Latest News On US Embassy Seige in Iraq and Killing of Iranian al Quds leader

Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandi, Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force

& Daily Mail, Reuters, --January 3, 2020

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Airstrikes Kill More Top Iranian-Backed Terrorist Leaders In Airstrikes, Reports Say Airstrikes late on Friday night reportedly took out more top Iranian-backed terrorist leaders in northern Baghdad. The Associated Press reported: “Iraqi official says airstrike hits cars carrying Iran-backed militia north of Baghdad.”-- More... U.S. Kills Two Top Iranian Military Leaders, Bigger Than Bin Laden, Al-Baghdadi • Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandi, Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force U.S. military forces have reportedly killed two top Iranian military commanders involved in terrorism on Thursday night in Iraq in an airstrike in what analysts said was a significantly bigger deal than the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were the two Iranian military leaders who were killed. Al-Muhandis was in charge of the Iranian-linked Popular Mobilization Forces. -- More...

Trump orders attack that kills Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani, other military officials in Baghdad

President Trump ordered a game-changing U.S. military attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, among other military officials at Baghdad International Airport early Friday, the Pentagon confirmed. Soleimani is the military mastermind whom Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had deemed equally as dangerous as Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In October, Baghdadi killed himself during a U.S. raid on a compound in northwest Syria, seven months after the so-called ISIS "caliphate" crumbled as the terrorist group lost its final swath of Syrian territory in March.-- More...


Iraqi official spotted outside embassy attack visited Obama White House in 2011

An Iran-linked Iraqi official who was spotted in the crowd of angry militia supporters and protesters Tuesday as some of them stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad visited the Obama White House back in 2011. Hadi Al-Amiri's presence at the scene of the embassy attack -- where crowds chanted “Down, Down USA!” following U.S. airstrikes that killed fighters of an Iranian-backed militia -- underscores how the figure once seen as a potential partner is now viewed by the U.S. government as a dangerous Iran proxy.-- More...

Iran-backed militiamen withdraw from siege of US Embassy in Baghdad as more American troops deployed

The dozens of pro-Iran militiamen and protesters camped outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad were met Wednesday with tear gas thrown by U.S. Marines guarding the compound. Smoke rose from the building after protesters lit a fire on the roof of the enclosure’s reception area, one day after militiamen stormed into the compound and smashed windows before pulling back.-- More...


Trump blames Iran as protests erupt outside U.S. embassy in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq and other staff were evacuated from their embassy in Baghdad for their safety on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said, as thousands of protesters and militia fighters outside the gate denounced U.S. air strikes in Iraq. On Sunday, U.S. planes had attacked bases belonging to an Iranian-backed militia, a move that risks drawing Iraq further into a proxy conflict between Washington and Tehran at a time when mass protests are challenging Iraq’s political system.-- More... Dozens of Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broken into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday after they smashed a door and stormed inside, the Associated Press reported. An AP reporter at the scene saw flames rising from inside the compound and at least three U.S. soldiers on the roof of the embassy.-- More...


Donald Trump blames Iran for attack on US embassy in Baghdad as under-siege American soldiers fire stun grenades at pro-Tehran Hezbollah mob who have stormed complex and set it on fire following protest over air strikes

• 'Iran killed an American contractor, wounding many. We strongly responded, and always will.' Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning. 'Now Iran is orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. They will be held fully responsible. In addition, we expect Iraq to use its forces to protect the Embassy, and so notified!' President Donald Trump has accused Iran of orchestrating an attack on the US embassy in Baghdad today, where hundreds of pro-Iran militia members have stormed the compound in retaliation for American air strikes. American soldiers inside the embassy have fired tear gas, stun grenades and warning shots at hundreds of fighters who broke down the compound gate and set fires within the complex in the Iraqi capital.-- More...

Overwhelming Proof Emerges That Iran Is Behind the Attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq

The ongoing attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq is continuing, with 100 U.S. Marines being deployed to protect it as the impotent Iraqis sit idly. A guard shack has been torched and the rest of the staff and military members are inside letting the walls do their job. From the beginning, the aggression has been squarely pointing to Iran. The attempts to breach the embassy came in the wake of retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian backed militias. While the media have tried to white-wash what’s happening by describing the attackers as “mourners” and “protestors,” this is clearly being orchestrated by the Quds Force and blessed by the Mullahs. And ample proof of that is emerging.-- More...

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