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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[WutangLee]

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shalom

Irony being the Israeli's were begging Obama to let them kill this guy, but he nixxed it every time.

 

[Franjevina]

LOL at the Americans commenting on this guy,while they can't even point where Iraq or Iran are on world map .

If Jews say jump - USA jumps .

 

[Regu]

LOL at the Americans commenting on this guy,while they can't even point where Iraq or Iran are on world map .

If Jews say jump - USA jumps .

>Iran attacks US embassy in their country.
>US drone strikes the Iranian idiot who ordered it like any sane country would in response to being attacked.
>iT wAs tEh jOoZwS

 

[Dom Cruise]

I really do find it darkly funny that not even two days into the new decade and this shit happens.

But I'm gonna be really optimistic and say what if this is a war that goes well? We kick Iran's ass and it's finally done with, what if that's what gets America's groove back and makes the 2020s the Neo 1980s I dreamed of?

Because part of what's gone wrong for us and why SJWs gained the foothold they did is the Iraq war went poorly, it shook up our confidence greatly, much like America after Vietnam.

But now things might change, hey, I can dream.

 

[Franjevina]

>Iran attacks US embassy in their country.
>US drone strikes the Iranian idiot who ordered it like any sane country would in response to being attacked.
>iT wAs tEh jOoZwS

And who says it was Iran ? CNN or Mossad told you so ?

And let's not forget how USA walked into Iraq in 2003 .

 

[Dom Cruise]

Just imagine how idiotic the left will seem pissing and moaning about a war that America unequivocally wins?

I share anyone's hesitance about America getting into another war, believe me, I hope it doesn't happen, but realistically there's only so much America can tolerate before it has to kick some ass, what do you expect us to do? We can't let another country walk all over us.

 

[nagant 1895]

Well that sucked. Where is Herman Kahn when you need him?
I hope the brinksmanship school of thought has some good students still kicking around in the DoD and foreign service because that's the game now.
I can pull only one silver lining off of this cloud: The theocratic leadership of Iran is mildly relieved that a popular, non clerical, figure capable of fielding and at least partially funding his own armed forces is now no longer a threat to their power or control. This may moderate their response... slightly.

I get it, i mean if one of our generals was just rolling around Tibet setting up freedom fighters to attack Chinese military bases it would be dumb if the Chinese didn't ice him. But on the other hand... Jesus Christ this is kicking-the-dog-until-it-bites strategy.

 

[The Final Troondown]

I see trump is getting his obama on wasting millions in ME conflicts for no good reason

'america first' tho, this strain dosen't make you israel's pawn bro bro its indica

 

[Regu]

And who says it was Iran ? CNN or Mossad told you so ?

And let's not forget how USA walked into Iraq in 2003 .

>Iran is on the brick of civil war
>be the powers that be there
>need a common foe to stop it
>make constant aggressive rhetoric against the US in hope of baiting a war
>US embassy is attacked in your third most hated foe's capital
>guy who the US says did it is in your third most hated foe's capital.
>he's one of your generals, known for being the McCain of your country
>he dies ingloriously to a drone strike while the US doesn't deploy any troops beyond securing their own embassy, which is legally US soil
>I bEt tEh JoOwSz dID DIS

 

[Jaimas]

And who says it was Iran ? CNN or Mossad told you so ?

And let's not forget how USA walked into Iraq in 2003 .

/pol/ called. It wants its Autism back.

 

[los pepes]

I see trump is getting his obama on wasting millions in ME conflicts for no good reason

'america first' tho, this strain dosen't make you israel's pawn bro bro its indica

We can piss away millions or billions indefinitely glassing these goat fuckers. If we are smart enough to keep it to air power and proxies they will run out of generals and mullahs long before we run out of hellfires.

Millions and billions are fine. Trillions are not. But we only spend trillions if we foolishly tried to invade and occupy them. We can kill their politicians, religious leaders, and military commanders from the air until they cry uncle or are forced to go so far underground and incommunicado to stay alive that they are rendered ineffective anyway. In fact, in that type of struggle their inability to protect their high value targets makes them look like weak horse losers. Especially when their only retaliation ability is to have their proxies launch a bunch of indirect fire at regional American military bases and hope they get lucky and kill some poor random low rank.

 

[Regu]

Good Goyim

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I was unaware that Jews replaced cause and effect. I'll be sure to blame them next time something happens and I need to response to it.

 

[PantsFreeZone]

Whatever you think is gonna happen here, one thing is clear: Jews and Israel are a cancer. Can't trust the fuckers. If you haven't realized that by now then you're really not the iconoclast you think you are.

I see alot of people talking about Israel regarding this strike. Or about forever war.

Read any of my post history and you'll know my feelings about the big-nose tribe, but this has almost nothing to do with Israel other than the fact that we are mired in the Middle East because of that tiny patch of sand.

This is about precision aggression and sending a message. The Iranians have been pushing everyone around for almost a year without repercussions. There have been 8 different incidents from shooting down a drone to rocket attacks on civilians.

Eventually, if we do nothing because we don't want to provoke a war, they are going to force us into one by doing something so egregious that the American public and the warmonger media/political elite will demand it.

This kind of surgical strike unsettles the top of the Iranian military, destabilizes their operational efficacy, fires up those in their public that want regime change and sends the message that we aren't fucking around when it comes to red lines.

You can't be the Gordon Ramsey of the kitchen if you are unwilling to call someone a "fucking donkey" every once in a while.

Hell, you should know this was the right move by the way faggots like Ben Rhodes and the mainstream media are reacting like it is a disaster.

 

[TowinKarz]

I get it, i mean if one of our generals was just rolling around Tibet setting up freedom fighters to attack Chinese military bases it would be dumb if the Chinese didn't ice him. But on the other hand... Jesus Christ this is kicking-the-dog-until-it-bites strategy.

He'd still be alive today if they hadn't attacked the embassy, overwhelming tit for tat within 48 hours USED to be how you kept your embassy staff safe.

 

[GranDuke]

I can pull only one silver lining off of this cloud: The theocratic leadership of Iran is mildly relieved that a popular, non clerical, figure capable of fielding and at least partially funding his own armed forces is now no longer a threat to their power or control. This may moderate their response... slightly.

I kinda wonder if that wasn't what they expected/wanted? Him being in such place was very weird, wouldn't be surprised if he got some fake intel and thought that he was safe there.

 

[Otterly]

I’m not sure how I feel about this. It’s an extremely provocative move, and a slap for the Iraqis as well as it was done on their turf. It’s a clear warning that America can do what it wants in Iraq.
Solomeini was very popular in Iran and extremely influential in the wider area. They will have to retaliate from this, they can’t do nothing and lose face.
It also does reinforce the mullah’s grip, as noted above. But the US doesn’t lose by having the mullahs in power.
The least damaging policy would be one of containment - allowing the insane demographics of the region to take their course (aren’t a huge percent of the population young?) while quietly sniping off threats in the background via sabotage and waiting until we are longer dependent on ME oil and we can just let The entire Middle East turn into a casualty of climate change. Give it fifty years and remove the oil revenue and there is nothing there to replace it. Dubai is trying to modernise and go for financial centre but I don’t think they will succeed. The climate is hellish and the native population is lazy. Everything works on expat labour despite attempts to change. Once the temperature heats up another few degrees it will be unliveable
Anyway. This is a very blatant assassination and removes the ability to deny or ignore it.
I also wonder what the Saudi pressure was to take this guy out? The strikes on the oil fields there were not widely reported but it was a significant loss of production capacity and Iran was behind it.
It’ll be difficult to keep the lid on this. I’d be interested in finding a good impartial analysis if anyone had a link?

 

[IwegalBadnik]

Good Goyim

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Dude, it’s January 3rd.

Put down the bottle already.

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As far as this affair goes, I tend to suspect the Iranians will shit themselves and do nothing—at least in the short term. They might try something in the future, I don’t know.

Others here are correct though that the Iranian leadership might use this more as a domestic allegiance tool than anything else.

 

[Terrorist]

You can't be the Gordon Ramsey of the kitchen if you are unwilling to call someone a "fucking donkey" every once in a while.

Hell, you should know this was the right move by the way faggots like Ben Rhodes and the mainstream media are reacting like it is a disaster.

Where you and I differ is that I don't think we should waste lives and money trying to herd a bunch of donkey-fucking Fucking Donkeys in the first place. And how do you know "precision aggression" will for sure make them back down and not lead to retaliation?

The mainstream would be cheering this on if it was Hilldawg or Dronebama, their problem is that it's unstable dorumphe doing it. The anti-war left is a complete farce, they voted for Iraq until it was unfashionable.

 

[Dom Cruise]

I was unaware that Jews replaced cause and effect. I'll be sure to blame them next time something happens and I need to response to it.

That's the thing that's so ridiculous about conspiracy theorists, even assuming their pet conspiracies are true, believing that every single thing that happens in the world is thanks to their conspiracy is beyond absurd and childish.

 

[Basil II]

In one thread A&H went from "Fuck foreverwars, get out of the middle east" to "YES DON, KILL THEM, START MOAR WARS" not that this wasn't the right move, but everyone seems to want war with Iran.