Posted on 01/05/2020 12:04:49 PM PST by Bon mots
A red flag has been raised during a ceremony to honour Iran’s top general Qassem Soleimani in a declaration they are ready for war.
Iranian state television aired the image from a mosque in the Shiite holy city of Qom, showing the flag flying above the minarets.
Red flags in Shiite tradition symbolise both blood spilled unjustly and serve as a call to avenge a person who is slain.
It is the first time in history that the red flag has been hoisted on top of the Jamkaran mosque in the Iranian city and comes after warnings of harsh retaliation against the US.
Today thousands of mourners chanted ‘death to America’ and ‘America is the great Satan’ during the funeral procession for Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraq.
The head of Iran’s elite Quds force and a mastermind of regional security strategy was killed in an airstrike early on Friday morning ordered by Donald Trump.
The US President said Soleimani was plotting a series of attacks that would endanger American troops and diplomats in the Middle East. He is also blamed for attacks on US troops and American allies going back to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The Quds Force has military proxies in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Yemen and experts say combined they are responsible for successful and attempted terrorist acts across the region.
But Soleimani was also the face of armed resistance against Islamic State, which was only defeated last year.
(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...
I'm gonna hide under my bed. Ping me when they have put the flag away.
I just hope they don't put on the green sandals. NOT THE GREEN SANDALS!!!
Culture site #1
The Aryan color? Was also one of the Nazi colors. We squashed them like a bug! Don’t tread on us.
Iran just up to its old tactics of saber rattling.
I call that a target.
So...
So let me get this straight.
The religion of peace has a most holy religion of peace mosque that calls for the start of violence and WWIII…
That is just a carpet.
That mosque may have just been bumped up to #1 on Trump’s List of 52 Targets.
Don’t s’pose we know anyone who can shinny up there tonight and replace it with a MAGA flag..?
United States Marine Corps has one too
So they took time off from polishing their swords to rattling their sabres.
War? Iran has been at war with us for forty years. What am I missing?
Trump should unfurl a Black flag in response. Take no prisoners.
The jackals libs here have emboldened Iran.
The Soviet Union did that trick in Berlin. Where are they now?
If they keep it up, they might get to see a few submarines hoisting the Jolly Roger in response to their “No Quarter” flag.
Oh no! The children are throwing a tantrum because they can’t kill Americans any more without getting spanked!
LOL! Iran... ran by a bunch of grumpy old men that subscribe to porn-sites and have goats as concubines.
Exactly right. Pop that exact spot with a missile. Preferably a BIG one.
it is poetic, a white flag of surrender stained with their own blood
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.