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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[AgriDrThunder]

Trump really just killed that dude, the absolute madman. I am proud that America is the guardian of Israel and all else that is right in the world. May G-d bless and keep our first Jewish president.

 

[Hereitis]

Do something pussy. Glass it or stfu.

 

[RodgerDodger]

It will be cool to see how the White House twists assassinating one of the most important figures and commanders in the fight against ISIS, Al Nusra, and Al Qaeda into an excuse for the absolute smooth brained hogs that are the American public into welcoming another forever war.

He ordered the attack of a US embassy. The Iranian's kind of have a bit of history with such things. It's probably best to discourage it.

 

[Shield Breaker]

Thread was finally merged, yay.

 

[Thornforg]

I totally understand why people are concerned (and even upset or angry). Nobody should be rooting for yet another "regime change" war ... Especially since the US has a bad track record with them, and especially in recent history.

However, you can't just do nothing when someone acted first. I'm not throwing confetti around over the possibility of another war. However, I am glad that there was a response to an attack that was done on us first. I am very much hoping that Iran gets the message and leaves things at that ( ). If not, then I want the US to react accordingly again.

I generally agree with this statement. Could this lead to WW3 while Boogaloo 2020 is just around the corner? Yeah, it could. But it was a fair and measured response to the embassy if intel was correct for once. As people have stated, Soleimani wasn't very popular with the Iranian people to begin with, and we can only hope that Iran lets it go and looks at it as a blessing. Otherwise we're going to be playing whack-a-general an awful lot in 2020.

If Russia responds to this at all, it'll probably be with a "What the fuck did you expect to happen?".

Honestly, I yearn for the day when we grasp hands with Russia and glass the entire fucking sandbox together, because it's just not worth it anymore. We can find another playground to test our cool, new shit on each other. One where it's not 120 degrees in the fucking shade all goddamn year long.

 

[zap2theextreme]

He ordered the attack of a US embassy. The Iranian's kind of have a bit of history with such things. It's probably best to discourage it.

Yeah and there's WMDs in Iraq
dis nigga retarded

 

[big ups liquid richard]

At least Trump didn't start a war, they said.

Bit early to call this a war
However, I've seen the right give Trump a pass on everything so far when it comes to things he promised, and war will certainly be added to the list if it comes to that.

Well, he was never reasonably accused of not being a big fan of the Jews.

Which is why its strange the anti jewish crowd continue to give him permission to give the jews everything they want.

 

[pipcome]

Iran top military commander is killed, chief of Hezbollah is killed,
Iran Militia leaders just got captured.

 

[A Logging Company]

I'm somewhat split on this retaliation. On the one hand, our embassy in one of our key colonies allies was overrun, with a casualty. But this is the equivalent of killing a major US official. Trump did make it clear with the drone that was shot down that he would only retaliate if there was loss of life, but holy shit did he take one hell of an eye for what amounts to an average working stiff. I'm hoping the US are leaving escalation or deescalation in Iran's court for now. Does anyone know if the embassy attack was provoked or if it was just them fucking around? I know Iran has been having long term economic problems from sanctions as well.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Found this from /pol/, was he a in car or something that he looks like someone sweeped all the parts together like a cube. On a side note, most of /pol/ is mad and figured out he was a hardcore zionist all along.

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[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Twitter

https://archive.vn/mWHkd

 

[soy]

I'm somewhat split on this retaliation. On the one hand, our embassy in one of our key colonies allies was overrun, with a casualty. But this is the equivalent of killing a major US official. Trump did make it clear with the drone that was shot down that he would only retaliate if there was loss of life, but holy shit did he take one hell of an eye for what amounts to an average working stiff. I'm hoping the US are leaving escalation or deescalation in Iran's court for now. Does anyone know if the embassy attack was provoked or if it was just them fucking around? I know Iran has been having long term economic problems from sanctions as well.

trump doesn't have to follow some autistic if X then Y thing based on shit he said

They were coordinating killing US personnel at our embassy, we pre-empted them, they got droned, simple and clean. Get owned Iran.

 

[WonderWino]

Speaking of retaliation.... this happened:

Iran vows revenge for US attack that killed powerful general

BAGHDAD — Iran promised to seek revenge for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed the mastermind of its interventions across the Middle East, and the U.S. said Friday that it was sending thousands more troops to the region as tensions soared in the wake of the targeted killing.The...

ca.news.yahoo.com

The US apparently killed a rather high ranking iranian general on the direct orders of trump

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

It's not like civilian shipping is hard to sink. Especially big slow oil tankers.

Tell that to the Norwegian Navy. They are 0-1 against VLCC's.

But it's so much more satisfying to drop the super amazing Ninja Missile's on them one at a time. It dices, it slices, it puree's and it still won't make a mess of civilian bystanders!

Either every picture I've seen of supposed R9X hits are fake or the hit tonight was conventional payloads. There aren't even scorch marks on this one and those SUV's are burning, twisted wrecks.

 

[big ups liquid richard]

. On a side note, most of /pol/ is mad and figured out he was a hardcore zionist all along.

They have to be really fucking dense if it took them this long to figure it out.

 

[It's HK-47]

Does anyone know if the embassy attack was provoked or if it was just them fucking around?

It didn't come out of the blue. Like Benghazi, there were a series of attacks building up to the attack on the embassy.

 

[No Ma'ams Land]

There will be momentary arguments over the legalities and consequences of this hit, but I see it maintaining the same amount of palace intrigue as the extrajudicial droning of that US kid. Probably less since these dudes were known quantities. The parties are surprisingly bipartisan when it comes to drone death.

 

[Y2K Baby]

Twitter

https://archive.vn/mWHkd

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>Implying literally any major power would back Iran
???

Iran's the country equivalent of a school shooter.

 

[zap2theextreme]

When you brutalize, demolish, and rape a country for 20 years and destabilize it so badly that a literal death cult takes over, and you continue to proceed to bomb the people that are attempting to fight it you don't need to "instigate" an attack. Motherfuckers are going to storm an embassy

 

[Superman93]

Found this from /pol/, was he a in car or something that he looks like someone sweeped all the parts together like a cube. On a side note, most of /pol/ is mad and figured out he was a hardcore zionist all along.

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Walk it off pussy!