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Exclusive: Informants in Iraq, Syria helped U.S. kill Iran's Soleimani - sources
Reuters ^ | January 9, 2020 | by Michael Georgy

Posted on 01/09/2020 11:00:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Iranian General Qassem Soleimani arrived at the Damascus airport in a vehicle with dark-tinted glass. Four soldiers from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards rode with him. They parked near a staircase leading to a Cham Wings Airbus A320, destined for Baghdad.

Neither Soleimani nor the soldiers were registered on the passenger manifesto, according to a Cham Wings airline employee who described the scene of their departure from the Syrian capital to Reuters. Soleimani avoided using his private plane because of rising concerns about his own security, said an Iraqi security source with knowledge of Soleimani’s security arrangements.

The passenger flight would be Soleimani’s last. Rockets fired from a U.S. drone killed him as he left the Baghdad airport in a convoy of two armored vehicles. Also killed was the man who met him at the airport: Abu Mahdi Muhandis, deputy head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the Iraqi government’s umbrella group for the country’s militias.

Investigators have focused on how suspected informants inside the Damascus and Baghdad airports collaborated with the U.S. military to help track and pinpoint Soleimani’s position, according to Reuters interviews with two security officials with direct knowledge of Iraq’s investigation, two Baghdad airport employees, two police officials and two employees of Syria’s Cham Wings Airlines, a private commercial airline headquartered in Damascus.

The probe is being led by Falih al-Fayadh, who serves as Iraq’s National Security Adviser and the head of the PMF, the body that coordinates with Iraq’s mostly Shi’ite militias, many of which are backed by Iran and had close ties to Soleimani.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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1 posted on 01/09/2020 11:00:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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Reuters is going to get these people killed, we better get them out of there


2 posted on 01/09/2020 11:04:15 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How does the media get this information? This gets people killed, people who are helping us. The article identifies the people involved and undoubtedly, some of those people were involved in the intelligence gathering.

Everybody knows we had to have had some informants and sources to track and carry out the mission. For the sake of those who help us, details should not be leaked or published.


3 posted on 01/09/2020 11:05:12 AM PST by Tenacious 1
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The informants ratting out the earlier informants are working for the Iranians.

It’s disappointing the news organizations publish this.


4 posted on 01/09/2020 11:07:07 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Dammit!!! These "reporters"! 😡
5 posted on 01/09/2020 11:09:48 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

True?
Who knows...

I doubt even Iran believes anything in Reuters.
(Bit I don’t doubt Iran has a little list it would be convenient to blame this on.)


6 posted on 01/09/2020 11:11:45 AM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Enemy Media

(not limited to America .. it's a species-wide malignancy)

7 posted on 01/09/2020 11:13:30 AM PST by tomkat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Neither Soleimani nor the soldiers were registered on the passenger manifesto, according to a Cham Wings airline employee

So I guess neither Syria, Iran or Iraq have anything similar to our airport security, check in's, pat downs etc.

8 posted on 01/09/2020 11:14:01 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Way to go, Reuters. Get our informants killed.


9 posted on 01/09/2020 11:15:20 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: gibsonguy

I would guess they are enjoying some beach time in Aruba with entirely new names, papers, and backgrounds, oh and with lots of spending money.


10 posted on 01/09/2020 11:16:38 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I heard the informant is named Michael Georgy and he works for Reuters.

I also heard Georgy has dirt on Hillary Clinton.

11 posted on 01/09/2020 11:16:43 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Reuters is going to get these people killed, we better get them out of there.
That is their goal. After all These people helped kill one of their heroes.


12 posted on 01/09/2020 11:17:29 AM PST by spudville
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

[The passenger flight would be Soleimani’s last.]

Two important questions:

1) Did his luggage arrive at the proper destination?
2) Does he still get credit for his frequent-flyer miles?


13 posted on 01/09/2020 11:18:51 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: gibsonguy

Nobody outdoes Leftist Israelis snitching to the Palestinian secret police about Muslims who don’t hate Israel enough:

https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/196483/prominent-israeli-lefties-caught-entrapping-palestinians-trying-to-sell-them-land


14 posted on 01/09/2020 11:19:11 AM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I always remember Rivera broadcast U.S. troop movements..and do i remember correctly that he also reminded our enemy that their cell phones were like gps locators?


15 posted on 01/09/2020 11:19:47 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Reuter’s issues death sentence to those helpful to the United States.

I don’t know, should the staff of Reuters get the same treatment for that?

Seems like it might be a violation of U. S. law to target people pike this.

If one or more of them dies because of this reporting, should Reuters staff get off Scott free?


16 posted on 01/09/2020 11:21:02 AM PST by DoughtyOne (The Leftistist media and particularly CNN NEWS should come with a ten day supply of Cipro.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Reuters - Supporting terrorists since the beginning of time


17 posted on 01/09/2020 11:23:18 AM PST by GulfMan
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To: gibsonguy
Reuters is going to get these people killed, we better get them out of there

My first thought, too. Reuters is awful.

18 posted on 01/09/2020 11:26:47 AM PST by madison10
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To: gibsonguy

The article is written by the terrorists.


19 posted on 01/09/2020 11:28:03 AM PST by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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To: Tenacious 1

Wasn’t there a briefing with CONgress yesterday!!!


20 posted on 01/09/2020 11:35:04 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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