Trump: Iran was planning to strike 4 US embassies before the killing of "Soleimani"

[Butifldrm]

Thursday، 23 January 2020 01:08 PM

US to possibly protect troops in Iraq with anti-missile systems

 

The Pentagon is considering the deployment of anti-missile systems to protect the American bases in the country, especially after Iran fired eleven (some U.S. sources mention fifteen, Iraqi ones twenty-two) Fateh-313 and Qiam ballistic missiles at Ayn al-Asad airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, Western Iraq, as well as another airbase in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan (Operation Martyr Soleimani).

 

Ten missiles hit Ayn Al Asad airbase, one hit the Erbil base, and four missiles failed to reach their target. The U.S. forces failed to intercept them because they were equipped with cluster warheads.

After denying any physical damage to the military personnel deployed in the two bases hit by Iranian missile, the Pentagon admitted that, on top of the material damage, eleven soldiers had been wounded, not heavily, though.

 

They were evaluated for concussion-like symptoms a week after the attack. Some analysts suggested the strike was deliberately designed to avoid causing any casualties to avoid an American response. However, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the attack was intended to kill.

 

The fact is that the U.S. troops had been warned of the attack and had taken shelter in bunkers built during the Saddam Hussein regime (except the sentinels who endured a hell of a “shower”, none of them being hit).

The Pentagon admits there is a worldwide shortage of Patriots, some units being currently bogged down protecting bases in Saudi Arabia. Other Patriot units are being used to protect American forces in Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, where billions of dollars of aircraft are based, including stealth fighter jets. Other Patriot units – either U.S. or other operators – are deployed in Europe, Japan and elsewhere.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45650/US-to-possibly-protect-troops-in-Iraq-with-anti-missile-systems

[TexasMike1958]

On 1/20/2020 at 4:13 PM, ChuckFinley said:

Some people just do not get it and will have to learn the hard way.

 

Ask Japan and the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

 

[Butifldrm]

 

Thursday، 23 January 2020 01:18 PM

 

Iran Says Drone Used in Soleimani Strike Came From Kuwait

 

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the U.S. drone used to kill a top Iranian general in Baghdad took off from a military base in Kuwait, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, citing Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Guards’ aerospace force.

The Guards had detected activity from the drone and fighter jets near Baghdad airport but didn’t know they were planning to target Qassem Soleimani, according to Hajizadeh. At least four military bases in the Persian Gulf were involved in the Jan. 3 operation, he said, according to the report late Wednesday.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45654/Iran-Says-Drone-Used-in-Soleimani-Strike-Came-From-Kuwait

[ronscarpa]

1 hour ago, Butifldrm said:

Iran Says Drone Used in Soleimani Strike Came From Kuwait

 

Thanks Butifldrm ... we should use every resource we have..! 

[Butifldrm]

24-01-2020 01:39 PM

Kuwait summons the Iranian ambassador and informs him of its dissatisfaction with the statements of Iranian officials

 

 

Baghdad / news

On Friday, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Iranian ambassador to Kuwait, Mohammad Irani, where he met with the deputy foreign minister, Khaled Al-Jarallah, against the background of repeated statements by the commander of the space forces in the Revolutionary Guards in Iran, in which he stated that Ali Al-Salem base in Kuwait participated in other bases in the region. In the process that was carried out near Baghdad airport recently.

According to the Kuwaiti news agency, Al-Jarallah expressed "Kuwait's resentment and surprise at the repetition of such declarations again, in light of the firm denial of Kuwait's participation in any aircraft launched from Ali Al-Salem base," pointing to "what was previously denied by the General Staff Chief of Staff in its statement on the participation of any of Kuwaiti rules in this process. "

Al-Jarallah asked the Iranian ambassador to "issue from the Iranian officials a clarification of the true position of the aforementioned Kuwait, and that such statements that would harm the relations between the two countries" would not be repeated.

http://www.ikhnews.com/index.php?page=article&id=207774

 

 

[Butifldrm]

Friday، 24 January 2020 09:25 PM

34 US troops injured in recent Iranian assault: Pentagon

Nearly three dozen US troops suffered traumatic brain injuries or concussion in the recent Iranian air strike on a military base in Iraq housing American personnel, the Pentagon said Friday, according to AFP.

"Thirty-four total members have been diagnosed with concussions and TBI (traumatic brain injury)," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told reporters.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45676/34-US-troops-injured-in-recent-Iranian-assault-Pentagon

[Butifldrm]

The families of Ukrainian victims sue the Revolutionary Guard and Khamenei

 

Last update: Saturday, 30 Jumada I 1441 AH - 25 January 2020 KSA 12:07 - GMT 09:07
Publication date: Saturday 30 Jumada I 1441 AH - 25 January 2020 KSA 11:25 - GMT 08:25

Source: Al-Arabiya.net - Saleh Hameed

Families of victims of the Ukrainian plane (archive - AFP)

 

The families of the Canadian-Ukrainian plane victims filed a complaint against the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei, and the Revolutionary Guards for shooting down the plane with two missiles on January 8, killing 176 passengers on board.

The Toronto-based International Center for Human Rights stated that it was taking legal action on behalf of the families of the victims in pursuit of justice, in cooperation with the Gardiner Miller Arnold LLP Legal Foundation.

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Justice for victims of terrorism

The Center also confirmed in tweets via its Twitter account, on Saturday, that "a lawsuit has been brought against Iran on behalf of the families of the victims of Ukrainian flight No. PS752."

The case was brought before the Ontario Court, under a clause of the Canadian Penal Code passed in 2012 entitled "Justice for Victims of Terrorism".

It is noteworthy that the Revolutionary Guards recognition of the shooting down of the Ukrainian plane with two missiles caused the internationalization of the issue and held Iran a new responsibility for not canceling civil flights while it was on the brink of a confrontation with the United States after it bombed an Iraqi base where American forces are present before the plane was shot down.

Bodies of Ukrainian plane victims (Associated Press)

And some of the scenarios put forward that Iran allowed civil flights in that period that witnessed an escalation of tension, because it wanted to avoid losses in the event of an American strike in response to the Revolutionary Guards' bombing of the "Eye of Assad" base.

While a number of Iranian opponents present another scenario stating that Iran was expecting an American strike after its bombing of the "Ein Al-Assad" base, and the Ukrainian plane was shot down to blame the United States in front of international public opinion.

But far from all this speculation, the countries that lost their citizens, on the plane, held Tehran directly responsible for the disaster and demanded that they cooperate in the investigation, but Tehran still refuses to respond and refuses to deliver the black boxes to Ukraine or other countries to decipher their codes that do not have the programs Suitable for opening and downloading its information.

https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/iran/2020/01/25/أهالي-ضحايا-الأوكرانية-يقاضون-الحرس-الثوري-وخامنئي.html

[Butifldrm]

Iranian site: The Hamas delegation plane departed Tehran minutes before the "Ukrainian"

 

January 25, 2020

From the Ukrainian plane crash site near Tehran

 

" Iran International " website revealed that high-ranking members of Hamas movement left Tehran, after the funeral of the death of Qasim Soleimani, earlier this month, minutes before the Ukrainian Airlines plane was shot down.

According to the information obtained by "Iran International", Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of Hamas, Osama Hamdan and Musa Abu Marzouq, were senior members of the movement, on board the Qatar Airways plane that headed for Doha.

Haniyeh, the main spokesman of the Hamas movement at the funeral of Qasim Soleimani, left Tehran, with a group of other Hamas members, after a farewell party filled with slogans of readiness to avenge the killing of Soleimani, and the delegation went to the headquarters of the Hamas political office in Doha.

Just minutes after the plane of the Hamas leaders took off, the Ukrainian Boeing 737 took off from the runway carrying 176 passengers, and was hit by two of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's defenses six minutes after takeoff.

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, had said, on Saturday, that the reasons for not canceling passenger flights on the night of the missile attack on US bases in Iraq were "political" and "technical", in response to questions about ambiguity about what happened that night.

 

https://www.alhurra.com/a/موقع-إيراني-طائرة-وفد-حماس-غادرت-طهران-قبل-الأوكرانية-بدقائق/530921.html

[Butifldrm]

 

01/26/2020 18:34

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Sources: Two Katyusha rockets landed in the vicinity of the Green Zone

Baghdad / Obelisk: A security source reported, Sunday, January 26, 2020, that two Katyusha rockets landed in the vicinity of the Green Zone in central Baghdad.

The source said, "Two Katyusha rockets fell, on Sunday evening, in the vicinity of the Green Zone."

The source added, "So far, the extent of the damage has not been known."

Follow the obelisk

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/186760/مصادر-سقوط-صاروخي-كاتيوشا-في-محيط-المنطقة-الخضراء

[Butifldrm]

Rockets fall on the Green Zone

January 26, 2020

 

A side of the American embassy complex in the green zone in central Baghdad

 

On Sunday, the Security Media Cell in Iraq announced that five Katyusha rockets had landed in the Green Zone without causing any damage or damage.

Translated from Arabic by

Five Katyusha rockets hit the Green Zone without casualties. And details later. #خلية_الاعلام_الامني

11:05 AM · Jan 26, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

A security source told AFP that "rockets landed near the American embassy," in the latest attack, which no one has claimed responsibility for, against US facilities in the country.

AFP correspondents heard a bang from the West Bank side of the Tigris River, where most foreign embassies are located.

In recent times, attacks on the Green Zone with missiles and missiles have been repeated without causing damage.

Pro-Iranian militias attacked the US embassy in late December, before Washington responded by killing the Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani with an air strike near Baghdad.

Iran launched ballistic missiles at the base of Ain al-Assad, which includes American soldiers, and there were no casualties, in retaliation for Soleimani’s death.

Since the end of October, Iraqi military bases, including American forces, have become the target of missile attacks, and dozens of missiles have landed on those bases, and one of them, on December 27, killed an another site.

Washington has accused Iraqi factions loyal to Iran of being behind the attacks.

https://www.alhurra.com/a/سقوط-صواريخ-على-المنطقة-الخضراء/531031.html

[horsesoldier]

These folks and their rockets & missiles  

 

The things that separate the Men from the Boys is the shape and size of their " toys " - We have Bigger EVERYTHING TOYS. 

 

[Butifldrm]

 

 

 

 

Security source: One of the missiles that fell today hit the US embassy

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2020-01-26 | 14:10

 

 

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A security source said, on Sunday, that one of the missiles that landed today on the Green Zone hit the US embassy building.

The source said in an interview with Alsumaria News, that "one of the rockets that fell today hit the US embassy building," without giving further details.

 

On Sunday, the Security Media Cell announced that five Katyusha rockets had landed in the Green Zone in central Baghdad.

https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/أمن/332681/مصدر-امني-احد-الصواريخ-التي-سقطت-اليوم-اصاب-مبنى-ا

[ChuckFinley]

Bring it- these guys are about to know what the American term Whacked means first hand. 

[Butifldrm]

 

01/26/2020 20:22

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Security source: One of the rockets that struck the American embassy

Baghdad / Obelisk: A security source said, on Sunday, that one of the rockets that landed today on the Green Zone hit the US embassy building.

"One of the rockets that fell today hit the US embassy building," the source said in an interview with local media, without giving further details.
 
On Sunday, the Security Media Cell announced that five Katyusha rockets had landed in the Green Zone in central Baghdad.

Follow the obelisk

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/186765/مصدر-امني-احد-الصواريخ-التي-سقطت-اصاب-مبنى-السفارة-الامريكية

[DoD]

OK president Trump, bring down the fire from the sky. Time to bring an end to this foolishness over there, don’t wait until another American is killed before you strike...bring it 

[CSM (R) Thack]

Shock and Awe!!!👍🇺🇸

[Butifldrm]

27-01-2020 01:14 PM

Legal expert: Iraq is under international sanctions due to the attack on the American embassy

 

 

Baghdad / news

Legal expert, Ali Al-Tamimi, revealed the sanctions that threaten Iraq after the attack on the American embassy in Baghdad.

Al-Tamimi told Al-Ikhbaria that, “According to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Work and Diplomatic Relations of 1961, Iraq is obligated and is a signatory to this agreement to protect embassies and consulates because it is part of the soil of the country to which they belong.”

He added, "Every agreement is deposited with a copy of it, at the United Nations in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. Here, the United Nations has the right to impose sanctions on the country violating this agreement, as happened in 1979 when the United Nations imposed sanctions on Iran and a large financial fine by a decision of the International Court of Justice The United Nations against the background of the events of the American embassy in Iran and the detention of staff. "

He continued, "Iraq is threatened by these sanctions with these attacks because it is the duty of Iraq to protect these embassies ... As we said the embassy ... is part of the soil of the country to which it belongs and therefore this attack is a threat to peace and international security ... Iraq may return to Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations And international guardianship. "

 

http://www.ikhnews.com/index.php?page=article&id=207962

[Butifldrm]

Monday، 27 January 2020 02:58 AM

 

Five persons injured in missile attack on US embassy in Baghdad

At least five persons have been injured in a missile attack on the American embassy located in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the Baghdad Post reported on Monday citing local authorities.

According to the latest reports, five missiles were launched at Baghdad’s Green Zone - a well-fortified district in the center of the city where government buildings and foreign diplomatic missions are situated.

 

Three missiles directly landed at the US embassy premises, one of them hit the canteen building.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45727/Five-persons-injured-in-missile-attack-on-US-embassy-in-Baghdad

[Butifldrm]

Three rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad

Around five rockets have hit near the US Embassy in Baghdad (pictured). (File/Reuters)

 

Updated 27 January 2020

 

Iraqi security forces earlier in the evening said there were no casualties

Washington has repeatedly blamed Iran-backed military factions in Iraq for rockets aimed at the compound

BAGHDAD: Three rockets slammed into the US embassy in Iraq’s capital on Sunday in the first direct hit reported after months of close calls, as thousands of protesters kept up anti-government sit-ins across the country.
The attack marked a dangerous escalation in the spree of rocket attacks in recent months that have targeted the embassy or Iraqi military bases where American troops are deployed.
None of the attacks has been claimed but Washington has repeatedly blamed Iran-backed military factions in Iraq.
On Sunday, one rocket hit an embassy cafeteria at dinner time while two others landed nearby, a security source told AFP.
A senior Iraqi official told AFP at least one person was wounded, but it was not immediately clear how serious the injuries were and whether the person was an American national or an Iraqi staff member working at the mission.
The US embassy did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The US State Department called on Iraq late Sunday to “fulfil its obligations to protect our diplomatic facilities.”
The attack took place earlier in the day than usual, with AFP reporters hearing the booms on the western bank of the river Tigris at precisely 7:30 p.m. (1630 GMT).
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi and Speaker of Parliament Mohammed Halbusi both condemned the incident, saying it risked dragging their homeland into war.
Iraq has already been dragged into a worrying ***-for-tat between the United States and Iran over the last month.
A similar attack on a northern Iraqi base killed an another site, and the US retaliated with a strike on an Iran-backed faction known as Kataeb Hezbollah.
Less than a week later, a US drone strike killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani outside the Baghdad airport — prompting Iran to fire ballistic missiles at an Iraqi base where US troops are stationed.
Some 5,200 Americans are stationed in Iraq to lead the global coalition fighting the Islamic State militant group, but the US strike on Baghdad has rallied top Iraqi figures around a joint call to order them out.
Vehemently anti-American cleric Moqtada Sadr organized a mass rally in Baghdad on Friday, where thousands of his supporters called for American troops to leave.
Sadr had previously backed separate anti-regime protests sweeping Iraq’s capital and south, even though he controls the largest bloc in parliament and top ministerial posts.
Bolstered by his own protest on Friday, Sadr announced he was dropping support for the youth-dominated reform campaign rocking the country since October.
His followers, widely regarded as the best-organized and well-stocked of the anti-government demonstrators, immediately began dismantling their tents and heading home.
Activists feared that without his political cover, authorities would move to crush their movement — and indeed, within hours, riot police tried to storm protest camps.
Those efforts continued into Sunday, with security forces using live rounds and tear gas to try to flush protesters out of squares and streets they had occupied for months.
One protester was shot dead in Baghdad and another in the flashpoint southern city of Nasiriyah, medical sources said, and dozens more were wounded across the country.
In the capital, riot police have tried to clear streets around the main protest camp of Tahrir Square but have yet to enter the symbolic area, where many protesters stood their ground even after tents there were dismantled.
Just after midnight in Nasiriyah, unknown assailants stormed the main protest camp in Habbubi Square and set the tents on fire, the flames lighting up the night sky, an AFP correspondent there said.
Despite the renewed violence, thousands of students flooded the streets in the capital and across the south in a bid to keep national attention focused on their demands.
“Only for you, Iraq!” read a sign held by a young protester in the shrine city of Karbala, hinting at the movement’s insistence on not being affiliated with any political party or outside backer.
In Basra, hundreds of students gathered to condemn the riot police’s dismantling of their main protest camp the previous day, according to an AFP correspondent.
The youth-led protests erupted on October 1 in outrage over lack of jobs, poor services and rampant corruption before spiralling into calls for a government overhaul after they were met with violence.
More than 470 people have died, a vast majority of them demonstrators, since the rallies began.
Protesters are now demanding snap elections, the appointment of an independent premier and the prosecution of anyone implicated in corruption or recent bloodshed.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1618461/middle-east

[Butifldrm]

Political

Monday 27 January 2020 | 10:28 am

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America comments on targeting its embassy in Baghdad

 

 

Baghdad / ... The United States called on the Iraqi government to protect American diplomatic facilities, after three missiles hit the US embassy in Baghdad.

"We call on the government of Iraq to fulfill its obligations to protect our diplomatic facilities," a State Department spokesperson said in a statement.
 
He added, "Since last September, there have been more than 14 attacks by Iran and militias against American personnel in Iraq."
 
"The security situation remains tense, and armed groups continue to pose a threat. Therefore, we remain vigilant," the spokesman added.
 
It is noteworthy that five Katyusha rockets landed yesterday evening, Sunday, on the Green Zone without losses, according to what the security media cell announced, while a security source confirmed that one of the missiles struck the American embassy building. Finished 2   

http://aynaliraqnews.com/index.php?aa=news&id22=129456

[Butifldrm]

 

01/20/2020 00:47

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The missiles cause casualties among individuals inside the US embassy in Baghdad ... The helicopters evacuate the wounded ... and sources expect a response from Washington

 Baghdad / Obelisk: A security source said, on Sunday, that a number of people were injured as a result of the shelling that targeted the Green Zone and the American Embassy building in Baghdad, while noting that helicopters are working to evacuate those inside the embassy.

The source said that the missile shelling that targeted the Green Zone and the American embassy in Baghdad resulted in the injury of at least three people, indicating that their nationalities have not been known yet, according to Alsumaria TV.
  
The source pointed out that helicopters are working to evacuate some of those who are inside the embassy, pointing to taking strict security measures as well as cutting roads leading to the embassy building. 

To that, it was reported that the US side informed Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi that the United States reserves the right to respond.
 
And the "resigned" Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, issued a statement warning that the country would face serious repercussions as a result of these actions.

Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi also said that the repeated missile strikes against the embassy were unacceptable.

It is noteworthy that five Katyusha rockets landed Sunday evening on the Green Zone "without losses," according to what the security media cell announced, while a security source confirmed that one of the missiles hit the US embassy building.

Obelisk

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/186771/الصواريخ-تحدث-اصابات-بين-أفراد-داخل-مبنى-السفارة-الامريكية-في-بغداد-والمروحيات-تخلي-المصابين-ومصادر-تتوقع-ردا-من-واشنطن

[nannab]

This day and age this nitwit/crybaby knows exactly who is doing it. And

so does the US enough is enough I would say.

  

Good morning Butifldrm and DV  

 

 

 

 

[Synopsis]

38 minutes ago, nannab said:

Good morning Butifldrm and DV  

 

 Top Of Your Monday Morning To You, NannaB, AND The Very Best Of Your Up Coming Week To You!!! 

 

Pretty Sure Sadr AND Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have some TOMAHAWKS AND/OR HELLFIRE MISSILES AND/OR WHATEVER "painted" "on" THEIR "hindquarters" AND THEE "button" IS ABOUT TO BE PUSHED!!!

 

Spanctions ON Iraq NOW, TOO, AND "tomahawks" ON THE INSANIAN AND INSANIAN LEANING Mu lah lahs!!!

 

YYYEEEAAAHHH BBBAAABBBYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Go Moola Nova!

[davis411]

19 hours ago, DoD said:

OK president Trump, bring down the fire from the sky. Time to bring an end to this foolishness over there, don’t wait until another American is killed before you strike...bring it 

Well I don’t know a lot 

but I believe teump is the one that Will not wait

 

maybe bkfst first

then kick some azzzz

[climber7]

42 minutes ago, davis411 said:

maybe bkfst first

then kick some azzzz

 

Cause he’s a Hobbit and needs second breakfast first