War Iran-United States Military Crisis of 2020 - US Baghdad embassy under siege, rocket fire in US Baghdad green zone, Ukrainian Airlines flight 752 crash, and more!

January 10th:
Exclusive: Informants in Iraq, Syria helped U.S. kill Iran's Soleimani - sources (archive)(post)
Iraqi Shia cleric whose militia killed American troops says crisis is over following Iran strike and Trump speech (archive)(post)
Iraqi PM tells US to decide mechanism for troop withdrawal (archive)(post)
Mike Pence says Congress might 'compromise sources and methods' if fully briefed on the Soleimani strike (archive)(post)
Unidentified planes hit Iraqi militiamen in Syria, killing 8 (archive)(post)
Iraq: The Master Of Mayhem Meets A Missile (archive)(post)
Eliminating Qasem Soleimani was Donald Trump’s Middle East farewell letter (archive)(post)
Iran uses BULLDOZERS to clear debris from plane crash site while accusing US of ‘big lie’ that they shot it down (archive)(post)
Swiss Back Channel Helped Defuse U.S.-Iran Crisis (post)

January 11th:
UKRAINIAN AIRCRAFT WAS BROUGHT DOWN IN IRAN DUE TO 'HUMAN ERROR' (archive)(post)
Iran minister says 'human error' caused by 'US adventurism' led to deadly crash of Ukrainian jetliner (archive)(post)
Ukrainian aircraft was brought down in Iran due to 'human error' (archive)(post)
Trump, at Ohio rally, says Democrats would have leaked Soleimani attack plans (archive)(post)
The Atlantic's David Frum blames Trump for downing of plane in Iran, deaths of 176 (archive)(post)
Associated Press changes ‘shockingly bad’ headline about Soleimani, Ukrainian plane crash after backlash (archive)(post)
GOP Rep. Doug Collins apologizes for saying Democrats are 'in love with terrorists' (archive)(post)
Iran demands West 'show findings' as new video reveals aircraft was struck before fiery crash (archive)(post)
Warren town hall interrupted by angry protester accusing her of ‘siding with terrorists’ (archive)(post)
Trump administration announces new sanctions on Iran (archive)(post)
Prepare For the Worst From Iran Cyber Attacks, As DHS Issues Warning: Experts (archive)(post)
Trump tells Fox News' Laura Ingraham 'four embassies' were targeted in imminent threat from Iran (archive)(post)
Trump tweets support for Iranian protesters as they demand Khamenei quit (archive)(post)
Trump warns Iran against ‘another massacre’ as protests flare over downed jet (archive)(post)

January 12th:
Trump tweet in Farsi 'the most liked Persian tweet' in history of Twitter (archive)(post)
Iraq warned to keep US troops or risk financial blow-WSJ (archive)(post)
Iran arrests UK ambassador in what Britain calls ‘flagrant violation of international law’ (archive)(post)

January 13th:
Trump authorized Soleimani's killing 7 months ago, with conditions (archive)(post)

edit: This is a WIP. All links are posted in the order they appear in the thread, not in chronological order of their publication.


---Original OP before the merge---
Iraqi supporters of Iran-backed militia attack US Embassy
https://apnews.com/75228a8a607a44863b57021ac33264dc (http://archive.vn/ljm9Y)

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA12 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire.

An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw flames rising from inside the compound and at least three U.S. soldiers on the roof of the main building inside embassy. It was not clear what caused the fire at the reception area near the parking lot of the compound. A man on a loudspeaker urged the mob not to enter the compound, saying: “The message was delivered.”

The embassy attack followed deadly U.S. airstrikes on Sunday that killed 25 fighters of the Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Kataeb Hezbollah. The U.S. military said it was in retaliation for last week’s killing of an American contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base that it had blamed on the militia.

Dozens of protesters marched inside the compound after smashing the gate used by cars to enter the embassy. The protesters, many in militia uniform, stopped in a corridor after about 5 meters (16 feet), and were only about 200 meters away from the main building. Half a dozen U.S. soldiers were seen on the roof of the main building, their guns were pointed at the protesters.

Smoke from the tear gas rose in the area, and at least three of the protesters appeared to have difficulties breathing. It wasn’t immediately known whether the embassy staff had remained inside the main building.

The protesters hanged a poster on the wall: “America is an aggressor.”

Shouting “Down, Down USA,” the crowd tried to push inside the embassy grounds, hurling water and stones over its walls. They raised yellow militia flags and taunted the embassy’s security staff who remained behind the glass windows in the gates’ reception area. They sprayed graffiti on the wall and windows in red in support of the Kataeb Hezbollah militia: “Closed in the name of the resistance.”

Hundreds of angry protesters, some in militia uniforms, set up tents outside the embassy. As tempers rose, the mob set fire to three trailers used by security guards along the embassy wall.

No one was immediately reported hurt in the rampage and security staff had withdrawn to inside the embassy earlier, soon after protesters gathered outside.

The U.S. attack — the largest targeting an Iraqi state-sanctioned militia in recent years — and the subsequent calls by the militia for retaliation, represent a new escalation in the proxy war between the U.S. and Iran playing out in the Middle East.

Tuesday’s attempted embassy storming took place after mourners and supporters held funerals for the militia fighters killed in a Baghdad neighborhood, after which they marched on to the heavily fortified Green Zone and kept walking till they reached the sprawling U.S. Embassy there.

AP journalists then saw the crowd as they tried to scale the walls of the embassy, in what appeared to be an attempt to storm it, shouting “Down, down USA!” and “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday’s strikes send the message that the U.S. will not tolerate actions by Iran that jeopardize American lives.

The Iranian-backed Iraqi militia had vowed Monday to retaliate for the U.S. military strikes. The attack and vows for revenge raised concerns of new attacks that could threaten American interests in the region.

The U.S. attack also outraged both the militias and the Iraqi government, which said it will reconsider its relationship with the U.S.-led coalition — the first time it has said it will do so since an agreement was struck to keep some U.S. troops in the country. It called the attack a “flagrant violation” of its sovereignty.

In a partly televised meeting Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi told Cabinet members that he had tried to stop the U.S. operation “but there was insistence” from American officials.

The U.S. military said “precision defensive strikes” were conducted against five sites of Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq and Syria. The group, which is a separate force from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, operates under the umbrella of the state-sanctioned militias known collectively as the Popular Mobilization Forces. Many of them are supported by Iran.

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[KrusherKing]

Same. On the other hand, I remember the conveniently timed chemical attack in April 2017 in Syria and how Drumpft was gonna flood Syria with the blood of American troops for Shlomo.

It was pretty weird how when he said he wanted to pull troops out of Syria an attack just happened like that day after, And the fact the leftists were bitching about the pull out is damn hypocritical, like they want dead brown people

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Time to bust out an older meme.

I could see myself singing this rolling down Haifa street in an Abrams but seriously like @Dom Cruise said we either go all out or not at all.

 

[2WokeB4BrainPills]

It was pretty weird how when he said he wanted to pull troops out of Syria an attack just happened like that day after, And the fact the leftists were bitching about the pull out is damn hypocritical, like they want dead brown people

You can be sure that the usual suspects are gonna be working overtime to Tonkin (or 9/11) us into Iran regime change. The risk of a serious "Iranian-backed" attack on US military or civilians is high in the near term.

As much as the public is glad to be out of foreign entanglements now, the media will start beating the drums on cue to try to whip up public support. If the propaganda succeeds in pushing that support for action against Iran high enough among his base, there's a reasonable chance Trump will give in to the pressure. If he gives an inch, they'll try their damnedest to stretch it out a mile.

 

[who dare wins?]

The is a thing I would like to propose. That being when Iran is invaded what will be put in place? A American puppet? Ofc not. Not only that but people are forgetting the shitshow of northern Iran. Filled with loads of minorities from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kurds and other Assyriac people. If Iranian government right now where to fall the amount of warcrime that would occur would rival what happened in the former Yugoslavia. A clusterfuck which America could fuck up even further

 

[FunPosting101]

There's probably not going to be any sort of war, just Black Ops skullduggery and other assorted off the books stuff. Along with more sanctions possibly.

 

[KrusherKing]

You can be sure that the usual suspects are gonna be working overtime to Tonkin (or 9/11) us into Iran regime change. The risk of a serious "Iranian-backed" attack on US military or civilians is high in the near term.

As much as the public is glad to be out of foreign entanglements now, the media will start beating the drums on cue to try to whip up public support. If the propaganda succeeds in pushing that support for action against Iran high enough among his base, there's a reasonable chance Trump will give in to the pressure. If he gives an inch, they'll try their damnedest to stretch it out a mile.

The mainstream media and the left really want dead Iranians it seems

 

[AnotherPleb]

The mainstream media and the left really want dead Iranians it seems

Defense contractors are hungry to make more cash, and money talks.

 

[pwnest injun]

The embassy attacks didn't kill anyone. It was just symbolic. The retribution will be similar.

I expect a sabotage campaign.

 

[ColtWalker1847]

I hope the US self destructs with an all out attack on Iran. It would utterly cripple the US economy and further deteriorate relations abroad while at the same time leading to even more domestic political polarization.

Who says the US mounts a ground invasion?

The US Navy could just park a few Virginia-Class SSN's in international waters and blockade them and they couldn't do shit about it. It's not like civilian shipping is hard to sink. Especially big slow oil tankers. Bonus is that there isn't a rail network to ship the oil they produce and pretty much all of the neighboring countries with access to the sea hate their fucking guts. So what the are they gonna to? Escort tankers to China with their coastal defense boghammars against nuclear attack submarines? Good fucking luck. Iran is proper fucked strategically if it came to war shit. The only way they could "win" is the US curb stomps them then various remnants mount a persistent resistance and cobble something out of the broken shithole they created when the US leaves. But fucking why would the US do that again? It isn't a good strategy.

The big question is how messy Iran wants to make the Persian Gulf in retaliation. They learned from Operation Earnest Will and Praying Mantis. Their sea mine and silkworm game is on point. That sea is closed. Sure, it fucks over US regional allies but the US is pretty much oil independent now (thank you fracking and Bakken crude) so they can go fuck themselves. If the gulf oil exporting nations wish they can send their kids to die stomping Mullahs and pacifying the country. The new ME Cold War ain't our fight on the ground. The USN can just sit back and World Police on the waves. Maybe lob a Tomahawk or two when they are feeling frisky. That's how the US pins them down and shits on them until the mullahs cry uncle. Make their lives shit. Cut off access to the world. Send their boys home in body bags. And for the USN it's nothing more than boring patrols in the Indian Ocean with extra VA benefits.

 

[who dare wins?]

Who says the US mounts a ground invasion?

The US Navy could just park a few Virginia-Class SSN's in international waters and blockade them and they couldn't do shit about it. It's not like civilian shipping is hard to sink. Especially big slow oil tankers. Bonus is that there isn't a rail network to ship the oil they produce and pretty much all of the neighboring countries with access to the sea hate their fucking guts. So what the are they gonna to? Escort tankers to China with their coastal defense boghammars against nuclear attack submarines? Good fucking luck. Iran is proper fucked strategically if it came to war shit. The only way they could "win" is the US curb stomps them then various remnants mount a persistent resistance and cobble something out of the broken shithole they created when the US leaves. But fucking why would the US do that again? It isn't a good strategy.

The big question is how messy Iran wants to make the Persian Gulf in retaliation. They learned from Operation Earnest Will and Praying Mantis. Their sea mine and silkworm game is on point. That sea is closed. Sure, it fucks over US regional allies but the US is pretty much oil independent now (thank you fracking and Bakken crude) so they can go fuck themselves. If the gulf oil exporting nations wish they can send their kids to die stomping Mullahs and pacifying the country. The new ME Cold War ain't our fight on the ground. The USN can just sit back and World Police on the waves. Maybe lob a Tomahawk or two when they are feeling frisky. That's how the US pins them down and shits on them until the mullahs cry uncle. Make their lives shit. Cut off access to the world. Send their boys home in body bags. And for the USN it's nothing more than boring patrols in the Indian Ocean with extra VA benefits.

THe issue is that much of the (((democrat lobby))) want sit so they can have petty benefits over the deaths of marines. It seems to be the dems are trying to prop up a dictatorship with more steps and more "democraticaly". But like I have said before. When Iran implodes over oil, all fucking hell will break loose in the north of Iran.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Our mideast policy should just be a big map on a dart board. Wherever a dart hits, is where a nuke should go.

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

Iran is under some serious domestic shit right now. I don't want to sound like one of those NeoCons and/or ignorant globohomos but a good fraction of the Iranian people aren't our enemy at the moment.
Never interupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

Anyhow, it should read Kata'ib Hezbollah or just Kataib.
The Kataeb is a Lebanese militia which fucking hates Hezbollah and the Shiites in general. (HINT HINT any Fedposters or Glow Lurkers reading this right now)

 

[Secret Asshole]

I hope the US self destructs with an all out attack on Iran. It would utterly cripple the US economy and further deteriorate relations abroad while at the same time leading to even more domestic political polarization. It is evident Trump is the only person in the US government trying to avoid war with Iran, he's been keeping the walls locked from the likes of Bolton. But I don't think he can hold out anymore. Ironically the US president is all that stands between disaster and peace for America and the middle east for once. The swamp monsters want to start another Iraq but this times it would be Iraq x10 with costs x10 and regional collateral x10 with profit x10 for the Jewish lobby. I'm thankful they might finally get their way. It would lead to even faster relative decline for US influence abroad and open even more avenues for the likes of Russia and China to step in and take over. Trump is being a clever girl with his empty threats but girls can't hold swamp monsters back for long.

also, lol

Hahah, no. Iran would be wiped from the planet if we looked in their general direction. Their air power is utter trash and America wins war by air superiority, a doctrine that has been effective for the past 50+ years. We don't need an all out war to destroy Iran. We just cripple their air defense and rape them by air without touching a singular thing.

We park our ships in the Persian gulf and rape the Iranian navy to death. There is literally nothing they do. We then just blockade the country and kill their soldiers from leaving it. We let the civilians rebel and let them kill the government for us. You're absolutely high if you think a war with a nation as weak as Iran will cripple us.

We can destroy Iran without ever setting foot in their nation. The only reason Iran did this is because they believe that we won't utterly rape them into the dirt is because they're friends with Russia and China. The mullahs need a war because they need to drive nationalism and hate with the West because they're going to face a popular uprising we're only too happy to capitalize on. Its been getting worse over there. Saudi is also eventually going to face the same problem as well.

Iran is acting out of desperation because they're the ones in trouble.

 

[ShortBusDriver]

The is a thing I would like to propose. That being when Iran is invaded what will be put in place? A American puppet? Ofc not. Not only that but people are forgetting the shitshow of northern Iran. Filled with loads of minorities from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kurds and other Assyriac people. If Iranian government right now where to fall the amount of warcrime that would occur would rival what happened in the former Yugoslavia. A clusterfuck which America could fuck up even further

I mean i'd be happy if he just airdropped crates of AR15s into the country side and let rebels in Iran run amuck.

There's no winning in any of these shit hole countries, they need a brutal dictator like Saddam or Bashar to keep things in line.

But if you want to hit them where it hurts with minimal risk to American lives arming sketchy groups is the way to do it

Hahah, no. Iran would be wiped from the planet if we looked in their general direction. Their air power is utter trash and America wins war by air superiority, a doctrine that has been effective for the past 50+ years. We don't need an all out war to destroy Iran. We just cripple their air defense and rape them by air without touching a singular thing.

We park our ships in the Persian gulf and rape the Iranian navy to death. There is literally nothing they do. We then just blockade the country and kill their soldiers from leaving it. We let the civilians rebel and let them kill the government for us. You're absolutely high if you think a war with a nation as weak as Iran will cripple us.

We can destroy Iran without ever setting foot in their nation. The only reason Iran did this is because they believe that we won't utterly rape them into the dirt is because they're friends with Russia and China. The mullahs need a war because they need to drive nationalism and hate with the West because they're going to face a popular uprising we're only too happy to capitalize on. Its been getting worse over there. Saudi is also eventually going to face the same problem as well.

Iran is acting out of desperation because they're the ones in trouble.

Exactly, posts like MrTickles is the sort of insane fear of Iran that the Obama administration played up for 8 years.

Yeah they have a huge standing army, it's also completely meaningless in the kind of war the United States fights.
Cheap weapons like the Tomahawk have a stand off distance of nearly 1,000 miles, we can literally sit in the gulf hundreds of miles away from any weapon system they process and cripple their infrastructure and military bases in a 24 hour period. We know this works, we did it in Iraq.

Their Navy is small river patrol crafts, they have no air superiority.

Simply stated nobody is going to get bogged down putting boots on the ground because it isn’t needed if you have no intention of holding the ground.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

I mean i'd be happy if he just airdropped crates of AR15s into the country side and let rebels in Iran run amuck.

I don't think we want to start another civil war right after Trump finished cleaning up the mess Obama made in Syria. It would be enough to humiliate Iran's government, publicly and for all the world to see. Sink a few ships, deport a few exchange students, take a few hostages, whatever. Make them feel our thumb on their backs.

 

[haurchefant]

A war with Iran would be a bad idea and the people who pointed out this is deliberate shit stirring to try and get the US into a war make a good point.

That being said, jesus christ this is why I hate Muslims lmao. They smell like shit, they're rapist pedophiles, and when they're not schlonging each other they waddle into American territory screaming and shooting their bang bang sticks because Abdullah and Fatima are protesting against the mullahs and the only thing radicals can think of to do in response is to try killing Americans. Islam is such a disgusting stain on this beautiful world.

It'll be interesting to see what Trump does in response. He's not a perfect president but he does have ways of getting what he wants.

 

[who dare wins?]

I mean i'd be happy if he just airdropped crates of AR15s into the country side and let rebels in Iran run amuck.

There's no winning in any of these shit hole countries, they need a brutal dictator like Saddam or Bashar to keep things in line.

But if you want to hit them where it hurts with minimal risk to American lives arming sketchy groups is the way to do it

We did that in Afghanistan and that backfired on us real fucking hard

 

[It's HK-47]

"At least the trains still ran on-time when Hitler was in charge."

How the fuck did you ever make it into the NSA with an IQ lower than room temperature.

 

[kobebyarlant]

Hillary Clinton Slams Trump For Not Taking A More 'Hands-Off' Approach To Embassy Attack

WASHINGTON, D.C—Hillary Clinton has slammed President Trump on Twitter for not taking a more "hands-off" approach to the protests in Iraq that threatened American lives at the embassy there.After Trump quickly sent Marines to defend Americans trapped at the embassy, Clinton immediately blasted...

babylonbee.com

WASHINGTON, D.C—Hillary Clinton has slammed President Trump on Twitter for not taking a more "hands-off" approach to the protests in Iraq that threatened American lives at the embassy there.

After Trump quickly sent Marines to defend Americans trapped at the embassy, Clinton immediately blasted him for taking such "rash, uncalled-for" action when he could have just "waited around a while to see what happens."

"If I were president, I definitely would have let things play out," she said. "Sending American troops to protect American lives seems a little hasty. What if you need to get a little shut-eye or recharge in your lizard person spawning chamber for a few hours?"

"I would have slept on it first."

She later admitted her criticisms might not matter, because, "What difference, at this point, does it make?"

Meanwhile, Americans under siege at the embassy took a few moments to thank God that Hillary Clinton is not the president of the United States.

 

[Freddy Freaker]

Hillary Clinton Slams Trump For Not Taking A More 'Hands-Off' Approach To Embassy Attack

WASHINGTON, D.C—Hillary Clinton has slammed President Trump on Twitter for not taking a more "hands-off" approach to the protests in Iraq that threatened American lives at the embassy there.After Trump quickly sent Marines to defend Americans trapped at the embassy, Clinton immediately blasted...

babylonbee.com

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WASHINGTON, D.C—Hillary Clinton has slammed President Trump on Twitter for not taking a more "hands-off" approach to the protests in Iraq that threatened American lives at the embassy there.

After Trump quickly sent Marines to defend Americans trapped at the embassy, Clinton immediately blasted him for taking such "rash, uncalled-for" action when he could have just "waited around a while to see what happens."

"If I were president, I definitely would have let things play out," she said. "Sending American troops to protect American lives seems a little hasty. What if you need to get a little shut-eye or recharge in your lizard person spawning chamber for a few hours?"

"I would have slept on it first."

She later admitted her criticisms might not matter, because, "What difference, at this point, does it make?"

Meanwhile, Americans under siege at the embassy took a few moments to thank God that Hillary Clinton is not the president of the United States.

God bless the Babylon Bee. Seriously, the media whores start drooling over DRUMPFTS BENGHAZI like with Joker and not only do they get btfo but everyone gets a reminder of Hillary sleeping through Benghazi and Obama and the media trying to cover it up as durka durkas mad at youtube and if you think it happened diferent or could've been prevented you're a conspiracy whacko