Iraqi forces raid HQ of Iran-backed militia, hand captured leaders over to US

[Pitcher]

Iraqi forces raid HQ of Iran-backed militia, hand captured leaders over to US 

 

https://www.rt.com/news/492968-iraq-iran-raid-militia/

 

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[Pitcher]

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iraq-security/iraqi-security-forces-raid-iran-backed-militia-hq-govt-sources-idUKKBN23W3J7
 

Iraqi forces raid Iran-backed militia base, detain commanders- govt sources

John Davison

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces raided a headquarters belonging to a powerful Iran-backed militia in southern Baghdad late on Thursday, seized rockets and detained three commanders of the group, two Iraqi government officials said. 

The officials said the militia group targeted was the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah, which U.S. officials have accused of firing rockets at bases hosting U.S. troops and other facilities in Iraq. 

It was the most brazen raid in years by Iraqi security forces against a powerful paramilitary group backed by Tehran, whose proxy militias have developed military, political and economic dominance in Iraq. 

Iraq’s new prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, has indicated he will be tough on militia groups which target U.S. installations. The raid, which took place after midnight, is the first sign Kadhimi will follow through on his tough talk. 

It took place after a number of rocket attacks near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and other U.S. military sites in the country in recent weeks. 

There was no immediate comment from Iraqi militia groups or from Iran. Both Tehran and Washington supported Kadhimi in becoming prime minister in May. 

One of the government officials told Reuters one of the three commanders detained in the raid was an Iranian. Iraqi special forces from the Counter Terrorism Service carried out the raid, he said. 

The official said the three detained commanders were handed over to the U.S. military. A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq denied this and said the U.S. military and coalition had no involvement in the raid, however. 

The Iraqi official said at least 20 other fighters were detained during the raid. 

Tensions between Washington and Tehran especially on Iraqi soil have been high for at least a year. 

It nearly spilled into regional conflict in January after the United States killed Iran’s military mastermind Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a drone strike at Baghdad 

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[Pitcher]

https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006251079722811-iraqi-counter-terrorism-forces-raid-kataib-hezbollah-hq-seize-rocket-launcher/
 

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces Raid Kataib Hezbollah HQ, Seize Rocket Launchers

Iraqi security forces also confiscated multiple rocket launchers from the Kataib Hezbollah fighters during the Thursday night raid, as reported by AFP, citing three officials. 

The outlet noted that this was the first raid against individuals who have been accused of carrying out anti-US rocket attacks. 

"Based on intelligence information, a CTS unit raided a base used by Brigade 45, seizing three rocket launchers and arresting 13 fighters," an unnamed official said, according to AFP. 

Earlier this month, a number of Katyusha rockets assaulted Baghdad, and Iraq’s Joint Operations Command (JOC) seized a flatbed truck that had been repurposed into a Katyusha rocket launcher. 

 

However, the JOC did not link the seized truck to any particular group at the time. 

Washington has accused Kataib Hezbollah of carrying out the late December 2019 rocket attack on the K1 military base outside of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. As many as 30 rockets were launched into the military facility, and one US civilian contractor died as a result of the attack. 

US officials have also asserted that Kataib Hezbollah was behind the March 11 Katyusha rocket strike on Camp Taji, which houses forces of the US-led coalition. Two American troops and a British soldier died from the 18-rocket barrage.

[Smokey Mtn. Dinar]

Out of likes so........

 

  

    

[Pitcher]

This is great news folks.  The Iraq Government is decoupling from Iran and sending a message to Iran.  Respect our Sovereign Borders.  

 

I can’t help but think if this leads to war, watch your oil prices.  

 

Mmmm this could be very interesting and it might be our Red Flag excuse to change the economic system. 

 

I know over dramatic 😂 

[Pitcher]

https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/explosion-reported-near-tehran-report-632864
 

Explosion reported near Tehran as Iraqi forces invade Iran backed militia

Videos and pictures posted on social media that were picked up by local news outlets showed a possible explosion with a bright orange flash followed by a large plume of smoke.

[Pitcher]

Possible Nuclear Facility??

[Pitcher]

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/48649/Explosion-heard-in-Tehran-believed-to-be-from-Parchin
 

Explosion heard in Tehran, believed to be from Parchin

A blast in the Iranian capital Tehran has been confirmed but no official details were certainly issued. The blast was strong and wide enough to lighten the sky for a while, according to photos circulated on social media.

Iranian journalist Farnaz Fassihi said the explosion inTehran was heard by many residents, adding that there are Reports of a military outpost around there.

Reports claim that Tehran's explosion may have reached the nuclear site in Parchin, southeast of the capital.

[Benelli]

This could be huge. Timing is interesting being less than a month before Khazemi goes to Washington.

[Benelli]

Pitcher, my apologies for my lack of manners. Thank you for your efforts bringing not just these articles, but all other info you post.

[Rochester]

This means the, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi is in deep, with the United States. He has chosen sides. He has "crossed the Rubicon". To cross the Rubicon is a metaphor which means to take an irrevocable step that commits one, to a specific course. He has no choice now. From now on, he is with America. His choices were America, or Iran, in who would help build his country. He chose wisely, he chose America. There is no going back for Al-Kadhimi now, no appeasing Iran. He must get rid of Iranian influence in Iraq completely, he must get rid of the Iranian militias and do many things more, to side with America. He has no choice now. The Iranians will kill him if they get a chance. He's a brave man, to be respected. He chose wisely because Iran is a nation in decline. America will continue to be the Big Dog in the region, providing regional stability. Soon it will be America's turn to return the favor, let international investment into Iraq, let them have a currency that will be worth something. This plan has been in the works for a long time, likely. The Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was taken out a few months ago. The Iraq Government cooperated with America, likely told him where he was, when he was there. This means Iraq is proving to be an ally. Good news 

[DinarThug]

5 hours ago, Pitcher said:

Iraqi forces raid HQ of Iran-backed militia, hand captured leaders over to US 

https://www.rt.com/news/492968-iraq-iran-raid-militia/

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If It Would’ve Been An ‘Extremely Preemptive’ Problem - I’d Probably Tell U To Try Thinking About Baseball !  

 

     
 

 

Friday, June 26, 2020 3:39 AM

For the first time ... a raid on the headquarters of the Hezbollah Brigades, Iraq, to stop the launch of Katyusha rockets

 

In what was described as the first security move, against the Iranian terrorist militias, on the ground after a series of terrorist Katyusha attacks on Baghdad International Airport, the Taji camp and the Green Zone, an anti-terrorist force detained 13 elements of a pro-Iranian faction, against the background of missile attacks against American interests In Iraq and the attack on Iraqi sovereign places, in a precedent since those attacks began 8 months ago. A government source and two other security officials said, according to Sky News Arabia coverage, that the people arrested in the Dora area, south of Baghdad, had seized and had missiles intended for launch inside a missile manufacturing workshop. They indicated that they belonged to the terrorist Hezbollah Brigades militia, which Washington has repeatedly accused of targeting its soldiers and diplomats.

One of the three leaders detained in the raid is Iranian, a government official said, and said Iraqi special forces from the Counter-Terrorism Service carried out the raid. The official added that the three arrested leaders were handed over to the US military.

Iraqi sources said that the group that had arrested 6 missiles was aimed at the Green Zone, and missile launchers were also found. For its part, the pro-Iranian militia called on its supporters to fight the Iraqi forces.

Since October 2019, more than 33 missiles have targeted Iraqi facilities hosting diplomats or foreign soldiers, including 6 attacks in the past two weeks alone. To demonstrate the seriousness of the situation, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi held a meeting last week of the National Security Council to discuss the missile issue, and pledged to pursue those responsible.

Last March, US Central Command chief Gen. Kenneth McKinsey announced that the Hezbollah BrigadesIraq is behind the attack on the Taji base, north of Baghdad.

"We have information confirming that the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades carried out missile attacks on the Taji camp, which killed three coalition members and wounded fourteen others," said McKinsey in a tweet on Twitter. He explained that the battalions had launched 12 missile attacks on coalition forces over the past six months. the then sees experts, a step that hunt Hezbollah Brigades Iraq may deter the rest of the Iranian militias.

the site "Baghdad Post" at the top of the Iraqi positions, which adopted a campaign to demand Kazmi to halt the security chaos and stop firing rockets into the capital Baghdad.
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Edited June 26, 2020 by DinarThug

[DinarThug]

4 hours ago, Pitcher said:

Explosion heard in Tehran, believed to be from Parchin

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Fyi, Another Article To Follow - But I’m Still Not Seeing A Lot Of Detailed Widespread Coverage Of This Yet After Several Hours !  

 

     

 

 

Friday, June 26, 2020 1:51 AM

News that Tehran's massive explosion exploded a major nuclear facility in the Parchin military area

 

Sources: The Parchin Military District is a secret nuclear research zone and is about 30 miles away from Tehran.

Informed Iranian sources revealed to the "Baghdad Post" during the first minutes of a massive explosion east of the Iranian capital, Tehran, that the explosion mostly affected an "Iranian nuclear facility", The place where the explosion took place is"Parchin" nuclear military area, whichone ofsecret nuclear sites operated by Iran to manufacture nuclear weapons.
Iranian media have confirmed a massive explosion east of the capital, Tehran, which is believed to be the result of an explosion inside a military base. The Iranian "Mehr" agency reported that the residents of Bomhan and Bardis, east of Tehran, heard the explosion, without providing additional information.
Iranian activists said that the terrible "mysterious" explosion took place in Sarkhath Hisar area, near the Parchin region, which includes the Parchin military site and defense industries factories.
In the same context, Iranian state television announced that the Iranian authorities are investigating a thunderous light and light in eastern Tehran. 

And previous reports, the Iranian resistance revealed many of the secrets of this site, and said that Iran is developing its nuclear arsenal, in secret facilities with the help of scientists from North Korea. In a previous report, the National Council of Iranian Resistance said, in a 52-page report, entitled "The Nuclear Nucleus: A Military Site Not Subject to Inspection", that there are 4 large sites inside which are "with a great degree of certainty" the nuclear developments taking place in Iran, noting that they have discovered this from The way to hack and gather intelligence about the mentioned research centers. The council pointed out that one of those centers is believed to be used by the Iranian regime to manufacture nuclear weapons at Parchin military base, 30 miles southeast of Tehran, pointing out that the base also hosts the headquarters of the Iranian Army's Research Academy.

In its report published three years ago, the Council noted its belief that Complex No. 6 at the Parchin base, which covers an area of 500 acres and is surrounded by an invisible fence and is officially known as the Chemical Industry Complex, is essentially the main place where research on nuclear weapons is conducted.

Iran's opening of a large investigation into the bombing and its intensity raised wide questions about the Parchin military site. Is it really an explosion at a natural gas station, as Iran claims? Or is it the bombing of the secret nuclear site, and it came with this huge and terrible picture, according to what was reported. And photos and videos published about?

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[DinarThug]

Friday, June 26, 2020 02:28 AM

In pictures The Parchin nuclear site, which was hit by a massive bombing, east of the capital, Tehran

 

The Parchin site was visited by the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano
. The Parchin site contains suspicious Iranian activities since 2015.

The Baghdad Post website managed to access many pictures of the Iranian nuclear military site that was hit by a massive bombing, minutes before east of the capital Tehran. Iran has begun investigating the causes of the terrible explosion, but what is the story of the Parchin nuclear military site in this region? Is it really that the terrible explosion that caused an explosion in one of the natural gas tanks, as the Iranian Ministry of Defense claims?

Baghdad Post investigates the truth about the Iranian nuclear site in Parchin.

The photos, taken over the past five years, and specifically since 2015, show suspicious nuclear activity in the Parchin military area. The first thing that alerted the Iranian military site, Parchin, was a prominent American research institute that, five years ago, questioned Iran's interpretation of the activity at the Parchin military site, which appeared in satellite photos, saying that the movement of the vehicles apparently had no connection with road works claimed Iran at the time is doing it, and the Institute of Science and International Security, based in the United States of America, said that Iran may have been purifying the "Parchin" military complex at the time, in which some countries suspect that nuclear tests were conducted. 

The Institute of Science and International Security analyzed the commercially available satellite imagery, taken on 12, 19 and 26 July 2015, but found no clear signs related to road works on the road near the dam.
In September 20154, the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, visited the controversial Iranian "Parchin" site because of suspicions that he had witnessed military nuclear activities, according to a spokesman for the then Iranian Atomic Energy Agency. 

In late 2017, the National Council of the Iranian Resistance revealed several suspicious Iranian sites in which secret nuclear research was conducted, foremost of which was the Parchin nuclear military site, and the Council said that Iran has developed its nuclear arsenal so far in secret facilities with the help of scientists. From North Korea. The National Council of the Iranian Resistance, in a 52-page report entitled "The Nuclear Nucleus: A Military Site Not Inspected", added that there are 4 large sites inside which are "with a large degree of certainty" the ongoing nuclear developments in Iran, noting that they discovered this by penetrating And gathering intelligence about the mentioned research centers. The Council clarified that one of those centers is believed to be used by the Iranian regime to manufacture nuclear weapons at the Parchin base.
The Council expressed its belief that Complex No. 6 at the Parchin base, which covers an area of 500 acres and is surrounded by an invisible fence and is officially known as the Chemical Industries Complex, is basically the main place where research on nuclear weapons is conducted.[/size[

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[gregp]

Thanks. 
Looking forward to more natural gas explosions.

 

Edited June 26, 2020 by gregp

[Spartakus]

Could be one of the mighty Israel moves.

[Man_Kind]

9 hours ago, Pitcher said:

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/48649/Explosion-heard-in-Tehran-believed-to-be-from-Parchin
 

Explosion heard in Tehran, believed to be from Parchin

A blast in the Iranian capital Tehran has been confirmed but no official details were certainly issued. The blast was strong and wide enough to lighten the sky for a while, according to photos circulated on social media.

Iranian journalist Farnaz Fassihi said the explosion inTehran was heard by many residents, adding that there are Reports of a military outpost around there.

Reports claim that Tehran's explosion may have reached the nuclear site in Parchin, southeast of the capital.

 

Grand Slam Pitcher !

Thanks !

[DoD]

They must have forgotten that RED to RED an BLACK to BLACK....LMAO 

[DinarThug]

Against injustice parties and militias." Iraqis express solidarity with the arrests

 

Free - Washington

 

June 26, 2020

 

 

 

After the Iraqi counter-terrorism agency arrested members of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah Brigades, gunmen took to the streets of Baghdad with their weapons, and a number of them headed towards the Green Zone, while activists launched a sign indicating their solidarity with the agency in combating the militia chaos.
The Counter-Terrorism Service announced that it had arrested 13 armed elements, along with their officials, during a night operation south of Baghdad.

The agency said in a statement carried by the Iraqi National News Agency (NINA) that its forces "seized during the operation the missile launches that were fired at the Green Zone and the Iraqi camps hosting the international coalition."

In the early hours of Friday morning, activists and journalists reported that hundreds of armed factions had come to Baghdad from other areas.

Activists released video tapes showing vehicles that were traveling by gunmen as they headed to the Green Zone, where most of the important government headquarters are located, in addition to the embassies of several countries, including the United States embassy.

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Others shared a video of militia vehicles roaming the capital:

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And on Twitter, activists launched the hashtag with the anti-party apparatus, through which they expressed their support for the measures taken by the Iraqi government.

This activist wrote that "Hezbollah Brigades" threatens Prime Minister Al-Kazemi in the heart of Baghdad:

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Another wrote: If a prime minister was threatening, how would the situation be for the layman?

If the prime minister is threatening, the militias will cool down Comfortable in the capital !!! How is the situation in the ordinary citizen? I don't know what is happening, is this up? Agreed or what? 

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This young man expressed his support for the enforcement of the law:

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Another wrote about the anti-terror agency: "We stand with one rank against them against the injustices and militias":

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There are still men in Iraq who love the soil of the homeland We stand together with them against the injustices and militias who stole our country and stole our dreams ⁧

#مع_جهاز_المكافحه_ضد_الاحزاب⁩ ⁧#مع_جهاز_المكافحة_ضد_الاحزاب⁩

 

Early Friday morning, the Iraqi Prime Minister's account was posted on Twitter, part of his speech Thursday, in which he confirmed that he would not allow "the demolition of countries":

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The Iraqi security forces raided, late on Thursday, the headquarters of the militia "Hezbollah Brigades" south of Baghdad and arrested three of its leaders, and confiscated missiles intended for launch, according to local reports and agencies.

Agence France-Presse quoted officials as saying that a force from the anti-terrorist agency arrested 13 militia members, in light of the missile attacks against American interests in the country, "in a precedent since the beginning of those attacks eight months ago."

The United States accuses the "Hezbollah Brigades" of firing missiles at bases hosting American forces and other facilities in Iraq. One of its most prominent attacks was the firing of missiles at an Iraqi military base near the northern city of Kirkuk, which resulted in the death of an another site.

Four months ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs included the militia's Secretary-General Ahmed al-Hamidawi on the terrorist list.

Since October 2019, more than 33 missiles have targeted Iraqi facilities hosting diplomats or foreign soldiers, including six attacks in the past two weeks alone.

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[horsesoldier]

Getting the folks on your side. Kaz making inroads with the folks.