BenLurkin
Has anyone talked to the Iranian General Hussein "Hard" Salami about this? Is he standing firm, or will we be playing "Hide the Salami" with Iran?
27 posted on 01/07/2020 3:40:08 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: rxsid

Sounds like it’s time to erase Iran.


28 posted on 01/07/2020 3:40:26 PM PST by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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To: sphinx

“...I would not want to be anywhere near the launch site of said rockets....”
You’re right..me either. Matter of fact, I wouldn’t want to be near any of the 52 Iranian targets that are already programmed in for destruction.


29 posted on 01/07/2020 3:40:32 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be a liberal when one is dumber than a box of rocks...)
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To: rxsid

I do not want this to happen. But if it is in fact an Iranian attack then go ahead and get it over with quickly. Put them back to the Stone Age and leave town.


30 posted on 01/07/2020 3:40:36 PM PST by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: LukeL

“If they are coming from inside Iran this would be an official act of war.”

Yet to be verified.

I don’t think Iran is either this bold, or this stupid.


31 posted on 01/07/2020 3:40:53 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Source for that please?


32 posted on 01/07/2020 3:41:17 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: sockmonkey

Cut the head off the snake.
Do it now, do it surgically.
Not a war, just a measured response.


33 posted on 01/07/2020 3:41:22 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (The Republican Party: Freeing Americans since 1865.)
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To: lodi90

Jennifer Griffin Fox news is there.


34 posted on 01/07/2020 3:41:28 PM PST by sockmonkey (I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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To: over3Owithabrain
hope we win this quickly

Hope all you want.

What's the warplan?

35 posted on 01/07/2020 3:41:35 PM PST by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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To: rxsid

Lookner’s Agenda Free TV should be going live in about 3 minutes:

https://youtu.be/0FQN6pKamEU


36 posted on 01/07/2020 3:41:52 PM PST by TomGuy
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From about an hour before this missile attack:

Iran's military displaying "heightened state of readiness," U.S. defense official says

A U.S. defense official called Iranian military movements "very troubling." Iran has not yet moved its ballistic missiles into firing position, but its military has increased its ability to move on short notice. There is "a wide range of activities of a heightened state of readiness … that indicate Iran is considering going forward with an attack, most likely against American forces," the official said.


https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-news-qassem-soleimani-funeral-deaths-today-revolutionary-guard-threatens-us-allies-live-updates-2020-01-07/
37 posted on 01/07/2020 3:41:57 PM PST by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Magnum44

Jerusalem Post.

Of course.


38 posted on 01/07/2020 3:42:17 PM PST by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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To: Mariner

Bloomberg
@business
BREAKING: Iran says it has started an attack on an Iraq base hosting U.S. troops, state television reports https://trib.al/pdeZys3
Image
6:36 PM · Jan 7, 2020


39 posted on 01/07/2020 3:42:26 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: over3Owithabrain

Impeachment? What Impeachment?


40 posted on 01/07/2020 3:42:36 PM PST by Rebelbase
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