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‘He had American blood on his hands.’ SC Senator Lindsey Graham weighs in on Soleimani killing

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by: Emily Smith

Posted: Jan 3, 2020 / 04:31 AM EST / Updated: Jan 3, 2020 / 04:31 AM EST

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., denounces a report by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog that concluded the FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and did not act with political bias, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSPA) – United States Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham weighed in on the killing of an Iranian leader on Thursday.

The Pentagon confirmed US military killed Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, at direction of President Trump.

“This action by President Trump and our military was in direct response to Iranian aggression orchestrated by General Soleimani and his proxies,” Graham tweeted. “To the Iranian government: if you want more, you will get more.”

Wow – the price of killing and injuring Americans has just gone up drastically. Major blow to Iranian regime that has American blood on its hands. Soleimani was one of the most ruthless and vicious members of the Ayatollah's regime. He had American blood on his hands.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 3, 2020

Thank you, Mr. President, for standing up for America.

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 3, 2020

Soleimani was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport, according to the Associated Press.

They report that Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran’s-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, was also killed.

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Pompeo: President Trump is ready for all Iranian threats

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the US strike targeting Qasim Soleimani was "legal", describing the risk of not moving against Iran as "tremendous", adding that "by killing Soleimani we foiled an imminent Iranian attack."

He said that the decision to kill Soleimani was endorsed by President Trump, and he is ready for all Iranian threats.

 

In an interview with CNN, he said: "We do not seek war with Iran and we will not stand idly by, and we see Americans at risk."

The American Secretary of State said that the world and the Americans in the region have become more secure after the killing of Soleimani, adding that Washington will continue to work for American interests in the region, stressing that Iran must stop its behavior by destabilizing Iraq, because "the Iraqi people seek to limit Iranian influence in His country, "he said.

Pompeo said that America did what it could to protect American interests in the region, adding: "We take into account the risks of launching Iranian cyber attacks on America."

Secretary Pompeo

 

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I spoke today with Chinese Politburo Member Yang Jiechi to discuss @realDonaldTrump's decision to eliminate Soleimani in response to imminent threats to American lives. I reiterated our commitment to de-escalation.

 

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Pompeo had said on Twitter that he had made contacts with China and Britain, and confirmed that the United States was committed to reducing the escalation, after the American operation that targeted the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Qassem Soleimani, in Iraq and led to his killing and a number of his companions outside Baghdad airport.

Pompeo tweeted, on his Twitter account, that Soleimani's killing was a "defensive measure" by Washington.

Earlier, after Pompeo announced the killing of the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Qassem Soleimani , an American operation, saying that the Iraqis danced in the streets for freedom, and chanted "No Soleimani after today."

Secretary Pompeo

 

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Iraqis — Iraqis — dancing in the street for freedom; thankful that General Soleimani is no more.

 

 

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Pompeo attached a video showing Iraqis celebrating the streets after the killing of Soleimani.

A video clip, posted on the social networking site "Twitter", at dawn on Friday, showed the joy of the youth in Iraq with news of the killing of the Quds Force commander , Qassem Soleimani, in an American missile attack on a car he was traveling outside Baghdad airport.

The video showed young men running with joy, carrying the flag of Iraq, shouting and clapping.

The videographer, who hears his voice with the clip, says that these celebrations took place at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, after the announcement of the killing of Soleimani.

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He added that those crowds came out celebrating the blood revenge of those who were killed by Iranian militias in the recent protests.

The US Associated Press reported some details about the operation , saying that the raid targeting Soleimani took place near the cargo area at Baghdad Airport, and that his targeting took place moments after he got off the plane that transported him.

The Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath correspondent in Iraq reported that the targeting of Soleimani took place at one in the morning Baghdad time, and that there were reports of the use of 4 missiles in the process of targeting Soleimani and his companions.

The agency added that Iraqi officials confirmed that Soleimani's body had been torn to pieces.

https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/american-elections-2016/2020/01/03/بومبيو-يغرّد-العراقيون-يرددون-لا-سليماني-بعد-اليوم-.html

[Mary B]

Witness .. Iraqis celebrate the killing of Soleimani

Last update: Friday, 8 Jumada I 1441 AH - 03 January 2020 KSA 06:37 - GMT 03:37
Publication date: Friday 8 Jumada I 1441 AH - 03 January 2020 KSA 05:16 - GMT 02:16

Source: Dubai - Arabia.Net

 

The video clip posted on the social networking site Twitter, at dawn on Friday, showed the joy of the youth in Iraq with the news of the killing of the Quds Force commander , Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad.

In the details, the clip showed young men running with joy, carrying the Iraqi flag, chanting and clapping.

 

Firas W. Alsarray - فراس السراي

 

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عاجل #الان

فرحة شباب الحرية بمقتل قاسم سليماني #يتبع

 

 

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المعلومات والخصوصية لإعلانات تويتر

 

٢٬٠٩٥ من الأشخاص يتحدثون عن ذلك

 

 

 

The videographer, who hears his voice with the clip, says that these celebrations took place at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, after the announcement of the killing of Soleimani.

He added that those crowds came out celebrating the blood of those who were killed by Iran's militias in the recent protests.

"Organized assassination"

It is noteworthy that a series of incidents targeted the vicinity of the airport in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, at dawn on Friday, as 3 violent explosions rocked the capital, according to the announcement of the official statement of the Security Media Cell.

Firas W. Alsarray - فراس السراي

 

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عاجل #الان

فرحة شباب الحرية بمقتل قاسم سليماني #يتبع

 

 

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المعلومات والخصوصية لإعلانات تويتر

 

٨٥٠ من الأشخاص يتحدثون عن ذلك

 

 

 

They were targeted using Katyusha rockets, which landed inside the vicinity of the airport, killing and wounding a number of people.

According to reports that this operation is an organized assassination carried out using airplanes, and targeted a number of leaders and members of the popular crowd, while exiting the airport from the southern gate accompanied by a non-Iraqi delegation.

Meanwhile, reports indicated that some of the Iranian leaders from the Revolutionary Guards were present, as the missile target killed the Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, and the second man in the Hashd militia, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and the official in the Hashd Relations Directorate, Muhammad al-Jabri, and the Vehicles Officer Haider Ali.

 

 

 

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The operation also left a number of charred bodies, which have not yet been identified.

On the other hand, there were almost certain reports of the killing of Muhammad al-Kawtharani, a leader in the Lebanese Hezbollah, and responsible for the Iraqi file in the party following the targeting.

The events in Baghdad International Airport come two days after the Hashd militia attacked the American embassy in Baghdad, following American air strikes on bases belonging to the militias of the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq.

 

https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/social-media/2020/01/03/شاهد-عراقيون-يحتفلون-بمقتل-سليماني.html

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Thousands of Iranians demonstrate in Tehran after Soleimani's death

https://vid.alarabiya.net/2020/01/03/mthahstr5ssd/mthahstr5ssd___mthahstr5ssd_video.webm

 

Last update: Friday, 8 Jumada I 1441 AH - 03 January 2020 KSA 14:39 - GMT 11:39
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Source: Dubai - Arabia.Net

 

 

Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in Tehran and other cities to express their anger at the American strike, which targeted the leader of the Qods Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Qassem Soleimani, and the deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Committee, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, near Baghdad airport early Friday. They chanted, condemning the strike.

Al-Alam TV had announced that the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei, had appointed Brigadier Ismail Qaani as commander of the Quds Force, to succeed Kassem Soleimani.

Khamenei said in a statement published by the government media, that the goals of "the Quds Force will remain as they were at the time of the martyr Soleimani's leadership."

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On Friday morning, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced the death of its Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, in an American bombing that targeted his convoy at Baghdad International Airport.

A spokesman for the Popular Mobilization militia also acknowledged the killing of Soleimani and a prominent militia leader, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in a bombing that targeted their convoy near Baghdad International Airport, after the official Iraqi television announced the news of their killing, while the rest of the bodies of Soleimani and the engineer were transferred to Muthanna Hospital in Baghdad.

Ahmed al-Asadi, spokesman for the Popular Mobilization Militia, accused America and Israel of being behind the killing of Soleimani and the engineer, as he put it. He vowed violent retaliation, saying: "Criminals are waiting for Suleimani's murderers to take violent revenge," he added.

He added, "The killing of Soleimani will double the motive for the resistance against the United States and Israel."

https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/iran/2020/01/03/الآلاف-من-الايرانيين-يتظاهرون-في-طهران-بعد-مقتل-سليماني.html

[Mary B]

Iraqis receive the killing of Soleimani and the engineer, with great joy

 

 

 

 
The Iraqis welcomed with great joy the killing of the Quds Force Commander  Qassem Soleimani and the deputy head of the Hashd militia, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, with an American strike this morning. Iraqis

exchanged congratulations through e-mails and tweets on this event, which they considered the first joy that Iraqis received in 2020.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/ar/Story/186141/العراقيون-يستقبلون-مقتل-سليماني-والمهندس-بفرح-غامر

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And a good morning it is for the world.

Thank you Yota  

[King Bean]

Iraq should be joyful as Soleimani directed militias and snipers that killed 500+ Iraq citizens, including women and children. The GOI and Iraq military are too spineless to do anything themselves.

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Imagine how they'd celebrate an RV.

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Washington receives Tehran a message regarding the killing of Soleimani

 

Follow up / Tomorrow Press:

 

The Swiss Foreign Ministry announced today, Friday, that one of its diplomats delivered a message from the United States of America to Iran regarding the killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force, of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in an American air strike.

The ministry stated, in an email response to a query from "Reuters" without elaborating, "The Chargé d'Affaires was informed of Iran's position and in return he delivered a message from the United States."

Switzerland represents US interests in Iran, allowing for a diplomatic channel of communication between the two countries.

The spokesman of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced today, Friday, the killing of the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Major General Qassim Soleimani. In an American bombing that targeted his car at Baghdad International Airport.

For its part, the Pentagon confirmed that an American strike killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps.

"This strike is aimed at deterring any Iranian plans for future attacks," the ministry said in a statement

https://www.alghadpress.com//view.php?cat=229408

[King Bean]

5 hours ago, Mary B said:

Sadr mourns Soleimani

 

Sadr??? You mean the guy who 'supposedly' is the voice, the soul, the heart of the protesters demanding a normal life, jobs, water, housing?? Those same protesters who were shot by Iranian militia snipers?? What a two faced, back stabbing snake. A gutless politician wearing a cleric robe. That's all. The down trodden protesters living in tents on the streets are the REAL Iraq leaders. Not this self puffed do-nothing. 

 

Just my humble opinion, since '10-years' has gone AWOL. 

[Pitcher]

1 hour ago, yota691 said:

On Friday, a US Democratic Senator considered the killing of the second most powerful person in Iran, which would cause a regional war.

 

I fully expected the Dems to criticize the President in a time of crisis.

 

Where was this Senator when our Base was under attack.

I didn’t hear one word of condemnation from the Congress when our Embassy was stormed and burned.  

 

What most people dont understand is we have been at war with Iran for 40 years. Does anyone remember the attack on the Marine barracks in Lebanon.  How about the attack on the USS Cole.  I don’t like war or the talk of war but when another country continuously attacks the US and our interests for 40 years then maybe it’s time to defend ourselves.  

 

Our Congress is spineless and a bunch of cowards if they don’t get behind the President at this time.  

[King Bean]

1 hour ago, yota691 said:

Iran's Ambassador....We are coordinating the transfer of the body of the martyr Soleimani to Tehran

 

                   Postage paid by DJT. Yes, I know, heartless. But so was he.  

 

[davis411]

9 minutes ago, King Bean said:

 

                   Postage paid by DJT. Yes, I know, heartless. But so was he.  

 

Hahahaha 

 

ohhhhhh so bad

hahahaha

i love it

[MyLadiesDaddy]

 

[CSM (R) Thack]

13 minutes ago, King Bean said:

 

                   Postage paid by DJT. Yes, I know, heartless. But so was he.  

 

Classic!!!👍🇺🇸

[gregp]

17 minutes ago, ladyGrace'sDaddy said:

 

Iranian Puppet

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Quds Force: 4 senior Iranian officers were killed, accompanied by Soleimani

Last update: Friday, 8 Jumada I 1441 AH - 03 January 2020 KSA 17:46 - GMT 14:46
Publication date: Friday 8 Jumada I 1441 AH - 03 January 2020 KSA 15:35 - GMT 12:35

Source: Dubai - Arabia.Net

The new commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Brigadier Ismail Qaani (archive)

 

The new commander of the Iranian Quds Force, Brigadier Ismail Qaani, announced today, Friday, the killing of 4 senior Iranian officers who were accompanied by Qassem Soleimani when he was targeted by the American raid this morning in the vicinity of Baghdad airport.

The Iranian officers killed in the American military operation are: Captain Waheed Zamanian, Major Hadi Tarmi, Colonel Shahrud Muzaffari Niya and Major General Hussein Jaafari Niya.

For his part, Iranian state television reported that 10 people were killed in the American air strike Friday morning, five of whom are members of the Revolutionary Guards.

The American strike resulted, at dawn today, Friday, the death of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Organization. Samer Abdullah, son-in-law of Imad Mughniyeh, who was the military commander of the Lebanese Hezbollah and who was assassinated in Syria in 2008, was killed in the same strike. The husband of the daughter of Qasim Soleimani, Muhammad Reda al-Jabri, director of the ceremonies of the popular crowd at the airport, Hassan Abd al-Hadi and Muhammad al-Shaibani were also killed. Ali Haider is a popular crowd.

In a related context, the Iranian "Fars" news agency quoted the deputy commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guards, to whom the Jerusalem Corps, Brigadier Ali Fadawi, affirmed that "the killing of Soleimani will give a stronger incentive to the Revolutionary Guard and we will witness major victories in the future," as he claimed.

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the US strike against Qassem Soleimani was "legal", describing the danger of not ...

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After the killing of Soleimani, the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei , appointed Brigadier Ismail Qaani as commander of the Quds Force . Khamenei said in a statement published by the government media that the goals of "the Quds Force will remain as they were at the time of the martyr Soleimani's leadership," as he put it.

Khamenei called for a mourning for 3 days after Soleimani's death, stressing that "Soleimani's absence makes us bitter, but the struggle will continue until victory is achieved and makes the lives of criminals more bitter," he said.

He vowed violent retaliation, saying: "Criminals are waiting for Suleimani's murderers to take violent revenge," he added. He added, "The killing of Soleimani will double the motive for the resistance against the United States and Israel."

The guide stressed that "Qani is considered one of the most prominent leaders of the Revolutionary Guards during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, along with Soleimani."

Khamenei affirmed that "the plans adopted during the reign of Soleimani will continue," calling on all cadres in the Quds Force to cooperate with Qaani.

https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/iran/2020/01/03/فيلق-القدس-مقتل-4-ضباط-ايرانيين-كبار-كانوا-برفقة-سليماني.html

[Shelley]

46 minutes ago, King Bean said:

 

Sadr??? You mean the guy who 'supposedly' is the voice, the soul, the heart of the protesters demanding a normal life, jobs, water, housing?? Those same protesters who were shot by Iranian militia snipers?? What a two faced, back stabbing snake. A gutless politician wearing a cleric robe. That's all. The down trodden protesters living in tents on the streets are the REAL Iraq leaders. Not this self puffed do-nothing. 

 

Just my humble opinion, since '10-years' has gone AWOL. 

Thank you KB I couldn’t have said it better myself.., I wonder how the Iraqi citizens feel about him mourning Soleimani !!!

[Pitcher]

The pic of the new Quds Force Leader looks a little solemn.  

He better be cool or accept his fate.  

 

[Butifldrm]

 

[yota691]

Trump: Iran has not won any war, but has not lost in negotiations

 January 3, 2020 4:30 PM
Direct:  US President Donald Trump said that Iran had never won a war, after escalating tensions between the United States and Tehran over the killing of "Qasim Soleimani".

And the American President said in a tweet via "Twitter", today, Friday: "Iran has never won any war, but it has not lost in any negotiations."

The United States targeted the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps in an air strike on Baghdad airport.

The US Department of Defense confirmed that the strike it carried out aimed at deterring future Iranian plans of attack, stressing that the United States would continue to take all necessary measures to protect its interests and people around the world.

Trump had accused Iran of the attack on the US embassy in Iraq earlier this week that killed an American translator and wounded others.

And the political escalation caused a shock to the global markets during today's trading, with investors calling for safe havens.

 

[yota691]

After the killing of "Soleimani" .. Egypt calls for containing the situation and avoiding any escalation

Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 January 3, 2020 04:42 PM

 

Cairo - Mubasher: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued an official statement commenting on the events in Iraq after the killing of an Iranian commander near Baghdad airport on Friday.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said that it is with great concern, following the accelerating developments in Iraq, which warn of an escalation of the situation it is important to avoid, and for this reason, Egypt calls for containing the situation and avoiding any new escalation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the containment of the situation requires the immediate cessation of all types of regional interference in the affairs of Arab states and peoples, which only served to fuel the division and tension between its eager sons for peace and stability.

The US Department of Defense, "The Pentagon," announced Friday morning, the killing of the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Qassem Soleimani, and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, the leader of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization, in a missile attack on a drone plane , targeting their car on the road to Baghdad International Airport.

Then the international reactions followed, as official news agencies in Iran announced an emergency meeting of the National Security Council headed by Supreme Leader "Khamenei" to respond to the attack, while the Iraqi government condemned the attack and considered it an attack on sovereignty

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Trump Explains His Decision To Strike Iran’s Qasem Soleimani

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January 03, 202010:11 AM ET

 

President Donald Trump explained in a series of tweets Friday why the U.S. opted to strike top Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani, accusing the general of plotting to kill Americans.

The Pentagon confirmed Thursday night that the U.S. was behind a drone strike that killed Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force, in Iraq. The president had yet to personally speak about the news last night, instead opting to tweet an image of an American flag. (RELATED: Pentagon Says Trump Ordered Airstrike That Killed Top Iranian General At Baghdad Airport)

It wasn’t until Friday morning that Trump explained his decision to order the strike.

“General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more…but got caught! He was directly and indirectly responsible for the death of millions of people, including the recent large number of PROTESTERS killed in Iran itself,” Trump tweeted. “While Iran will never be able to properly admit it, Soleimani was both hated and feared within the country.”

He continued, “They are not nearly as saddened as the leaders will let the outside world believe. He should have been taken out many years ago!”

Donald J. Trump✔@realDonaldTrump

General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more...but got caught! He was directly and indirectly responsible for the death of millions of people, including the recent large number....

General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more...but got caught! He was directly and indirectly responsible for the death of millions of people, including the recent large number....

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....of PROTESTERS killed in Iran itself. While Iran will never be able to properly admit it, Soleimani was both hated and feared within the country. They are not nearly as saddened as the leaders will let the outside world believe. He should have been taken out many years ago!

 

The Pentagon claimed in its statement confirming the attack that Soleimani was drawing up plans to kill American diplomats and service members prior to his death, adding that he approved the recent attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/03/trump-explains-strike-qasem-soleimani-iran/