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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[mindlessobserver]

The only productive thing to come out of this shitshow has been to confirm that the US media is so possessed by Trump Derangement syndrome that they would literally mourn the leader of the fucking quds force and parrot the Ayatollahs own talking points.

It was all but confirmed when they called the leader of fucking ISIS an "Austere religious scholar" after Trump waxed his ass, but this has put the fucking exclamation point on it. They would happily sell out the country and see it fail so long as they can pin the failure on Bad Orange Man. And the worst part is they would then pat themselves on the back and say they were doing their patriotic duty.

The absolute hysteria from people the past few days has been maddening. I had a coworker scared absolutely shitless and showing people at work the Iranian Parliament chanting "death to America". When I pointed out the Iranian parliament ALWAYS does that, to the point it's a fucking tradition, she looked at me like I was a space alien. The fear campaign the media pushed on this was borderline treasonous.

They argued that somehow Trump just flew off the handle that evening and decided to turn an Iranian general into pizza sauce. Studiously glossing over the fact that when Trump called off the strike on Iran over that Drone shootdown, he made sure to state it was done because no Americans were killed. But if they WERE killed you would see some shit. And then Iran goes on to kill some Americans in Iraq and attack the Embassy. I know Obama ignored his own Red Line statements, but Trump never has.

 

[JosephStalin]

And, of course, enemy of the American people Omar thinks the death of American troops is funny. Now she says she has PTSD. This critter cannot even be considered human.

Omar under fire for giggling through statement covering US war causalities, claims PTSD over Iran conflict

Ilhan Omar laughed & hobnobbed with peers as Sheila Jackson Lee spoke about Iraq War casualties. Then minutes later, she claimed to be suffering from PTSD.

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As Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee spoke during a presser with her colleagues Wednesday about the causalities of the Iraq War and how they allegedly relate to President Donald Trump’s recent actions against Iran, one of her colleagues chose to act like a dunce.
Instead of listening keenly to Lee’s words, that colleague, antisemitic Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar, used her time to hobnob with her congressional pals, including fellow antisemitic Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and laugh repeatedly over some joke.
Watch:


“I’m very glad to say that I was part of the 132 and also the vote for [Rep.] Barbara Lee’s amendment, but I think that the point of that is that that is the same war that we’re dealing with today,” Lee could be heard saying in the recording above.
“We never solved any problems with AUMF [the Authorization for Use of Military Force], we left four thousand plus, maybe even forty-four hundred dead, and over sixty thousand who came back injured in some form and the war never ended.”
As Lee began speaking about being “part of the 132” House Republicans and Democrats who voted in October of 2002 against authorizing the use of military force against Iraq, Omar and her younger colleagues briefly exchanged a smile.
This upset some:

Harrison Bergeron@RightOpinionPod
https://twitter.com/RightOpinionPod/status/1215013081165766656

All smiles from the "The Squad" and company, as Sheila Jackson Lee is talking about American casualties in Iraq.

This is called....evil.@IlhanMN @AOC @RashidaTlaib


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But as Omar’s colleagues returned to listening to Lee continue her speech, she for some reason chose to seemingly ignore it altogether.
First, she turned around to start what appeared to be a humorous conversation with Tlaib. Moments later, she turned to the colleague on her right to speak with her as well. Then she turned back to Tlaib. Throughout the whole ordeal, she smiled and giggled.
It’s unclear what the congresswoman found funny regarding the thousands who died or were injured during the Iraq War. Odder still is what the congresswoman chose to say when her time at the podium arrived.
“I feel ill a little bit because of everything that is taking place, and I think every time I hear conversations around war, I find myself being stricken with PTSD,” she claimed. “And I find peace knowing that I serve with great advocates for peace and people who have shown courage against war.”
Listen:


Some took offense to the very notion of her suffering from PTSD.
“Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s ‘stricken with PTSD’ because of recent events in the Middle East,” Republican Rep. Jim Banks, a military veteran, tweeted in anger.
“This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe.”

Look at this and similar tweets below:

Jim Banks

✔@RepJimBanks
https://twitter.com/RepJimBanks/status/1215034549765312512

Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s “stricken with PTSD” because of recent events in the Middle East.

This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe. pic.twitter.com/twhZDuUDu0

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Joe Pags Pagliarulo

✔@JoeTalkShow
https://twitter.com/JoeTalkShow/status/1215146059309166593

.@IlhanMN claims PTSD in a direct spit in the face of those in the military who actually suffer from it. She's an open anti-semite, said "some people did something," on 9/11 and shows a general hatred for the country. There is no way she should be near the House of Reps.

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Laura Ingraham

✔@IngrahamAngle
https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle/status/1215017500968202241

Call the medic! @IlhanMN says she feels “ill a little bit” with all this talk of conflict with Iran. Well, I’m sure her dismissive talk of al Qaeda and 9/11 made a lot of Americans feel way more ill (and angry). https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1215011792860135424 …
Tom Elliott@tomselliott

.@IlhanMN says she has PTSD and the talk of conflict w/ Iran is making her uneasy



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In fairness, Omar immigrated to the United States as an ungrateful refugee during the height of the still-ongoing Somalian Civil War in 1992. That year alone, an estimated 350,000 Somalians reportedly died of disease, starvation or war.
That said, even if the congresswoman really has been suffering from PTSD symptoms, why would she then laugh and giggle during a discussion about the American lives lost during the Iraq War, some wondered. It seemed to suggest she was full of it.
Look:

Chris Berg

✔@chrisbergPOVNOW
https://twitter.com/chrisbergPOVNOW/status/1215058649544036353

Asking for a friend, is this how people with #PTSD act? @IlhanMN says she is suffering from #PTSD every time she hears conversations around war.

Her colleague then talks about American soldiers killed in WAR, and watch how #Omar acts. pic.twitter.com/bZMCM6m2H9

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Ron Bassilian (R)

✔@Ron4California
https://twitter.com/Ron4California/status/1215057200835465217
Replying to @CarpeDonktum @IlhanMN

People with PTSD don’t constantly smile and giggle

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Mike Opelka

✔@stuntbrain
https://twitter.com/stuntbrain/status/1215045605401223168
Replying to @kayleighmcenany

Is inappropriate laughing a symptom of PTSD? Rep Omar claims she is suffering from it.

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(((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio

✔@jasonrantz
https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1215153334111260672

Ilhan Omar is laughing about the media being stupid enough to buy her PTSD nonsense. https://twitter.com/rncresearch/status/1215009273580834817 …
RNC Research

✔@RNCResearch

Ilhan Omar laughs and jokes around as her colleague discusses U.S. casualties in Iraqhttps://youtu.be/W5ynxOvUT2E



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Laura Ingraham

✔@IngrahamAngle
https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle/status/1215238793059557377

Close but this lame actor @IlhanMN said she was “strickened (sic) with PTSD” (within minutes of laughing on camera behind @JacksonLeeTX18). https://twitter.com/repjimbanks/status/1215034549765312512 …
Jim Banks

✔@RepJimBanks

Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s “stricken with PTSD” because of recent events in the Middle East.

This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe.



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While the congressman has not yet explained her decision to act like a dunce as Lee spoke of Iraq War casualties, she has responded to the critics complaining about her PTSD.

“I survived war as a child and deal with post-traumatic stress disorder — much like many who have served or lived through war. It’s shameful that you as a member of Congress would erase the PTSD of survivors,” she tweeted to Banks early Wednesday evening:

Ilhan Omar

✔@IlhanMN
https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1215054586383425544

Hi Jim,

I survived war as a child and deal with post-traumatic stress disorder—much like many who have served or lived through war.

It’s shameful that you as a member of Congress would erase the PTSD of survivors.


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By the same token, many would argue that it’s “shameful that YOU as a member of Congress would” laugh, giggle and hobnob during a discussion about the thousands of Americans who died during the Iraq War. Fair is fair, after all …

Sean Parnell

✔@SeanParnellUSA
https://twitter.com/SeanParnellUSA/status/1215040753291927552

.@ConorLambPA, I’m calling on you to condemn your colleague’s behavior here & defend our men & women in uniform who fought & bled for our nation.
I know you vote with her 90% of the time, but this is beyond politics.
As a US Marine, this should horrify & disgust you. https://twitter.com/rncresearch/status/1215009273580834817 …
RNC Research

✔@RNCResearch

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[LetThemEatCake]

I had a coworker scared absolutely shitless and showing people at work the Iranian Parliament chanting "death to America". When I pointed out the Iranian parliament ALWAYS does that, to the point it's a fucking tradition, she looked at me like I was a space alien.

How old is this person? I kind of expect youngsters in their 20s to have not the slightest knowledge of history or general clue and thus embarrass themselves at every turn with their hot takes on this stuff, but anyone over 40-ish should know better. Iranian regime have been having their rent-a-mobs chanting dEatH tO aMeRiCa since the Revolution in 79. Fuck's sake the Houthis in Yemen even have the phrase on their flag. Is she also shocked they're all 'dEaTH tO iSRaeL!!!!! too?

Even much of the Iranian populace are sick of this shit now. Saw somne photos a few months back of an anti-regime crowd ripping down some regime anti-America signs during a protest. A lot of them have relatives living in the west or have travelled there and there is a lot of anti-mullah, anti-theocratic sentiment there now among the middle classes.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

How old is this person? I kind of expect youngsters in the 20s to have not the slightest knowledge of history or general clue and thus embarrass themselves at every turn with their hot takes on this stuff, but anyone over 40-ish should know better.

At least the terrors whipped up by fear of a draft & WW3 definitely got a lot of those in that age group really thinking about their own mortality.... probably for the first time.

That kind of shit tends to keep people grounded, and there's been an extreme lack of anything like it since 1991-92.

Take furries and faggotry, for example; nobody would have wanted to be known for that kind of shit if the communists invaded or after a nuclear apocalypse.

 

[JambledUpWords]

Omar is now going on about Islamophobia:

 

[PotatoSalad4711]

US officials confident Iran shot down passenger jet:
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-update...ukraine-today-2020-01-09-live-stream-updates/

Here’s what CBS is currently reporting. Basically US intelligence says two missiles were fired right before the jet went down and they picked up on a radar being turned on.

ETA text from link, when I first saw it it was just a live video:
U.S. officials are confident Iran shot down a Ukrainian jetliner in the hours after the Iranian missile attack on U.S. targets earlier this week, CBS News has learned. The Ukrainian International Airlines plane crashed Wednesday soon after takeoff from Tehran's airport, killing all 176 people on board.

U.S. intelligence picked up signals of a radar being turned on, sources told CBS News. U.S. satellites also detected two surface-to-air missile launches, which happened shortly before the plane exploded, CBS News was told.

Federal officials were briefed on the intelligence Thursday, CBS News transportation Kris Van Cleave reports. A source who was in the briefing said it appears missile components were found near the crash site.

 

[April Ryan]

The Left across the whole Western World is in an "oppose for the sake of appearing to oppose" because their base has become so whittled down they've basically got only the fundies who demand ideological purity at all times left supporting them. This means even when your gut is "hang on, he's right" they've still got to screech or they'll suddenly find themselves replaced with more AOC's.



The UK Arms industry is semi-cucked because we created a "national champion" in BAE. Tony Blair pushed for it and waved through all the monopoly issues and then wondered why BAE would then ask for eye watering amounts of money every time someone wanted either kit, or a modicum of change to a design.

It got so bad that the Tory Government created the "National Shipbuilding Strategy" specifically to tell BAE to go fuck itself. This was because the Type 45's wound up costing 29% more than originally envisioned and means the 6 Destroyers we do have cost a cool £1bn a piece.

In fact it's changed how the UK deals with vessels and other weapons systems entirely. The Strategy calls for ships to be modular built in the many smaller shipyards in the UK, or have fixed prices per vessel. The Type 31e Frigate, for example, is a UK derivative of the already existing Iver Huitfeldt Class a proven "off the shelf" design with a fixed price of £250m per ship.

The Cheifs of Staff are also "encouraged" (told by the defence minister) they have to stop asking for brand new unique kit every time they want to update their toys, and have to find more existing ideas and systems instead. They still have to be built in the UK, but no more "We want a whole new ship".

The Navy, after learning its mistakes from the Type 45 disaster (supposed to be 12 built, reduced to 8, then dropped altogether to the current 6) that they can ask for hull-for-hull replacements, but any Royal Naval Expansion is currently off the cards, and they refuse to go for sensible options to expand the fleet and relieve the pressure of our capital ships anyway. (The latter linked could be built in the dozens of ferry and fishing boat shipyards we have dotted around the UK).

Jesus Christ but is there a single fucking problem in this country that we can not lay directly at the feet of Blair? I swear there is nothing that man touched that didnt turn to shit.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

How old is this person? I kind of expect youngsters in their 20s to have not the slightest knowledge of history or general clue and thus embarrass themselves at every turn with their hot takes on this stuff, but anyone over 40-ish should know better. Iranian regime have been having their rent-a-mobs chanting dEatH tO aMeRiCa since the Revolution in 79. Fuck's sake the Houthis in Yemen even have the phrase on their flag. Is she also shocked they're all 'dEaTH tO iSRaeL!!!!! too?

Even much of the Iranian populace are sick of this shit now. Saw somne photos a few months back of an anti-regime crowd ripping down some regime anti-America signs during a protest. A lot of them have relatives living in the west or have travelled there and there is a lot of anti-mullah, anti-theocratic sentiment there now among the middle classes.

Please forgive, my husband allows me to comment only, "Death to America."

It's been a thing since 1979 even on US TV

 

[OnMoTi]

Omar is now going on about Islamophobia:
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Sand savage should go back to its third world shithole where it belongs. I'll never understand why the US allows first generation immigrants to hold political office. They have no loyalty to the country.

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

And, of course, enemy of the American people Omar thinks the death of American troops is funny. Now she says she has PTSD. This critter cannot even be considered human.

Omar under fire for giggling through statement covering US war causalities, claims PTSD over Iran conflict

Ilhan Omar laughed & hobnobbed with peers as Sheila Jackson Lee spoke about Iraq War casualties. Then minutes later, she claimed to be suffering from PTSD.

www.bizpacreview.com

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Omar under fire for giggling through statement covering US war causalities, claims PTSD over Iran conflict
January 9, 2020 | Vivek Saxena | Print Article

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(Video screenshot)
As Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee spoke during a presser with her colleagues Wednesday about the causalities of the Iraq War and how they allegedly relate to President Donald Trump’s recent actions against Iran, one of her colleagues chose to act like a dunce.
Instead of listening keenly to Lee’s words, that colleague, antisemitic Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar, used her time to hobnob with her congressional pals, including fellow antisemitic Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and laugh repeatedly over some joke.
Watch:


“I’m very glad to say that I was part of the 132 and also the vote for [Rep.] Barbara Lee’s amendment, but I think that the point of that is that that is the same war that we’re dealing with today,” Lee could be heard saying in the recording above.
“We never solved any problems with AUMF [the Authorization for Use of Military Force], we left four thousand plus, maybe even forty-four hundred dead, and over sixty thousand who came back injured in some form and the war never ended.”
As Lee began speaking about being “part of the 132” House Republicans and Democrats who voted in October of 2002 against authorizing the use of military force against Iraq, Omar and her younger colleagues briefly exchanged a smile.
This upset some:

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But as Omar’s colleagues returned to listening to Lee continue her speech, she for some reason chose to seemingly ignore it altogether.
First, she turned around to start what appeared to be a humorous conversation with Tlaib. Moments later, she turned to the colleague on her right to speak with her as well. Then she turned back to Tlaib. Throughout the whole ordeal, she smiled and giggled.
It’s unclear what the congresswoman found funny regarding the thousands who died or were injured during the Iraq War. Odder still is what the congresswoman chose to say when her time at the podium arrived.
“I feel ill a little bit because of everything that is taking place, and I think every time I hear conversations around war, I find myself being stricken with PTSD,” she claimed. “And I find peace knowing that I serve with great advocates for peace and people who have shown courage against war.”
Listen:


Some took offense to the very notion of her suffering from PTSD.
“Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s ‘stricken with PTSD’ because of recent events in the Middle East,” Republican Rep. Jim Banks, a military veteran, tweeted in anger.
“This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe.”

Look at this and similar tweets below:

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In fairness, Omar immigrated to the United States as an ungrateful refugee during the height of the still-ongoing Somalian Civil War in 1992. That year alone, an estimated 350,000 Somalians reportedly died of disease, starvation or war.
That said, even if the congresswoman really has been suffering from PTSD symptoms, why would she then laugh and giggle during a discussion about the American lives lost during the Iraq War, some wondered. It seemed to suggest she was full of it.
Look:

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While the congressman has not yet explained her decision to act like a dunce as Lee spoke of Iraq War casualties, she has responded to the critics complaining about her PTSD.

“I survived war as a child and deal with post-traumatic stress disorder — much like many who have served or lived through war. It’s shameful that you as a member of Congress would erase the PTSD of survivors,” she tweeted to Banks early Wednesday evening:

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By the same token, many would argue that it’s “shameful that YOU as a member of Congress would” laugh, giggle and hobnob during a discussion about the thousands of Americans who died during the Iraq War. Fair is fair, after all …

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I want to commend her for being the only one there showing her true face.

 

[Still Anonymous For This]

At least the terrors whipped up by fear of a draft & WW3 definitely got a lot of those in that age group really thinking about their own mortality.... probably for the first time.

That kind of shit tends to keep people grounded, and there's been an extreme lack of anything like it since 1991-92.

Take furries and faggotry, for example; nobody would have wanted to be known for that kind of shit if the communists invaded or after a nuclear apocalypse.

Harry Turtledove needs to pen an alternative history novel where the Soviets invade the United States to stop the global threat of fur-faggotry for good. I would read that.

 

[Cat Menagerie]

I knew that night it was a fucking missile, anyone who looked at the flight data and understood what they were looking at knew (of course to be fair, anyone who thought otherwise is an idiot. It was so obvious). It was going perfectly and then...gone. What a bunch of stupid faggots. They can't even saber rattle correctly.

 

[bbfx]

The only productive thing to come out of this shitshow has been to confirm that the US media is so possessed by Trump Derangement syndrome that they would literally mourn the leader of the fucking quds force and parrot the Ayatollahs own talking points.

There are articles from 2 months ago from AP and reuters in which they express concern over Solemaini's influence in Iraq, and how he was basically manoeuvring everything that was happening in the country to reduce U.S. influence in the middle east and let Iran become the most important power in the area. They couldn't understand why Trump would kill the poor Iranian general who did nuthing wrong tho.

 

[LetThemEatCake]

Western powers suggest Iran missile downed jet

Canada leads calls for a full and thorough investigation of the Ukrainian passenger jet crash.

www.bbc.co.uk

Iran mistakenly shot down the Ukrainian plane that crashed on Wednesday near Tehran with 176 people on board, US media report.

US officials say they believe the Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 was hit by a missile, CBS says.

Ukraine earlier said it was examining whether a missile strike brought down the aircraft - but Iran ruled this out.

The crash came just hours after Iran carried out missile strikes on two airbases housing US forces in Iraq.

CBS News quoting US intelligence said a satellite detected infrared "blips" of two missile launches, followed by another blip of an explosion.

Meanwhile, Newsweek quoted a Pentagon and a senior US intelligence officials, as well as an Iraqi intelligence official as saying they believed the Ukrainian plane was hit by a Russian-made Tor missile.

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said "I have my suspicions" over the plane. "Somebody could have made a mistake," he said.

Amid tensions heightened by the US killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on 3 January, Iran has said it will not hand over the recovered black box flight recorders to Boeing, the plane's manufacturer, or to the US.

Under global aviation rules Iran has the right to lead the investigation, but manufacturers are typically involved.

 

[The Great Chandler]

And, of course, enemy of the American people Omar thinks the death of American troops is funny. Now she says she has PTSD. This critter cannot even be considered human.

Omar under fire for giggling through statement covering US war causalities, claims PTSD over Iran conflict

Ilhan Omar laughed & hobnobbed with peers as Sheila Jackson Lee spoke about Iraq War casualties. Then minutes later, she claimed to be suffering from PTSD.

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Omar under fire for giggling through statement covering US war causalities, claims PTSD over Iran conflict
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As Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee spoke during a presser with her colleagues Wednesday about the causalities of the Iraq War and how they allegedly relate to President Donald Trump’s recent actions against Iran, one of her colleagues chose to act like a dunce.
Instead of listening keenly to Lee’s words, that colleague, antisemitic Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar, used her time to hobnob with her congressional pals, including fellow antisemitic Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and laugh repeatedly over some joke.
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“I’m very glad to say that I was part of the 132 and also the vote for [Rep.] Barbara Lee’s amendment, but I think that the point of that is that that is the same war that we’re dealing with today,” Lee could be heard saying in the recording above.
“We never solved any problems with AUMF [the Authorization for Use of Military Force], we left four thousand plus, maybe even forty-four hundred dead, and over sixty thousand who came back injured in some form and the war never ended.”
As Lee began speaking about being “part of the 132” House Republicans and Democrats who voted in October of 2002 against authorizing the use of military force against Iraq, Omar and her younger colleagues briefly exchanged a smile.
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But as Omar’s colleagues returned to listening to Lee continue her speech, she for some reason chose to seemingly ignore it altogether.
First, she turned around to start what appeared to be a humorous conversation with Tlaib. Moments later, she turned to the colleague on her right to speak with her as well. Then she turned back to Tlaib. Throughout the whole ordeal, she smiled and giggled.
It’s unclear what the congresswoman found funny regarding the thousands who died or were injured during the Iraq War. Odder still is what the congresswoman chose to say when her time at the podium arrived.
“I feel ill a little bit because of everything that is taking place, and I think every time I hear conversations around war, I find myself being stricken with PTSD,” she claimed. “And I find peace knowing that I serve with great advocates for peace and people who have shown courage against war.”
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Some took offense to the very notion of her suffering from PTSD.
“Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s ‘stricken with PTSD’ because of recent events in the Middle East,” Republican Rep. Jim Banks, a military veteran, tweeted in anger.
“This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe.”

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In fairness, Omar immigrated to the United States as an ungrateful refugee during the height of the still-ongoing Somalian Civil War in 1992. That year alone, an estimated 350,000 Somalians reportedly died of disease, starvation or war.
That said, even if the congresswoman really has been suffering from PTSD symptoms, why would she then laugh and giggle during a discussion about the American lives lost during the Iraq War, some wondered. It seemed to suggest she was full of it.
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While the congressman has not yet explained her decision to act like a dunce as Lee spoke of Iraq War casualties, she has responded to the critics complaining about her PTSD.

“I survived war as a child and deal with post-traumatic stress disorder — much like many who have served or lived through war. It’s shameful that you as a member of Congress would erase the PTSD of survivors,” she tweeted to Banks early Wednesday evening:

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By the same token, many would argue that it’s “shameful that YOU as a member of Congress would” laugh, giggle and hobnob during a discussion about the thousands of Americans who died during the Iraq War. Fair is fair, after all …

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There are people who claim that her smiling and giggling is a sign of PTSD and that depressed people do it all the time.

 

[kcbbq]

Western powers suggest Iran missile downed jet

Canada leads calls for a full and thorough investigation of the Ukrainian passenger jet crash.

www.bbc.co.uk

Would you really expect anything different from Iran?

 

[Kornheiser]

Omar is now going on about Islamophobia:
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So why do a lot of refugees from the Middle East hate living in America? I had the same experience with Palestinian refugees and they hated living here. Omar is no exception to this and why would she run for office here if she hates it?

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

There are people who claim that her smiling and giggling is a sign of PTSD and that depressed people do it all the time.

How about another joke, Mur-ray?

 

[Echo_Ender]

Would you really expect anything different from Iran?

The sad part is that it's actually hard to tell if they did it on purpose for some utterly pants-on-head-exceptional reason (Maybe thinking the plane was full of those evil Americans, that it would "Show the world they are serious", or simply that someone they didn't like was on the plane and it seemed like a good opportunity)...

Or if they actually are so incompetent that they really did accidentally unload missiles into an unarmed civilian passenger jet, thinking it was some sort of threat.

Either way, it's just another reason no one is gonna complain when their leadership suddenly comes down with a case of "Exploded" one night.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

The sad part is that it's actually hard to tell if they did it on purpose for some utterly pants-on-head-exceptional reason (Maybe thinking the plane was full of those evil Americans, that it would "Show the world they are serious", or simply that someone they didn't like was on the plane and it seemed like a good opportunity)...

Or if they actually are so incompetent that they really did accidentally unload missiles into an unarmed civilian passenger jet, thinking it was some sort of threat.

Either way, it's just another reason no one is gonna complain when their leadership suddenly comes down with a case of "Exploded" one night.

Possible no human interaction may be been necessary if they set up their missile defense in a totally exceptional manner.