Update on events in Iraq - 8 January, 2020

I can see that the Americans will once again be manipulated to rally around the flag.  They will choose their mind (if they have a chance) when the first body bags come back.

2003 redux


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A Ukrainian Boeing 737 bound for Kiev from Tehran has crashed after takeoff due to technical problems, Iranian media reported. Much of the regional airspace was cleared due to Iranian missile strikes on US targets in Iraq.

Flight radar information shows Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 abruptly disappearing after takeoff from the Imam Khomeini airport after taking off just after 6 am local time.

There were reportedly 167 passengers on board, according to an airline representative reached by Sputnik. Their fate is unknown.

https://www.rt.com/news/477687-iran-ukrainian-plane-crash/

Iran warns ‘Great Satan’ America that any new attack will result in ‘painful and crushing’ response, including against Israel

8 Jan, 2020 02:40 / Updated 10 minutes ago

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FILE PHOTO: Military units of the IRGC Ground Force are seen as they conduct combat drills in Iran. ©  Reuters / Tasnim News Agency / Hamed Malekpour

If the US and its allies launch any more attacks on Iran, they will incur “more painful and crushing responses,” the Islamic Revolutionary Guards of Iran warned, noting that ‘Zionist regime’ of Israel will not be spared.

The IRGC issued a statement in the early hours of Wednesday local time, after launching a volley of missiles against two bases used by US forces inside Iraq, in retaliation for last week’s drone assassination of IRGC Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani outside Baghdad.

We warn the Great Satan, the bloodthirsty and arrogant regime of the US, that any new wicked act or more moves and aggressions [against Iran] will bring about more painful and crushing responses.

The statement, according to Tasnim news agency, also said that Tehran sees no difference between the “Zionist regime” – meaning Israel – and the US when it comes to the “crime” of assassinating Soleimani. This was presumably in reaction to reports that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was trying to disassociate from the strike, calling it a purely American affair.

https://www.rt.com/news/477684-iran-great-satan-warning/

https://www.rt.com/usa/477686-trump-tweet-iranian-strike/

Iran Attacks US in Iraq, Soleimani's Diplomatic Mission & Trump Had Marines "Kill Protesters"

 

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