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Iran Says At Least 103 People Killed in Blasts at Ceremony Honoring Slain General
Time ^ | Jan. 3, 2024 | Jon Gambrell

Posted on 01/03/2024 7:31:59 AM PST by VanShuyten

“ Two explosions minutes apart Wednesday in Iran targeted a commemoration for a prominent general slain in a U.S. drone strike in 2020, killing at least 103 people and wounding at least 141 others as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.”

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“ The blasts struck an event marking the the fourth anniversary of the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force. who died in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq in January 2020. The explosions occurred near his grave site in Kerman.”

“ Footage suggested that the second blast occurred some 15 minutes after the first. A delayed second explosion is often used by militants to target emergency personnel responding to the scene and inflict more casualties.”

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TOPICS: Iran; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; kerman
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To: VanShuyten

Soliemani, the gift that keeps on giving.


21 posted on 01/03/2024 8:00:21 AM PST by Roadrunner383 (m)
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To: hinckley buzzard
It’s just possible that the smoldering Iranian resistance may be growing, getting some help also

It doesn't get a lot of play in the Media, but there are a LOT of people in Iran that despise the Mullahs and their oppressive Government


22 posted on 01/03/2024 8:02:24 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian vermin out!!)
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To: VanShuyten

A fitting tribute.


23 posted on 01/03/2024 8:07:06 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: VanShuyten

I love a power vacuum in an Islamic culture.


24 posted on 01/03/2024 8:09:34 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: The Louiswu; VanShuyten

“it’s just escalation, an excuse for Iran to retaliate”

And that’s 1 reason why it could be the IRI itself that did this. They get to blame Israel, the U.S. & whomever else they feel like blaming, including internal resistance groups. Killing their own people is part of the IRI’s MO

I really doubt this is Israel. I’d blame the IRI first and then anti IRI resistance group 2nd.


25 posted on 01/03/2024 8:13:51 AM PST by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: VanShuyten
No clue as to who did this, but it doesn’t sound like the Israelis did.

I have a clue, but am waiting for the news to get past the censors before posting it (since I'm not yet sure it is accurate). If true however, it would explain the high number of casualties and the likelihood of a hot war.
26 posted on 01/03/2024 8:17:46 AM PST by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: VanShuyten

Lol.

Gravesite bombings were a hallmark of Sulamani’s operatives in Iraq.

Obviously an internal dispute within his organization. This is how terrorists petition their leaders for change.


27 posted on 01/03/2024 8:23:25 AM PST by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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To: VanShuyten
Doesn't sound like the Israelis did it? HA!

Remember a few years back when Israel stole an entire library of nuclear data from Iran in the form of scores of binders? HOW DO YOU THINK ISRAEL DID THAT? They either infiltrated the site posing as guards or got to Iranians on the inside and paid them to do it, that's how.

28 posted on 01/03/2024 8:27:23 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: VanShuyten

A good start.


29 posted on 01/03/2024 8:32:32 AM PST by TexasM1A (GLASS HAMAS)
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To: VanShuyten

Outstandingly magnificent action

Kill them at a funeral. The funerals of the dead are now opportunities


30 posted on 01/03/2024 8:34:04 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Hamasci de is required in totalhe)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Islam has been at war with the West for fourteen centuries, ever since Allah told Muhammad to slay all the infidels.


31 posted on 01/03/2024 8:37:37 AM PST by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: VanShuyten

When you cannot make regime change thru peaceful means than events like this become inevitable.


32 posted on 01/03/2024 8:42:22 AM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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