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.


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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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IwegalBadnik said:
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.
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I think there will be a lot of pressure to do something. They know outright aggression is a bad idea but I’d suspect smal scale attacks on US assets in some of the other countries solemeini had involvement with, or even in europe are a possibility?
 
so here is how I see it: iran is nasty, and (part of) the reason iran is nasty is because the united states made it so. nasty iran produces nasty people. united states labels nasty people from iran terrorists, which makes them eligible for extraterritorial murder without having to declare war on them.

I am aware that dumb piece of shit was behind the attack on the US embassy in iraq, and he should consider himself lucky he got to hell so painlessly, but I am not really fond of this precedent of extraterritorial murder just because it is too inconvenient for USA to formally declare war. if pol pot and saddam housein got a fair trial, why can't this guy? because he staged an attack on civilians and diplomats? pol pot and saddam housein did a lot worse, yet they didn't get assassinated, and that's part of why I think it is a really terrible precedent to set for the future if a government can arbitrarily label anyone "terrorist" to have them be assassinated: it isn't even used consistently. even subhumans deserve a fair trial before their execution.

maybe I am missing some details from this incident, but that's the way I see it.
 
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....well, that’s a take.
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This is a major problem for Iran and it will weaken them for the next years.


Buttigieg2020 said:
So there was just an Iranian general chilling in Iraqi territory with a group that just took credit for attacking an embassy?
What the fuck did he think was going to happen?
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He was there to train them and to plan for them and a couple of other things. he was one of the 2 realy important officers in the fight against ISIS.
The other is Haftar of Libya.
 
RodgerDodger said:
Trump remains one of th eeasiest of US presidents to predict. Yet they always assume the opposite. Granted Obama was easy to predict too. You simply assumed he would do nothing nor retaliate in any measurable way and you would be right. But Trump is remarkably straightforward about his actions. Anyone surprised just doesn't pay attention.
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It's always possible that even Tehran got fooled by the US media that concerns itself more with writing opinion pieces than reporting actions of Trump's. How many articles come out every day about what Trump REALLY means about one thing or another?
 
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Why?, just leave the middle east, every war there has been pointless and every country that does get involved makes shit worse e.g. USA training Al-Qaeda to fight the Russians.
They have been killing each other for 100s if not 1000s of years and they aren't going to change, so just let them wipe each other out without getting involved.
 
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Why?, just leave the middle east, every war there has been pointless and every country that does get involved makes shit worse e.g. USA training Al-Qaeda to fight the Russians.
They have been killing each other for 100s if not 1000s of years and they aren't going to change, so just let them wipe each other out without getting involved.
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He straight up attacked U.S. soil so Donny had to respond, I hate the foreverwars but this was an actual attack on the U.S.
 
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Why people think this will end up with war is beyond me.

This is typical response counter response. Iran will instigate a war, not the US. As far as we're concerned, we've resolved the incident. The general behind the attacks was reduced to fine red mist. There's no need to retaliate further. Iran's foreign operations have been dealt a hard blow that will take years to recover.

I want to posit all "ITS DA JOOOS" posters here.

Should we have done absolutely nothing as Iran starts shit and attacks our soil with impunity? Embassies are US territory, functionally attacking an embassy is attacking the US itself. Should we have let this massive faggot continue to plan attacks on our assets, diplomats and soldiers with impunity? If Yes, you're a cucked faggot and you should shut your fucking mouth. If no, it under minds your fucktarded "JOOOS" arguement.

The amount of gormless idiots shouting jews in this thread is hilarious.

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“Rose McGowan” was trending on Twitter, and for some reason I thought it was the name of the girl from Titanic, so I got curious and well...
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Hey dumb cunt. Iran has plotted attacks on US soil against US civilians.
 
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Secret Asshole said:
Why people think this will end up with war is beyond me.

This is typical response counter response. Iran will instigate a war, not the US.

I want to posit all "ITS DA JOOOS" posters here.

Should we have done absolutely nothing as Iran starts shit and attacks our soil with impunity? Embassies are US territory, functionally attacking an embassy is attacking the US itself. Should we have let this massive faggot continue to plan attacks on our assets, diplomats and soldiers with impunity? If Yes, you're a cucked faggot and you should shut your fucking mouth. If no, it under minds your fucktarded "JOOOS" arguement.

The amount of gormless idiots shouting jews in this thread is hilarious.



Hey dumb cunt. Iran has plotted attacks on US soil against US civilians.
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Bruh only a fraction of the Jew posting is serious.
 
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Does this look like a thing that could blow into a war or people are blowing stuff out of proportion as usual? Kind of scared because of wars started with something tangibly unrelated (gulf of Tonkin and so on) because one side dope-slapped the other for being so headachingly stupid.
 
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