Breaking: Qassem Soleimani Confirmed Dead by Iraqi State Media

[OCguy]

Iran knows that their retaliation, if miscalculated, means the end of the Mullahs. US troops will be lost, but there will be no more Supreme Leader, and very quickly at that.

 

[GHALIB]

why he was in iraq .

 

[mohsen]

Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), have been killed in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The IRGC announced in a statement on Friday morning that Major General Soleimani and al-Muhandis were martyred in the attack carried out by US helicopters.

The Iraqi pro-government group also confirmed the incident.

"The deputy head of the Hashed, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and head of the Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, were killed in a US strike that targeted their car on the Baghdad International Airport road," it a statement on Friday.

"The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani," said Ahmed al-Assadi, a PMU spokesman.

The group had earlier said that its public relations director Mohammed Reza al-Jaberi and four other members of the group were also killed after three Katyusha rockets struck a military base next to Baghdad International Airport in the Iraqi capital.


The media bureau of the voluntary forces – better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Shabai – described the early Friday morning attack as a "cowardly US bombing”.

The rockets landed near the air cargo terminal, burning two vehicles and injuring several people, the Iraqi Interior Ministry's Security Media Cell said in an earlier statement.

سقوط 3 صواريخ كاتيوشا على مطار بغداد الدولي قرب صالة الشحن الجوي ادى الى احتراق عجلتين اثنين واصابة عدد من المواطنيين وسنوافيكم التفاصيل لاحقاً.

— خلية الإعلام الأمني (@SecMedCell) January 2, 2020
Shortly after the attack, US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the strikes were carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad. The officials declined to give any further details.

Meanwhile, security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that eight people were killed in the attack.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/01/03/615224/Hashd-Sha’abi-public-relations-director-killed-in-rocket-attack-on-Baghdad-airport
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Finally Suleimani got his wish, now Americans will get what they run away from.


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Update 3.jan 8:25AM
Supreme Leader: Severe revenge awaiting criminals
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[HannibalBarca]

why he was in iraq .

This guy got a subscription for Iraq.

 

[GiannKall]

Iran knows that their retaliation, if miscalculated, means the end of the Mullahs. US troops will be lost, but there will be no more Supreme Leader, and very quickly at that.

How is that? Iran has a population of 80 million, which is far more homogenous than Iraq and Afghanistan, with many mountains. You need 500.000 soldiers and even then you will get stuck into the same quagmire Bush got stuck. But hey. At least Israelis wont die. It would be only American boys, so zionists who control your country wont have any problem

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), have been killed in US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The IRGC announced in a statement on Friday morning that Major General Soleimani and al-Muhandis were martyred in the attack carried out by US helicopters.

The Iraqi pro-government group also confirmed the incident.

"The deputy head of the Hashed, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and head of the Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, were killed in a US strike that targeted their car on the Baghdad International Airport road," it a statement on Friday.

"The American and Israeli enemy is responsible for killing the mujahideen Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qassem Soleimani," said Ahmed al-Assadi, a PMU spokesman.

The group had earlier said that its public relations director Mohammed Reza al-Jaberi and four other members of the group were also killed after three Katyusha rockets struck a military base next to Baghdad International Airport in the Iraqi capital.

This picture shows the aftermath of a rocket attack on Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, early on January 3, 2020. (Photo via Facebook)
The media bureau of the voluntary forces – better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Shabai – described the early Friday morning attack as a "cowardly US bombing”.

The rockets landed near the air cargo terminal, burning two vehicles and injuring several people, the Iraqi Interior Ministry's Security Media Cell said in an earlier statement.

سقوط 3 صواريخ كاتيوشا على مطار بغداد الدولي قرب صالة الشحن الجوي ادى الى احتراق عجلتين اثنين واصابة عدد من المواطنيين وسنوافيكم التفاصيل لاحقاً.

— خلية الإعلام الأمني (@SecMedCell) January 2, 2020
Shortly after the attack, US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the strikes were carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad. The officials declined to give any further details.

Meanwhile, security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that eight people were killed in the attack.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/01/03/615224/Hashd-Sha’abi-public-relations-director-killed-in-rocket-attack-on-Baghdad-airport
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Finally Suleimani got his wish, now Americans will get what they run away from.

I think PMU and all mujahideen will act accordingly and create an unsafe atmosphere for anything "american", not only for american soldiers and generals, but I think american businessman and diplomats, companies will also not be safe anymore because Suleimani was also a kind of diplomat and mediator next to being a military man.

The region has a duty now to confront US imperialism as harsh as possible.

 

[rak_987]

Qassem soleimani was behind Bashar Al Assad's campaign against Syrian rebels, but his most important achievement is uprooting Sunnis from Syria and Iraq, organizing militia from easily influenced shia from over the world except Iran itself. From PAkistan and India a lot of Hazaras and other shia Pakistanis were influenced by this external arm of IRGC and made foot soldiers . Many came back and those who dies were buried in Qom. Suleimani was behind Qusayr siege and countless other incidents where he targeted Sunnis more than US or Israel. Main handler from Iran to support Hezbollah, Houthis and Bashar Al Assad.

Pakistan was impacted directly by Soleimany when he created the shia militia of Zainabiyoun

 

[Ansu fati]

Have you seen pictures??? Very graphic content

 

[AgNoStiC MuSliM]

As brainless as Trump and his administration are, it's difficult to imagine that they purposely chose to make such a significant escalation

No, it’s not difficult. This is the same US leadership & establishment that is willing to risk a full fledged war between nuclear armed Pakistan & India by essentially giving the Indians a green light to conduct unprovoked & unjustified military strikes in Pakistan.

 

[OCguy]

How is that? Iran has a population of 80 million, which is far more homogenous than Iraq and Afghanistan, with many mountains. You need 500.000 soldiers and even then you will get stuck into the same quagmire Bush got stuck. But hey. At least Israelis wont die. It would be only American boys, so zionists who control your country wont have any problem

We wouldn't have to invade. The population is already revolting. Iranian supreme council can be wiped out from the air.

 

[drmeson]

 

[dBSPL]

We must come to a point where each power factor is fully independent but with a balance of terror. No matter how uncomfortable everyone is, external intervention does not produce good results for anyone. I hope this assassination is not the signal flare of a new large-scale conventional war in the region.

Personally, I am not satisfied with what the mullah regime has done in the Levant-Basrah geography, especially in Aleppo. Iran's sectarian policies turned the Syria into a graveyard, also Lebanon and Jordan was forced to host the refugees stacks. Syria lost about half of its population by exiled by killed or by radicalized...

However, the overthrow of this regime by external intervention brings more deeper disaster for all countries in the region. Destruction and new possible civilian tragedies are not the only things I'm talking about; if such an intervention succeeds, the new situation itself is the real threat. KSA or Turkey , for anyone...

 

[Ansu fati]

It’s being reported Trump ordered the killing of Soleimani.

I said it trump is tough guy

 

[El Sidd]

And now I loled.
You guys are Human Pufferfish

every time the east gets enough young men and resource it gets thrown into war.

you can ignore these 'Pakistani' voices but you must remember they survive to tell your tale.

 

[Microsoft]

It depends if such war will involve only the US or not... and if it involves Muslim countries around... you will have to choose and get into it.

They will not, It is against the politics of the countries.
You have to understand that ALG/TN politics is to stay as neutral as possible, but still voicing their concern in different meetings, like what they did in yesterday's Arab league meeting where they made their point and stance in this conflict...

Which is it?