Posted on 01/02/2020 7:01:04 PM PST by dead
Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran's elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials officials said Friday.
The officials said the strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, which were responsible for the recent attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
An official with the PMF blamed the U.S. military for the strike. 'The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani,' said Ahmed al-Assadi, a PMF spokesman.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that strikes had been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad on Thursday but declined to give any further details.
American officials have made no public comments on the strike yet. The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to inquiries from DailyMail.com. Soon after news of the strike spread, President Donald Trump tweeted an image of an American flag, offering no remarks or explanation.
The audacious airport strike is a potential turning point in the Middle East as U.S.-Iran relations teeter on the brink, and is expected to draw severe retaliation from Iran and and its Shiite allies against Israel and American interests.
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I think it will show that the President means business toward Iran, no matter what Kerry and Obima may be telling them.
Great that you posted it dead! Very fitting.
What a mess.
“...and is expected to draw severe retaliation from Iran and and its Shiite allies...”
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F*&k em - bass-turds wanna play then cry foul, U.S. military should arrange for every one of these goat-humpers to meet Allah on an expedited basis.
Could we have killed him in Iran? Any Iranian in Iraq is fair game.
The word Quds should be a cereal or a candy like Milk Duds.
Ad could feature a cow “chewing her Quds.”
He ain’t so powerful anymore.
In side bar over an hour ago.
In Iraq we feel supremely defied.
It’s 6,200 miles away from DC; I looked it up.
On our own border..?
Not so much.
Media “meme”: Trump being mean to killers of US troops and people!
Just watch.
And “Trump killing enemy combatants in Iraq not authorized by congress”.
Anything to attack Trump, no matter how stupid it is.
MANY SAD, DEPRESSED FACES OVER AT CNN.
MSNBC is pretty depressed also
A little more effective than Obama’s “red line” and Hillary’s “at this point what difference does it make?”
Yep, mods need to do a better job of culling posts.
Gee. Was waiting for some sort of Wag the Dog scenerio
Like Clinton bombing an “aspirin” factory on the eve of impeachment
Iran would do well to remember the last time it pushed America into action. It is not wise to upset the world's premier superpower.
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