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Iran's General Soleimani killed in airstrike at Baghdad airport

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No statement has been issued as of yet by either the USA or Iran as far as I'm aware of as of this posting.
 

Confirmation by DOD. Curious how Iraq's government will respond. Either US forces are going to be leaving Iraq pretty soon or there going to be too divided to agree on that. Interesting days ahead.
 
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Some Iraqi's are celebrating Qassim death. Not clear if it's just Sunni's or Sunni's and Shia at this point.
 
I expect @Rufus Shinra to have some very sarcastic and crass remarks towards the US, rather soon-ish.
Killing a renowned military leader who is unanimously liked and respected by all political factions of your adversary all the while being known and respected by all his enemies for his capacity to navigate the murky waters of high-level black operations in ways that do not escalate out of control, a leader who did the first step towards the US in September 2001 to provide full military intel on the Taliban? Excellent idea, I don't see how it could ever go wrong in any way. Surely Iran will bend the knee towards Donnie now!
 
Killing a renowned military leader who is unanimously liked and respected by all political factions of your adversary all the while being known and respected by all his enemies for his capacity to navigate the murky waters of high-level black operations in ways that do not escalate out of control, a leader who did the first step towards the US in September 2001 to provide full military intel on the Taliban? Excellent idea, I don't see how it could ever go wrong in any way. Surely Iran will bend the knee towards Donnie now!

Going from killing each others mooks to killing the leaders is a bit of an escalation isn't it? Correction. Murdering an Iranian minister? whatever the fk he was, right in the capital of Iraq, a nominal ally that is.

I guess some people got jealous of the SA glory of killing people in an embassy in glorious stereo.
 
Going from killing each others mooks to killing the leaders is a bit of an escalation isn't it? Correction. Murdering an Iranian minister? whatever the fk he was, right in the capital of Iraq, a nominal ally that is.
He was a de facto minister rather than a de jure one, but in terms of importance, yep, he was a second Minister for Defence. Trump just doesn't realize what he's doing.
 
Yeah .. it's one thing to kill some random no-name leader, it's another to actually kill a big name one. This is going beyond the usual cloak and dagger assassination.

I suppose Bibi thinks this is a great election set piece, but it could backfire a lot.
 


Well, this seems completely normal and not just posturing and premeditation for the next incitement to war.

EDIT: Also relevant


We assassinated one of your top general, don't you dare do anything about it.
 
So, the US violated several major international regulations. Suleimani was there with an ambassadorial status.
Yup.

And the boasts that Trumpy makes about his targets include specifically being "at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture". Specifically targeting cultural and/or religious important monuments or locations is a violation of both international and US war crimes acts. There is no way that the DoD suggested anything of the sort, it is all on Cadet Bone Spurs, and anyone who actually follows such an illegal order would be an actual war criminal.
 
Yup.

And the boasts that Trumpy makes about his targets include specifically being "at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture". Specifically targeting cultural and/or religious important monuments or locations is a violation of both international and US war crimes acts. There is no way that the DoD suggested anything of the sort, it is all on Cadet Bone Spurs, and anyone who actually follows such an illegal order would be an actual war criminal.
Remember Mai Lay. If you don't follow illegal orders to do war crimes, you get punished, unlike those who obey properly.
 
Remember Mai Lay. If you don't follow illegal orders to do war crimes, you get punished, unlike those who obey properly.
He is probably promising everyone that he will pardon them for war crimes. He did it once, he can do it as often as he wants. And he's the president, so he can't ever do anything wrong, that's the argument that he has been making for years.
 
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab militant group on Sunday attacked a military base in Kenya used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces, and a police report seen by Reuters said the Islamists had destroyed two planes, two helicopters and multiple vehicles.
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The Kenyan military said five militants had been killed in the attack. There were no immediate reports of Kenyan or U.S. casualties.

I am certain that this is all just a coincidence.

"Coincidence". 😉

No collusion!

EDIT: and the response to Iraq saying "get the fuck out of our country immediately, we hate you, we don't want you" is...
"We are confident that the Iraqi people want the United States to continue to be there to fight the counterterror campaign, and we'll continue to do all the things we need to do to keep America safe," Pompeo said.

Asked about potential parliamentary request that U.S. forces depart Iraq, Pompeo said the administration would "have to take a look at what we do when the Iraqi leadership in government makes a decision."

But he added that "the American people should know we'll make the right decision," and will "take actions that frankly the previous administration refused to take to do just that."

Shortly after Pompeo's appearance on Fox, Iraq's parliament formally voted to expel American service members from the country, according to the Associated Press — approving a resolution aimed at forcing the U.S. to withdraw roughly 5,000 soldiers stationed across Iraq.
"Maybe we'll leave, maybe not... but Obama."
 
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I am certain that this is all just a coincidence.
Which it is, as such operations are planned well in advance. The fact that they did it now instead of, let's say, in three months before or after today means exactly nothing unless proved otherwise.
 
Which it is, as such operations are planned well in advance. The fact that they did it now instead of, let's say, in three months before or after today means exactly nothing unless proved otherwise.
If you're running short on vodka in your Active Measures division, remember that we can provide excellent champagne or absinthe, depending on your mood and plans.
 
If you're running short on vodka in your Active Measures division, remember that we can provide excellent champagne or absinthe, depending on your mood and plans.

P.S. I'll be in Paris this summer. *hint*
 
Which it is, as such operations are planned well in advance. The fact that they did it now instead of, let's say, in three months before or after today means exactly nothing unless proved otherwise.
I see that you do not know about al Shabaaab.

They are Sunni, so they are not a part of the general network of Iranian-sponsored "freedom fighters", but they are what would be best said as Islamic Revolutionaries. The reason why they take so many losses and are so easily captured in raids is because they do not make more than general plans of targets. Their timing is almost entirely limited to following up upon other attacks by various Islamic forces, because they feel that if they can capture the momentum the people of Islam will reject the perceived weaknesses of Shia rule and corruption, and rise up in a traditionalist Salafi manner.

There are exceptions, with some well-coordinated bombings on civilian targets in the past, but they have had a number of major defections over the years and rely on propaganda and opportunism to push their agenda these days. They have to do so because they cannot hold on to recruits long-term, so they push hard to recruit while tensions are high and use the recruits as quickly as possible because most will not stick around. They cannot take such a long view because they don't know if they will have the manpower in a few months time.

While they are not under the command of Iran, they do view threats or attacks on Islamic targets as a personal offense and will similarly take a unified approach to their attacks believing that they can start the great Islamic uprising if they can only spark the fire when others spill the fuel. Such as when global tensions are high when Trumpy makes threats and attacks against leaders and the general religious culture within the Middle-East.

You would know this if you did your research. Not all terrorist groups operate the same.
 
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