Pepe Escobar - REALLY HARDCORE ALLEGED INJURED US SOLDIERS UPDATE

Updates from Pepe Escobar.


From last night….

VERY IMPORTANT ALLEGED INJURED US SOLDIERS IN IRAQ UPDATE

Going beyond the report which was or was not on Haaretz, or was axed, or was fake news, or came from a stolen account - whatever. What matter is what the head of the IRGC's Aerospace Force, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said. And that is EXTREMELY SERIOUS. I just reconfirmed it.

He said: "US forces transported its injured soldiers to Zionist entity [ a.k.a. Israel] USING NINE AIRPLANES."

So that essentially confirms the report/no report/whatever published or not published by Haaretz.

The Pentagon would NEVER admit in public they had injured soldiers - because in Exceptionalistan this is a casus belli.

Gen. Hajizadeh is a very serious character. He's not in the lying and cheating business, like Consul Pompeus Minimus. He also said, "we were able to target the barracks of US soldiers in airbase but we avoided that, because our aim was to target the command center."

From today

REALLY HARDCORE ALLEGED 
INJURED US SOLDIERS UPDATE - 
INCLUDING US CENSORSHIP

The IRGC is adamant: NONE of their missiles was intercepted by the US. They all precisely hit their targets.

Compare it with the US version: no casualties, and the bases sustained “only minimal damage.”

Al Mayadeen TV has reported that the Americans PREVENTED IRAQI SOLDIERS AND INTEL FORCES FROM APPROACHING THE TARGETED AIR BASE.

Iraqi lawmaker Naim al-Aboudi, of the Fatah (Conquest) alliance, told Al Mayadeen that THE AMERICAN-RUN SECTION OF AIN AL-ASSAD HAD BEEN COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED BY THE IRANIAN MISSILE STRIKE.

Another Iraqi lawmaker, Hassan Salem, of the al-Sadiqoun bloc, told the Al Forat TV network, that Iran's missile attack was LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE ON the US base and, YES, did cause fatalities.

Once again: he also confirmed that the bodies of the slain American personnel HAD BEEN FLOWN TO TEL AVIV.

Salem said the US MUST let Iraqi intel and media into the base to inspect the damage for themselves - and FINALLY find out the truth about the aftermath of the Iranian strikes.

A comment from Hussan Carim

“Just starting to come through on the rumour mill is that the target of the Iranian missile barage were CIA / MOSSAD / MI6 Agents (or Contractors such the one killed which started all this) – not US or British troops.

Unconfirmed sources are stating that their have been injuries – but that these are NOT Military casualties, therefore the Pentagon is being truthful that no Military personnel have been hit.

Deaths of CIA / MOSSAD / MI6 Agents will not normally be discussed by officials. This may account for the earlier rumours that between 70 and 100 people had been killed by the Iranian missile strikes.

This of course needs considerable further investigation and reliable verification, but it certainly would make sense that the Deepstate Intel agents behind all the Iran tensions, and who alledgely managed / carried out the actual attack on General Soleimani (may he rest in peace) would be an ‘appropriate’ target for Iranian retaliation – as opposed to simple soldiers and pieces of equipment.

Also, Speculation is now growing that the Ukranian plane leaving Tehran during / shortly after the strikes was a a so called ‘rat flight’ by several Intel types of unknown origin (but the destination of the flight would suggest the usual suspects. Accounts of the passenger list so far include 3 British (MI6?) and several Canadian (false Canada nationals have been shown to be CIA and MOSSAD in Ukraine in previous leaks / revelations).

It is unknown just how much ‘Collateral Damage’ was done to innocents to take down these agents (if there were any).

Whatever the truth of this (and we have to wait some time to get it) I think there is significantly more to this than we currently know about.”

Another comment

Regarding the USA's capability to start a war with Iran nothing has changed in comparison to let's say mid 2019. They can't afford it because of the high casualties on their side, the hard hit to the US military's image and the tsunami on the global financial system.

They cowardly lied and murdered Soleimani off guard.

Iranians called Trump's bluff "if you retaliate we will answer even harder..."

If the casualties in Ain al-Assad are really that high then it seems that the Iranians did exactly to the USA what they had done to Soleimani.

They deceived the Americans via the Iraqis to gather their forces in a "safe" place and then hit them exactly there.

That might has been the shock you could see in the faces of Trump and the dogs in the back.

"Our aim was to create terror and panic in hearts of US 
forces (in airbase)"

SITREP : Iran’s IRGC 

Aerospace Chief on US 

casualties/damages/future 

retaliation steps

http://middleeastobserver.net/irans-irgc-aerospace-chief-on-us-casualties-damages-future-retaliation-steps/


Description:

Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force General Amir Ali Hajizadeh reveals key details regarding the recent retaliatory Iranian ballistic missile attacks on US bases in Iraq.


Source: Iranian media: Al-Alam News/Fars News Agency
Date: 09/01/2020


Transcript:


– We struck with our missiles areas in the American airbase (in Iraq) that was used for equipping attack helicopters


– We were able to target the barracks of US soldiers in airbase but we avoided that because our aim was to target the command center


– We struck the US command center of the Ain al-Assad base and images reveal the extent of its destruction


– US President Trump use to visit Ain al-Assad airbase when he visits Iraq


– Our aim was to create terror and panic in hearts of US forces (in airbase)


– US forces transported its injured soldiers to Zionist entity (Israel) using 9 airplanes


– We have not heard of any targeting of American military bases without subsequent US retaliation ever since WWII


– What we heard from Trump is nonsense, America could have attacked Iran yet it was focusing on media action



– There are many targets in Iran yet America is unable to carry out such operations


– The world now knows who is the one that lost the battle


– US forces will inevitably leave the region


– The Resistance Axis is the one that will kick out American forces from the region


– There is no doubt that there are dead & injured among the US forces even though we targeted the base’s command centers


– The next step (of the response) will be carried out by the factions of the Resistance Axis


– The next response will not be merely a ‘slap’, but rather a step that will transform the situation of the region entirely


– Our first operation does not equal blood of the martyrs, the leader has announced that the retaliation will be achieved with the full withdrawal of US forces from region


– We are not criminals like the Americans, we could have targeted the residential buildings within the US base


– A new phase of the Revolution has begun with Soleimani’s martyrdom


– What’s important is we managed to break prestige of America


– We were expecting a response from US and we were prepared to respond to their response


– I tell the states overlooking Persian Gulf: America will not move to rescue you


– This is the first time that US bases are targeted since WWII


– During the operation targeting the US base we were expecting to receive a response, and we were prepared for all-out war


– We decided to target the largest US base and the furthest away from Iranian borders


– We were not looking to kill US soldiers with our missile attack, but surely many were killed


– We could have designed operation to kill 500 in the 1st step, & if they responded, we could have killed 4,000-5,000 in 2nd & 3rd steps

https://thesaker.is/irans-irgc-aerospace-chief-on-us-casualties-damages-future-retaliation-steps/