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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BREAKING NEWS COMING FROM THE IRAN/US CONFLICT

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pull over dat ass too fat said:
it sounds like you're saying "we could have won Vietnam, we just didn't feel like it"
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We (don't know why I'm saying we because I'm not American but whatever) definitely could not have won Vietnam. Not without starting World War III with China. But this really isn't Vietnam. We couldn't win Vietnam because we were never really there to do more than stop communism from winning. Which... we kind of did, until we left. The Vietnam war was never on US terms, so the US couldn't really accomplish anything worthwhile, even while utterly dominating the Viet-Cong in every straightforwards engagement.

Another war with Iran will (hopefully) be entirely on US terms. Iran can't do what the North Vietnamese did and just run to Daddy China whenever it needed new guns and men to throw into the meat-grinder. They're alone, with no ability to attack the US at home beyond maybe the occasional Allahu Snackbar if they're very lucky. Meanwhile, nothing stops the US from just sitting outside the border eating snacks and flicking missiles at every single military target that pokes its head out of a sand-dune for more than a nanosecond.
 
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PantsFreeZone said:
I dunno if having 5 of your 20 missiles FAIL to detonate is a good look when Trump has used 5 missiles total and killed 3 of your top generals.

I wonder what the US response will be. Targeting the location of origination of the missiles is my guess but Trump might drop a low yield nuke on Tehran because he don't fuck around.
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As much as I desperately desire a full strike against Iran that demolishes their entire military capacity overnight, I am suspect we're going to see that. I suspect we're going to see one of four responses:

1.) Nothing. Lmao, these faggots can't hit the fucking same state a barn is in, much less the barn. What losers.
2.) Limited strike against one of the assets used to attack one of the two bases.
3.) More broad strike where we cripple Iran's anti-air capacity. Wrecking S-300, S200, their few Pantsir systems, as well as others with overwhelming cruise missile strikes and stealth fighter attacks. Essentially opening the entire nation up to attack if they want to fuck with us again.
4.) Crippling the Iranian Navy's capacity to close the Strait of Hormuz. If we take a 'big' option for response, I suspect this one might be it.

As much as I really, really, really, really want to see the Ayatollah turned into something you'd purchase at a Burger King, I really doubt that's going to happen. Killing their Quds Force Commander is honestly a bit different to killing the Prime Minister or the Ayatollah. At the same time, again, hope I'm fucking wrong: waking up to a news headline stating we're going to have to give another Reaper Drone the Medal of Honor would be too sweet.
 
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more Iranian posturing:
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“Political deputy of Khamenei's political office, Sanae'i Rad: "If US does any stupid acts, it will endanger all of its bases and the #Israel's existence!"”
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Doge (Stay 6 ft from me) on Twitter

“Senator Lindsey Graham calling the #Iran ballistic missile attack an "act of war" and states that the President has "all the authority he needs" to respond to it. (@BNONews)”
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los pepes said:
Iran has to be seriously shaken right now. Their last real strategic weapon was its missiles. The fact that this response has caused zero American casualties has to be terrifying. In a worse case scenario they end up having to deplete their stock in a war against America and end up killing 10-20 Americans. Enough to piss Trump off but not enough to scare us away from the region. Then Trump spends the next 4 years bombing and droning their leaders, military, and proxies with them having no way to respond except whining to the UN about "the war crimes of the air pirates". That's not how a regional hegemon behaves. It does not go crying to the world court. Their nightmare scenario, even worse than not responding at all is to respond, look impotent, and become a laughing stock. They are well on that road.
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Iran is royally fucked
 
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