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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[Jet Fuel Johnny]

Dem leaders mad they aren't notified in advance because it prevents them from warning the targets and being heroes to SOMEONE since they're pretty much reviled back home.

Personally, I'm surprised Kerry and Omar haven't run off to Iran to "assist in peacemaking" AKA "passing them data" yet.

 

[who dare wins?]

Dem leaders mad they aren't notified in advance because it prevents them from warning the targets and being heroes to SOMEONE since they're pretty much reviled back home.

Personally, I'm surprised Kerry and Omar haven't run off to Iran to "assist in peacemaking" AKA "passing them data" yet.

I know for a fact that the democrats want a fucking war. It doesn't surprise me either that Cortez hasn't gone their to become a Shia cumslut sending info to their imam leader. Who was brace enough to call the government of burgerfuckistan "mentally retarded"

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

WATCH: Iran unveils red flag of revenge against America at mosque

A blood-red flag symbolizing vengeance unfurled Saturday above the dome of Jamarkaran Mosque in Qom, Iran, a day after the United States killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al Muhandis.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

WATCH: Iran unveils red flag of revenge against America at mosque

"I know we've been shouting 'Death to America' for 40 years, but this time we MEAN it!"

 

[Kornheiser]

Do a lot of celebrities have business interests that are being threatened if Iran collapses? I mean I get that they hate Trump but the overreaction makes it seems like they want the US to lose.

 

[Huitzilopochtli]

Dem leaders mad they aren't notified in advance because it prevents them from warning the targets and being heroes to SOMEONE since they're pretty much reviled back home.

Personally, I'm surprised Kerry and Omar haven't run off to Iran to "assist in peacemaking" AKA "passing them data" yet.

I'm a little surprised Kerry wasn't collateraled in Soleimani's car.

Do a lot of celebrities have business interests that are being threatened if Iran collapses? I mean I get that they hate Trump but the overreaction makes it seems like they want the US to lose.

That's unknown. It is likely that they just hate him. Democrat politicians, especially after impeachment, are doing their damnedest to bring the President to heel, which isn't working well. Since it became apparent that Trump's administration was highly porous, with lower tier staffers thinking that they have a better understanding of what needs to be done leaking info to the press, Trump has not informed anyone, including the Gang of Eight, of any impending military strike. This isn't the first, and will not be the last.

 

[Superman93]

Which ever mod dropped the hammer I and everyone else here salute you then. You have to be a extra sort of exceptional to be banned as a true and honest fan.

To be honest I wish he wasn’t banned despite he’s ranting about da joos. He’s an actual Iranian so he’s perspective on things would’ve been interesting.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

Do a lot of celebrities have business interests that are being threatened if Iran collapses? I mean I get that they hate Trump but the overreaction makes it seems like they want the US to lose.

The US losing has always excited most celebrities for some reason. They love the idea of America getting fucked up, American lives being lost, and weeping over the poor poor citizens of the country that attacks the US.

I don't know what it is about Hollywood and fame and wealth that turns people against the very country and system that lets them live like Gods.

Trump has not informed anyone, including the Gang of Eight, of any impending military strike. This isn't the first, and will not be the last.

Wasn't there a couple of military strikes and military movements that got fucked up because of Dems and staffers leaking shit in order to harm the Trump Administration?

 

[Ponderous Pillock]

I'd be happy to see all three as documentaries.

I'm unfamiliar with the F-4 kludgeshit, I just knew their airforce is a joke, so let's get the trifecta in here in mocking Iran's assets. We dunked on sea, we dunked on land, elucidate me on how they fucked up the air.

TFW you just spend a year looking at sharks swimming around your boat in South Africa. At least that was a story an old navy man told me during his service in the 1970s.

Well let's start with their stealth fighter... The Qaher 313 who's airframe is totally unstealthy, and where they just fucking made a model and flew it about claiming it totally worked.

Now if we're talking about their airforce more generally, they've bought a bout a dozen SU-30's, but their main aircraft? That they've somehow kept going?

Yeah, it's the F-4 Phantom II (retired from most western nations in the 90s). Where they've cannibalised them so much that they've gone from 225 to just 63.

Their next most numerous aircraft is the F-14 Tomcat, where they've gone from 80 such airframes to just 26.

They've got a complete and utter mess of an airforce, with SU-22s, Mig 29's, and the Chinese Mig 21 knockoff kicking about in numbers of 20 or less, with their technological capability really hovering around and struggling to build the Chengdu F-7 in tiny, tiny numbers. (Of those, they've managed to lose two to faceplanting them into the ground).

In the event of a war, they will struggle to get all of these different aircraft into the air.

The Aerospace Force of the Revolutionary Guard has no aircraft to speak of. A tiny handful which have had some modifications done to them, but their grand total is, uh.... well, 16 ish? 25 maybe?

But to give some idea of how quick the air war will be?

An F-22 pulled a fucking Maverick on one of their F-4's.

So imagine Six Day War 2: The Youtube Sequel.

Because it'll be over in ten minutes.

 

[BONE_Buddy]

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently....”

twitter.com

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“....hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have.....”

twitter.com

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“....targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!”

twitter.com

The gauntlet has been thrown.

 

[The Big O]

Do a lot of celebrities have business interests that are being threatened if Iran collapses? I mean I get that they hate Trump but the overreaction makes it seems like they want the US to lose.

Could be any number of reasons. I think it's because they're being paid by the same powers-that-be that want forever wars to essentially mouthpiece/cheerlead to the public that WWIII is imminent and to blame Orange Man for it. Of course, the vast majority of the public that doesn't suffer from TDS aren't buying Mikey Moore or Rose McGowan's sanctimonious bullshit for even a second.

 

[Huitzilopochtli]

Well let's start with their stealth fighter... The Qaher 313 who's airframe is totally unstealthy, and where they just fucking made a model and flew it about claiming it totally worked.

Now if we're talking about their airforce more generally, they've bought a bout a dozen SU-30's, but their main aircraft? That they've somehow kept going?

Yeah, it's the F-4 Phantom II (retired from most western nations in the 90s). Where they've cannibalised them so much that they've gone from 225 to just 63.

Their next most numerous aircraft is the F-14 Tomcat, where they've gone from 80 such airframes to just 26.

They've got a complete and utter mess of an airforce, with SU-22s, Mig 29's, and the Chinese Mig 21 knockoff kicking about in numbers of 20 or less, with their technological capability really hovering around and struggling to build the Chengdu F-7 in tiny, tiny numbers. (Of those, they've managed to lose two to faceplanting them into the ground).

In the event of a war, they will struggle to get all of these different aircraft into the air.

The Aerospace Force of the Revolutionary Guard has no aircraft to speak of. A tiny handful which have had some modifications done to them, but their grand total is, uh.... well, 16 ish? 25 maybe?

But to give some idea of how quick the air war will be?

An F-22 pulled a fucking Maverick on one of their F-4's.

So imagine Six Day War 2: The Youtube Sequel.

Because it'll be over in ten minutes.

For reference, it should probably be said that the MiG 29 is one full generation behind the F-18 Super Hornet, and lacks in almost all respects (fuel, maneuverability, avionics, sensors, armaments (payload and tech), speed, etc.)

EDIT: The MiG 29 is probably their most advanced fighter, while the F-18 is old tech, but inexpensive and numerous on our end. If you start talking higher tech on the US side, then their fighters may not even be able to target those appropriately.
EDIT 2: Also, the Iranian Navy is only really good for blocking the strait of Hormuz from commercial vessels (it's a brown water navy with (I think) no carriers. Two potential allies, (China and Russia) have had their own problems as Russia's only aircraft carrier caught fire last month, and China's first domestic build PLAN carrier is diesel powered (NOT NUCLEAR) and carries J-15's, which could easily be out maneuvered and outgunned by MiG-29's. So any party PLAN shows up to in the near future, they are likely to be a liability.

 

[Superman93]

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently....”

twitter.com

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“....hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have.....”

twitter.com

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“....targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!”

twitter.com

The gauntlet has been thrown.

TL;DR : “Retailiation? I wish you would nigga.”

 

[soft kitty]

*US Embassy gets attacked*

Trump: I'm gonna do whats called a pro-gamer move

 

[Not Really Here]

Damn.
I was hoping we would let Iran simmer until they tested their first nuke out at the Manhattan Test Range in New York.

 

[Agent of Z.O.G.]

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently....”

twitter.com

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“....hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have.....”

twitter.com

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“....targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!”

twitter.com

The gauntlet has been thrown.

"Don't attack us or we'll fuck you up." -Country that likes carrying out false flag operations that is also allied with other countries that like carrying out false flag operations.
Hmmm.

 

[JongleJingle]

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently....”

twitter.com

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“....hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have.....”

twitter.com

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“....targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!”

twitter.com

The gauntlet has been thrown.

Go get 'em, Boss.

Hit 'em hard.

 

[Horus]

Do a lot of celebrities have business interests that are being threatened if Iran collapses? I mean I get that they hate Trump but the overreaction makes it seems like they want the US to lose.

I don't believe they do. They have just been indoctrinated to hate Trump so much, they would honestly see half of the US dead, if it meant they could act all smug on Twitter.

That having been said, the neoconservatives and rabid Trump supporters are finally finding some common ground...in another useless Middle East war.

What Trump should do is actually get out of the Middle East all together, we have little legitimate business over there, but I don't think he will...the deep state really wants this war.

 

[Douglas Reynholm]

Not to credit Trump as a deep thinker but this has put the Turkey and Syria business on the back burner. Had to go straight to TYT for a laugh. "Why not assassinate Putin, he's corrupt too". Come on fella, the Ruskis got nukes. Iran has rebels, terrorists and the UAE and Saudis would ass rape them for a ham sandwich.

 

[Jump]

>Iran makes a "hit list" of 35
>Trump responds by instantly making a hit list with 52 things on it
Will the Iranians go for broke and make a list with 100 or will they slowly turn up the heat and go to 60?

 

[Huitzilopochtli]

What Trump should do is actually get out of the Middle East all together, we have little legitimate business over there, but I don't think he will...the deep state really wants this war.

I'm pretty certain it's a little late for that. Probably close to 50 (some may argue 85) years too late, and even then there was never a guarantee that things wouldn't migrate over here. In the modern age, US's border extends to any country where we have an embassy, and all international waters. This is the niche we carved out for ourselves, and if we try to abdicate, we'll either be yoked to another country playing GoT, or dispositioned entirely.