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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RA-5C Vigilante said:
More people died in Soleimani's funeral than the whole missile strike.

Ayatollah is reportedly going to be using the Bernie strategy of telling supporters "NO REFUNDS!"
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That’s the weakest shit ever. We massacred their terrorist leader and they only managed to kill their own people and neighboring sand niggers.
 
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Forever Sunrise said:
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.
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It can't be understated to what degree China is able to provide endless expendable meat. My father was in the Korean war and he told me that half the battles he fought, when they were over and went to go pick through the dead bodies, often he said they found kids, and surprisingly, monkeys. He said China was supplying Korea with troops and it turns out half the troops they were supplying were 12 year old kids with rifles and amazingly monkeys. China was training monkeys to throw hand grenades and providing them to North Korea. My father said they'd literally have battles with forests full of monkeys lobbing hand grenades at them.

Doing a double take on the monkey thing I remember asking my dad once, "Shit, you killed monkeys?" He screamed at me, "What the fuck did you want me to do? They were throwing hand grenades at us!" They seem to have left that part out of MASH.
 
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GnomeofDoc said:
Big if true.
babylonbee.com

Iran Announces They Will Stop Pretending To Follow Nuclear Deal

TEHRAN—In response to the United States’ recent killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, Iran announced on Tuesday it will no longer pretend to abide by the 2015 Nuclear Deal between the two nations.Sources confirm Iran has already dismantled its Department of Compliance Chicanery and...
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They were still pretending to follow it?

Could have fooled me.
 
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In order for it to be 100% accurate there would need to be a statement delivered tonight, and Trump himself has already said that it's going to take place in the morning. Please shut the fuck up for once, CNN.
 
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registered 2 hide avatars said:
If we were granted moral objectivity, US would be near the bottom of the list.
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Based on your "objective" standard, presumably.

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But that doesn't matter because they kill gay people so we should nuke them.
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You really have no idea what this thread has been about, do you?

Here's a big hint: this is America responding to initial aggression from Iran. People here are also sick of how Iran's been treating the US like America is Iran's bitch, and how the US before Trump let them treat America that way.

Ad Lib Moaning said:
I have a fair amount of respect on other countries just refusing to join Iran, instead watching and laughing at it. Even the US is laughing along too. Says a lot.
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FTFY
 
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pipcome said:
This "incident" was probably to save face more than anything
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I would like to think that this is going to be the only response from Iran, but knowing their history and long memories, this is just the beginning. I'm not sure that their "escalation" will even be noticed however, since they have been actively fucking with us and others for decades.
 
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who dare wins? said:
Most surprising Ian Israel and saudis working together lol. I don't see that happening
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I was under the impression that Saudi Arabia and Israel have been sporadically working together or at least not against each other in last couple of years relating to fighting common threats, like how coke and pepsi don't want RC to take off
 
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pull over dat ass too fat said:
In 1953 the US and the UK orchestrated a coup of the democratically elected PM of Iran and instilled a Persian king in his place to obtain cheap oil. This same king would later be the reason for the Iranian Revolution, and the start of theocratic dictatorship. The Reagan admin also fucked things up just to intentionally destabilized the Middle East in pursuit of some undefined "balance" (i.e. keep the ME fighting itself as much as possible) and there was a healthy flow of arms into the region to keep things rolling. Post-Reagan admins obviously didn't start the fire either, but they worsened the shit-show that was already there for political benefit and the conflict continued warping the people into derangement.
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Seems then Mossadegh who was the elected PM of Iran and deposed in a coup called "Operation Ajax" wasn't completely white as snow as some pretended.
nationalinterest.org

Six Myths about the Coup against Iran's Mossadegh

Setting the record straight on this monumental event.
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AnitaSarsleezian said:
It can't be understated to what degree China is able to provide endless expendable meat. My father was in the Korean war and he told me that half the battles he fought, when they were over and went to go pick through the dead bodies, often he said they found kids, and surprisingly, monkeys. He said China was supplying Korea with troops and it turns out half the troops they were supplying were 12 year old kids with rifles and amazingly monkeys. China was training monkeys to throw hand grenades and providing them to North Korea. My father said they'd literally have battles with forests full of monkeys lobbing hand grenades at them.

Doing a double take on the monkey thing I remember asking my dad once, "Shit, you killed monkeys?" He screamed at me, "What the fuck did you want me to do? They were throwing hand grenades at us!" They seem to have left that part out of MASH.
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This is bullshit but I'll believe it.
 
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It's HK-47 said:
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In order for it to be 100% accurate there would need to be a statement delivered tonight, and Trump himself has already said that it's going to take place in the morning. Please shut the fuck up for once, CNN.
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Holy shit CNN just admit you were wrong and stop arguing with the GODDAMN PRESS SECRETARY
 
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