The Red Flag of Jihad
Saturday, January 4, 2020 11:41
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“Round Two:
US Drone Airstrikes Kill Six Pro-Iran Militia Commanders”
by Tyler Durden
“Whether he is eating ice cream or not, Trump appears to be on a rampage to recreate the end of The Godfather. Less than 24 hours after a US drone shockingly killed the top Iranian military leader, Qasem Soleimani, resulting in equity markets groaning around the globe in fear over Iranian reprisals (and potentially, World War III), the US has gone for round two with Reuters and various other social media sources reporting that US air strikes targeting Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units umbrella grouping of Iran-backed Shi’ite militias near camp Taji north of Baghdad, have killed six people and critically wounded three, an Iraqi army source said late on Friday.
Iraqi official media has also confirmed that two vehicles were targeted north of Baghdad, carrying commanders of the pro-Iran militias in the PMUs. Two of the three vehicles making up a militia convoy were found burned, a Reuters source said, as well as six burned corpses. The strikes reportedly took place at 1:12 am local time.
According to unconfirmed reports, a US MQ-9 Reaper drone targeted a convoy carrying several high ranking officials of PMU (Hashd al-Shaabi) in Taji, North of Baghdad. The casualties are said to be mostly among members of the IRGC-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq. In separate, unconfirmed reports, yet another airstrike is said to have targeted a convoy in Iraq’s Nineveh governorate.
And so, with the US laying death and carnage from the sky across Iraq, reactions have ranged from the sarcastic and laconic.. “To the objectively concerned, some are wondering how much further is Iraq going to let US operate freely in country before they decide to kick their assets out? These airstrikes really make the Iraqi government look weak like they can’t deal with their problems by themselves, which may or may not be true, but the point stands.”
Of course, the other point is when and how will Iran respond, as it is now clear that if it does nothing it will only embolden the US to pick off its top generals, while any substantial escalation could lead to a regional war.”
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“Red Flag Of Jihad Raised As
1000s Mourn Death Of Suleimani In Baghdad”
by Tyler Durden
“The White House must leave the region today or it
must go to the market to order caskets for soldiers.”
- Iranian General Mohammad Reza Naghdi
“When the U.S. is killing Iranian forces outside of Iran,
the U.S. must see its troops killed at its bases in the region.”
Iranian Politician and cleric Mojtaba Zolnouri
“In what many middle east experts are calling an “ominous” signal to the west following the assassination of the commander of IRGC’s Quds Force General Qassem Soleimani, a red flag has been hoisted over the holy mosque of Jamkaran in Qom, Iran’s holiest city. The flag is almost always blue, but according to old Iranian traditions in ancient wars red flags were raised when the enemy commits murder and will remain red until revenge is complete.
Al Manar TV reports that the red flag was raised as speakers in the mosque called: “O Allah, hasten your custodian reappearance,” referring to the reappearance of Imam Al-Mahdi.
The flying of the so-called “flag of jidah” is particularly noteworthy given Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei comments that Soleimani was now a “worldwide resistance icon,” and Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah described Soleimani as the “master of Resistance Axis martyrs,” stressing that avenging him and the other martyrs is a duty of all resistance mujahidin around the world.
Meanwhile, AP reports that thousands of mourners chanting “America is the Great Satan” marched in a funeral procession Saturday through Baghdad, a day before the top Iranian commander will be laid to rest in Iran. The mourners, mostly men in black military fatigues, carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Soleimani. They were also mourning Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a senior Iraqi militia commander who was killed in the same strike. The mourners, many of them in tears, chanted: “No, No, America,” and “Death to America, death to Israel.”
Mohammed Fadl, a mourner dressed in black, said the funeral is an expression of loyalty to the slain leaders. “It is a painful strike, but it will not shake us,” he said. Hadi al-Amiri, who heads a large parliamentary bloc and is expected to replace al-Muhandis as deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella group of mostly Iran-backed militias, was among those paying their final respects. “Rest assured,” he said before al-Muhandis’ coffin in a video circulated on social media. “The price of your pure blood will be the exit of U.S. forces from Iraq forever.”
What happens next: let’s be clear, no one knows for sure, even those who will decide some of the next steps. The Iranian regime is not suicidal, it is strategic, calculating (even if it miscalculates sometimes), so likelihood of an all-out direct US-Iran war is low.”
Source: http://coyoteprime-runningcauseicantfly.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-red-flag-of-jihad.html
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