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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[Ponderous Pillock]

I just want to know what the situation room looked like.

Trump sat in the chair, spoon dipping into ice cream as he watches the drone footage.

"You're fired" he mutters as the drone hits the airport.

 

[Huitzilopochtli]

I just want to know what the situation room looked like.

Trump sat in the chair, spoon dipping into ice cream as he watches the drone footage.

"You're fired" he mutters as the drone hits the airport.

If I were any foreign warlord of note, I would be especially careful with my travel plans any time Trump is likely to be eating dessert.

 

[Sanshain]

I love how the same people that defend individuals who had cursory contact with Epstein at some point in their careers use the exact same logic in reverse to try and make it seem like DA DEWS are behind everything.

'You can't condemn a man based on a casual business association you can't even prove he had for more than a single chance encounter!'

'This man was once the beneficiary of a charity that indirectly received funding from an organisation who once had a board member with a Jewish last name. THIS IS INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE OF THE ZIONIST CONSPIRACY. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU NOT SEE IT YOU MINDLESS SHEEP.'

Give me a break.

 

[BONE_Buddy]

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“The Red Flag bring hoisted on The Holy Dome Of Jamkarān Mosque, Qom, #Iran. As stated in a previous tweet, according to old #Iranian tradition this is a symbol of battle/war to come. https://t.co/U8p3p135c9”

twitter.com

Iranians have done the equivalent of turning the Flag upside-down.

"Raise the flag of national humiliation (and totally imminent revenge)"

Global: MilitaryInfo on Twitter

“#FLASH: A rocket landed near the US Embassy in #Baghdad - Al Arabiya”

twitter.com

Also a bottle rocket landed "near" our embassy in Baghdad.

 

[Jump]

What is IRAN going to do now?

If they do anything then they loose their only source of income.
Putin already told them at the UN he isn't coming to bail them out of their mistake and oil prices spiking actually helps Russia since it is a big oil exporter.
Now what Iran?

Lindsey Graham on Twitter

“To the Iranian government: If you want to stay in the oil business leave America and our allies alone and stop being the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world.”

twitter.com

 

[murdered meat bag]

I love how the same people that defend individuals who had cursory contact with Epstein at some point in their careers use the exact same logic in reverse to try and make it seem like DA DEWS are behind everything.

'You can't condemn a man based on a casual business association you can't even prove he had for more than a single chance encounter!'

'This man was once the beneficiary of a charity that indirectly received funding from an organisation who once had a board member with a Jewish last name. THIS IS INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE OF THE ZIONIST CONSPIRACY. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU NOT SEE IT YOU MINDLESS SHEEP.'

Give me a break.

Its easy to blame the jews because you just extrapolate their shitty everyday behavior to the world stage. no one denies that jews own a lot of media corporations or that they wield a lot of political power.

it'd be impossible to convince gentiles with any experience with jewish culture that this isnt the case. because jewish behavior is just terrible. and that the jews double or triple down on it is another hurdle to easing anti jewish sentiments.

nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[PantsFreeZone]

Fuck off Doomers, if you want this sensation, why not do some service overseas?

Because I believe in equality. We white males are clearly evil powermongers and the cause of all the problems of the modern world.

Time to let women and POC die for the liberty and freedom we all enjoy so much. #Resist #BlueWave2020

 

[Huitzilopochtli]

What is IRAN going to do now?

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If they do anything then they loose their only source of income.
Putin already told them at the UN he isn't coming to bail them out of their mistake and oil prices spiking actually helps Russia since it is a big oil exporter.
Now what Iran?

Lindsey Graham on Twitter

“To the Iranian government: If you want to stay in the oil business leave America and our allies alone and stop being the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world.”

twitter.com

The Saudis have capped Iranian oil production through OPEC for the last (I think) 8 years. I'm thinking a dispositioning of their refineries will hurt the EU at this point in a more dramatic fashion than Iran ((EDIT: coupled with existing sanctions) any sustained conflict will likely upend their government into a failed state).

 

[BONE_Buddy]

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“The rocket that landed in #Baghdad appears to have stuck a house were 3 people are reportedly injured.”

twitter.com

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“4 “Katyusha” rockets were fired towards Balad Airbase. Initial reports suggest no damage. Will update accordingly. (Katyusha is in quotes because every rocket launched at the moment is reported as katyusha)”

twitter.com

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“Two rockets fell inside Balad Air Base in the housing area, no casualities reported according to reports.”

twitter.com

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“5 people however were injured due to the rocket landing in the Al-Jadriya neighborhood in #Baghdad.”

twitter.com

Iran backed militias are popping of a few bottle rockets in the general direction of American infrastructure, only hits Iraqi civilians.

 

[Ponderous Pillock]

If I were any foreign warlord of note, I would be especially careful with my travel plans any time Trump is likely to be eating dessert.

"Come Ibrahim, we must go. One of our scouts thinks something is up."

"My god Abu. Trump's Twitter says he's eating Baked Alaska! We can't leave for another hour!"

 

[Sanshain]

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“The rocket that landed in #Baghdad appears to have stuck a house were 3 people are reportedly injured.”

twitter.com

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“4 “Katyusha” rockets were fired towards Balad Airbase. Initial reports suggest no damage. Will update accordingly. (Katyusha is in quotes because every rocket launched at the moment is reported as katyusha)”

twitter.com

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“Two rockets fell inside Balad Air Base in the housing area, no casualities reported according to reports.”

twitter.com

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“5 people however were injured due to the rocket landing in the Al-Jadriya neighborhood in #Baghdad.”

twitter.com

Iran backed militias are popping of a few bottle rockets in the general direction of American infrastructure, only hits Iraqi civilians.

Now we watch @3119967d0c explain how these are actually perfectly acceptable casualties and that it's the thought that counts, not the consequences. Mayhaps @MrTickles will come in to help us all understand why this actually an Iranian 'victory' and that because of this, the entire US military ought to be quaking in their boots. After all, these incredible soldiers are so terrifyingly unstoppable and well-motivated that they don't even mind killing civilians in order to sink their teeth into the necks of their oppressors. Against such determination, we are doomed.

 

[Kornheiser]

Now we watch @3119967d0c explain how these are actually perfectly acceptable casualties and that it's the thought that counts, not the consequences. Mayhaps @MrTickles will come in to help us all understand why this actually an Iranian 'victory' and that because of this, the entire US military ought to be quaking in their boots. After all, these incredible soldiers are so terrifyingly unstoppable and well-motivated that they don't even mind killing civilians in order to sink their teeth into the necks of their oppressors. Against such determination, we are doomed.

I think the first guy you mentioned is thread banned for being asshurt about the Jews and the attack.

 

[BONE_Buddy]

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“Kata’ib #Hezbollah, according to @AlMayadeenLive have requested that secuirty agencies in #Iraq stay at least 1000 meters away from #US bases starting from tomorrow evening.”

twitter.com

Global: MilitaryInfo on Twitter

“#BREAKING: Commander of Katai'b Hezbollah warns Iraqi security forces to stay at least 1000m away from U.S. installations in #Iraq - starting Sunday evening.”

twitter.com

New Commander of Iraqi Hezbollah requests/orders/warns Iraqi security forces to stay 1km away from American facilities, starting Sunday night.

Note: being an Iranian paramilitary force they have no legal authority to force security forces to stay away.

Make of that what you will.

 

[Homegrown Homophobia]

It's worth checking out the Michael Moore Facebook page. Since yesterday he's been on full 100% shill mode for Iran, writing peans about how "beautiful" the Iranian people are and bullshit that you would have seen back during the Obama years when the US was in full capitulation mode to the Mullahs.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Does anyone actually think this will spiral into ww3 or is it just meme?

 

[Ponderous Pillock]

Aurora Intel - #StayHome on Twitter

“Kata’ib #Hezbollah, according to @AlMayadeenLive have requested that secuirty agencies in #Iraq stay at least 1000 meters away from #US bases starting from tomorrow evening.”

twitter.com

Global: MilitaryInfo on Twitter

“#BREAKING: Commander of Katai'b Hezbollah warns Iraqi security forces to stay at least 1000m away from U.S. installations in #Iraq - starting Sunday evening.”

twitter.com

New Commander of Iraqi Hezbollah requests/orders/warns Iraqi security forces to stay 1km away from American facilities, starting Sunday night.

Note: being an Iranian paramilitary force they have no legal authority to force security forces to stay away.

Make of that what you will.

It's so nice of Iraqi Hezbollah to give the USAF a nice bloc of target area to just lay waste to if anyone's caught moving about.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

Does anyone actually think this will spiral into ww3 or is it just meme?

Nobody is going to take Iran's side on this. They wrote an angry letter to the UN and Russia declared the strike was acceptable retaliation. If Russia isn't siding with Iran then China isn't either, especially since attacking an embassy is one of the biggest diplomatic taboos.

 

[RA-5C Vigilante]

I just want to know what the situation room looked like.

Trump sat in the chair, spoon dipping into ice cream as he watches the drone footage.

"You're fired" he mutters as the drone hits the airport.

All I can think of is the scene from Clear and Present Danger when the house gets fucking obliterated.

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[Kacho]

Does anyone actually think this will spiral into ww3 or is it just meme?

People start this WW3 meme over some asinine thing every few years and it always amounts to jack shit.

 

[Jump]

Does anyone actually think this will spiral into ww3 or is it just meme?

Just a meme. Lots of shit talking on twitter and TV but no one is going to rush in to aid Iran.
I was thinking maybe things could blow up bigly if Iran decided to suicide by shelling our Greatest Ally but I don't see how they could move anything substantial in to range with out getting smoked enroute. The reapers are circling overhead like hawks over a field looking for a mouse.