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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[Salty Boris]

Well Iraq wants everybody to fuck off. Of course Iran doesn’t admit to having anyone there in the first place but regardless supposedly they want them out. Trump doesn’t appear to be willing to comply naturally. Iraq still treats that “draft” memo of withdrawal as real and has demanded clarification. It must suck to be them right now.

Iraq wants both the U.S. and Iran's forces out of the country

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali al-Hakim said "it was very necessary that all foreign troops need to leave from our territory" but a senior U.S. intelligence official told Newsweek there is "no decision yet."

www.google.com

http://archive.li/IyyXZ

 

[HumanHive]

Well Iraq wants everybody to fuck off. Of course Iran doesn’t admit to having anyone there in the first place but regardless supposedly they want them out. Trump doesn’t appear to be willing to comply naturally. Iraq still treats that “draft” memo of withdrawal as real and has demanded clarification. It must suck to be them right now.
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Iraq wants both the U.S. and Iran's forces out of the country

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali al-Hakim said "it was very necessary that all foreign troops need to leave from our territory" but a senior U.S. intelligence official told Newsweek there is "no decision yet."

www.google.com

http://archive.li/IyyXZ

For once, I'm with Iraq on this.

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

It would certainly be amusing but if we did it now it would make us look weak. Give it a few months or something at least.

 

[theshep]

Well Iraq wants everybody to fuck off. Of course Iran doesn’t admit to having anyone there in the first place but regardless supposedly they want them out. Trump doesn’t appear to be willing to comply naturally. Iraq still treats that “draft” memo of withdrawal as real and has demanded clarification. It must suck to be them right now.
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Iraq wants both the U.S. and Iran's forces out of the country

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali al-Hakim said "it was very necessary that all foreign troops need to leave from our territory" but a senior U.S. intelligence official told Newsweek there is "no decision yet."

www.google.com

http://archive.li/IyyXZ

Apparently we're staying. No mention of what Iraq's opinion on that is.

Australian troops to remain in Iraq after US-Iran situation 'stabilised', Morrison says

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will continue its military mission in Iraq, despite Iran's missile attacks on US bases in the country.

www.abc.net.au

Frankly, someone should have nuked the entire Middle East in around c. 600.

 

[OnMoTi]

So this happened. Apparently the house is shit for brains enough to think they can stop trump from acting in accordance with his legal rights as commander in chief of the armed forces

House passes War Powers Resolution in rebuke of Trump's actions against Iran

The House of Representatives on Thursday voted in favor of a War Powers resolution meant to limit President Trump’s military action toward Iran following an escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.

www.foxnews.com

Having read the resolution, I'm confused on what the big deal is. A) Trump didn't "declare war" and B) It flat out states;

(b) Termination.—Pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(c)), Congress hereby directs the President to terminate the use of United States Armed Forces to engage in hostilities in or against Iran or any part of its government or military, unless-

(1) Congress has declared war or enacted specific statutory authorization for such use of the Armed Forces; or
(2) such use of the Armed Forces is necessary and appropriate to defend against an imminent armed attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, or its Armed Forces, consistent with the requirements of the War Powers Resolution.

Which is exactly what happened here (the sand savage was apparently going to attack US armed forces, so he was taken out.) Unless I'm missing something, this changes absolutely nothing. It's just a virtue signal waste of time.

 

[murdered meat bag]

It would certainly be amusing but if we did it now it would make us look weak. Give it a few months or something at least.

make us look weak to who? foreigners? we should pack up, leave and when the shit comes tumbling down, blame NATO, the UN, and the EU for failing to pick up the slack. America: World Police is closed, stop sending us your refugees.

 

[It's HK-47]

Remember when you were younger and you thought that adults were smart and always had a rational and well-reasoned purpose behind the things that they did and the choices that they made? That would have been nice, huh? Then again, I'm not an Elvis buff. Maybe he built IEDs in his spare time and this is actually an apt comparison.

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

make us look weak to who? foreigners? we should pack up, leave and when the shit comes tumbling down, blame NATO, the UN, and the EU for failing to pick up the slack. America: World Police is closed, stop sending us your refugees.

Call me a globalist boomer shill but I still like steady world trade instead of how things were hundreds of years ago with massive disruptions whenever two tinpot retards went to war with each other.

 

[Arctic Fox]

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Remember when you were younger and you thought that adults were smart and always had a rational and well-reasoned purpose behind the things that they did and the choices that they made? That would have been nice, huh? Then again, I'm not an Elvis buff. Maybe he built IEDs in his spare time and this is actually an apt comparison.

I wonder if the British royals will find this comparison insulting or endearing.

 

[murdered meat bag]

Call me a globalist boomer shill but I still like steady world trade instead of how things were hundreds of years ago with massive disruptions whenever two tinpot exceptional individuals went to war with each other.

yeah, but does america need to keep doing all the dying and buying? if canada doesn't want to respond to iran killing their citizens, that's fine, but i don't see why we have to.

 

[mr.moon1488]

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Remember when you were younger and you thought that adults were smart and always had a rational and well-reasoned purpose behind the things that they did and the choices that they made? That would have been nice, huh? Then again, I'm not an Elvis buff. Maybe he built IEDs in his spare time and this is actually an apt comparison.

He's always kinda been cringy though. If he wasn't so mind numbingly boring between his bouts of cringy statements, he'd likely have a lolcow thread.

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

yeah, but does america need to keep doing all the dying and buying? if canada doesn't want to respond to iran killing their citizens, that's fine, but i don't see why we have to.

I'm not saying we should. That's Canada's problem. if they want a say, they can get their own functioning military.

I'm just saying I don't want Iran hijacking all our anime shipments when they stray near the straits of Hormuz.

 

[Shady Attorney]

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Remember when you were younger and you thought that adults were smart and always had a rational and well-reasoned purpose behind the things that they did and the choices that they made? That would have been nice, huh? Then again, I'm not an Elvis buff. Maybe he built IEDs in his spare time and this is actually an apt comparison.

Princess Diana died because her driver crashed the car from trying to get away from frothing at the mouth paparazzi wishing to sell the story to the media. Guess this guy wishes he could sell Soleimani’s story

 

[murdered meat bag]

I'm not saying we should. That's Canada's problem. if they want a say, they can get their own functioning military.

I'm just saying I don't want Iran hijacking all our anime shipments when they stray near the straits of Hormuz.

fuck i'm retarded, my bad.

 

[It's HK-47]

Princess Diana died because her driver crashed the car from trying to get away from frothing at the mouth paparazzi wishing to sell the story to the media. Guess this guy wishes he could sell Soleimani’s story

My favorite chapter of Soleimani's story is the very last page.

Spoiler

 

[GethN7]

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Remember when you were younger and you thought that adults were smart and always had a rational and well-reasoned purpose behind the things that they did and the choices that they made? That would have been nice, huh? Then again, I'm not an Elvis buff. Maybe he built IEDs in his spare time and this is actually an apt comparison.

Lionizing a terrorist in the same sentence as a beloved musician and a member of British royalty.

That take is so bad it's almost a shame to waste a bullet shooting it in the head.

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]

My favorite chapter of Soleimani's story is the very last page.

Spoiler

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His ass got blasted

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Maybe he built IEDs in his spare time

I heard when he died he left an IED in the toilet.

 

[Waifuwars]

I bring you irrefutable proof that the orange man was responsible:

 

[OnMoTi]

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Remember when you were younger and you thought that adults were smart and always had a rational and well-reasoned purpose behind the things that they did and the choices that they made? That would have been nice, huh? Then again, I'm not an Elvis buff. Maybe he built IEDs in his spare time and this is actually an apt comparison.

Remember when Chris Matthews used a racial slur for whites on MSNBC and he wasn't immediately fired?

Matthews calls Obama critics 'crackers'

'Hardball' host lets one slip in describing outspoken opponents of the president

www.youtube.com

"So much of this attack on Obama has been ad hominem directed at the person of the president, whether it’s somebody – some cracker out there on the right..." Can you imagine if somebody like Sean Hannity called anybody who doesn't like Trump a nigger, spic, gook, kike, etc.?