BRKG ***CONFIRMED... Iran's Qassem Soleimani killed in US airstrike*** (i.e. BUCKLE UP!) - Iran counterattacks
jward
passin' thru
Global: MilitaryInfo
@Global_Mil_Info
Iranian media just confirmed the death of Qassim Soleimani, Commander of #Iran’s Quds force.
@Global_Mil_Info
Iranian media just confirmed the death of Qassim Soleimani, Commander of #Iran’s Quds force.
What you mean Kemosabe??? could go hot???
EMICT
Veteran Member
Just a pic with a hand with a ring on the finger, looking almost exactly like the ring worn in prior photos.
Has the EAS been tested yet?
Kayak
Adrenaline Junkie
No. Fully body pic. Or, what's left of it.
danielboon
TB Fanatic
They show his ring
Oh, he might have. Apparently one of his feet is still there. His head may be within a hundred foot radius or so.
jward
passin' thru
BNO News
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Iranian sources tell the New York Times that Qasem Soleimani's killing could lead to war, saying: "Official reaction will begin with a strike"
johngaltfla.com
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It would be their first, and last strike. So I say "Cowards Bluster" for $500, Alex.
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Michael111
Membership Revoked
There are multiple Hezbollah sleepers in the West! Stay alert folks! SITUATIONAL AWARENESS!
mzkitty
I give up.
Iraqi TV: Iran’s Gen. Soleimani killed in Baghdad strike
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Smoke rises from the reception room of the U.S. embassy that was burned by Pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. U.S. troops fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse pro-Iran protesters who were gathered outside the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad for a second day after pro-Iranian militiamen and their supporters had camped out overnight at the gates of the embassy. On Tuesday, dozens of the protesters had broken into the compound, trashing a reception area and smashing windows in one of the worst attacks on the embassy in recent memory. (Khalid Mohammed/AP Photo)
Baghdad (AP) — Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials officials said Friday that Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport.
The officials said the strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces confirmed the deaths of Soleimani and Mahdi al-Muhandis in a post to social media Friday morning local time.
The PMF said Soleimani and Mahdi al-Muhandis were targeted in a strike on a road at the Baghdad International Airport.
Popular Mobilization Forces are part of a larger umbrella group that includes a number of Shia militant groups supported by Iran.
Military Times reached out to Operation Inherent Resolve and the Pentagon seeking comment about this rocket attack near the Baghdad airport but did not immediately receive a response.
William Fallon, a retired admiral who ran U.S. Central Command from March, 2007 to March, 2008, told Military Times that Soleimani’s death is a “significant blow” to Iran.
“There is little doubt in my mind he was in Baghdad orchestrating activity,” said Fallon, who in his role as CENTCOM commander dealt with Soleimani’s actions in Iraq. “Those were not protests, they were coordinated attacks on the embassy.”
Fallon said that while tensions between the U.S. and Iran are likely to ratchet up, he does not anticipate a full-scale war.
“It will be interesting to see how big a strike back Iran wants to try,” Fallon said, adding that he expects terror attacks and Iranian-backed militia leaders to "put on a pretty good show against the embassy."
“They have to be careful about it, as we have seen over the last six months, they are not shy,” said Fallon. “Whether it is tanker attacks, drone attacks, they will likely do something, but they will have to calculate how far they want to go.”
As far all-out war, “neither side really wants it,” said Fallon. “The media may egg it on, but it is not in the interest of either party to do it. There is too much to lose. The Iranians have a lot of chess pieces on the table.”
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
An official with an Iran-backed paramilitary force said Friday that seven people were killed by a missile fired at Baghdad International Airport, blaming the United States.
The official with the group known as the Popular Mobilization Forces said the dead included its airport protocol officer, identifying him as Mohammed Reda.
A security official confirmed that seven people were killed in the attack on the airport, describing it as an airstrike. Earlier, Iraq’s Security Media Cell, which releases information regarding Iraqi security, said Katyusha rockets landed near the airport's cargo hall, killing several people and setting two cars on fire.
It was not immediately clear who fired the missile or rockets or who was targeted. There was no immediate comment from the U.S.
The security official said the bodies of those killed in the airport attack Friday were burned and difficult to identify. The official added that Reda may have been at the airport to pick up a group of “high-level” visitors who had arrived from a neighboring country. He declined to provide more information.
The attack came amid tensions with the United States after a New Year's Eve attack by Iran-backed militias on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The two-day embassy attack which ended Wednesday prompted President Donald Trump to order about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East.
The breach at the embassy followed U.S. airstrikes on Sunday that killed 25 fighters of the Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Kataeb Hezbollah. The U.S. military said the strikes were in retaliation for last week’s killing of an American contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base that the U.S. blamed on the militia.
U.S. officials have suggested they were prepared to engage in further retaliatory attacks in Iraq.
“The game has changed,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday, telling reporters that violent acts by Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq — including the rocket attack on Dec. 27 that killed one American — will be met with U.S. military force.
He said the Iraqi government has fallen short of its obligation to defend its American partner in the attack on the U.S. embassy.
The developments also represent a major downturn in Iraq-U.S. relations that could further undermine U.S. influence in the region and American troops in Iraq and weaken Washington’s hand in its pressure campaign against Iran.
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www.militarytimes.com
Baghdad (AP) — Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials officials said Friday that Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, has been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport.
The officials said the strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces confirmed the deaths of Soleimani and Mahdi al-Muhandis in a post to social media Friday morning local time.
The PMF said Soleimani and Mahdi al-Muhandis were targeted in a strike on a road at the Baghdad International Airport.
Popular Mobilization Forces are part of a larger umbrella group that includes a number of Shia militant groups supported by Iran.
Military Times reached out to Operation Inherent Resolve and the Pentagon seeking comment about this rocket attack near the Baghdad airport but did not immediately receive a response.
William Fallon, a retired admiral who ran U.S. Central Command from March, 2007 to March, 2008, told Military Times that Soleimani’s death is a “significant blow” to Iran.
“There is little doubt in my mind he was in Baghdad orchestrating activity,” said Fallon, who in his role as CENTCOM commander dealt with Soleimani’s actions in Iraq. “Those were not protests, they were coordinated attacks on the embassy.”
Fallon said that while tensions between the U.S. and Iran are likely to ratchet up, he does not anticipate a full-scale war.
“It will be interesting to see how big a strike back Iran wants to try,” Fallon said, adding that he expects terror attacks and Iranian-backed militia leaders to "put on a pretty good show against the embassy."
“They have to be careful about it, as we have seen over the last six months, they are not shy,” said Fallon. “Whether it is tanker attacks, drone attacks, they will likely do something, but they will have to calculate how far they want to go.”
As far all-out war, “neither side really wants it,” said Fallon. “The media may egg it on, but it is not in the interest of either party to do it. There is too much to lose. The Iranians have a lot of chess pieces on the table.”
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
An official with an Iran-backed paramilitary force said Friday that seven people were killed by a missile fired at Baghdad International Airport, blaming the United States.
The official with the group known as the Popular Mobilization Forces said the dead included its airport protocol officer, identifying him as Mohammed Reda.
A security official confirmed that seven people were killed in the attack on the airport, describing it as an airstrike. Earlier, Iraq’s Security Media Cell, which releases information regarding Iraqi security, said Katyusha rockets landed near the airport's cargo hall, killing several people and setting two cars on fire.
It was not immediately clear who fired the missile or rockets or who was targeted. There was no immediate comment from the U.S.
The security official said the bodies of those killed in the airport attack Friday were burned and difficult to identify. The official added that Reda may have been at the airport to pick up a group of “high-level” visitors who had arrived from a neighboring country. He declined to provide more information.
The attack came amid tensions with the United States after a New Year's Eve attack by Iran-backed militias on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The two-day embassy attack which ended Wednesday prompted President Donald Trump to order about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East.
The breach at the embassy followed U.S. airstrikes on Sunday that killed 25 fighters of the Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the Kataeb Hezbollah. The U.S. military said the strikes were in retaliation for last week’s killing of an American contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base that the U.S. blamed on the militia.
U.S. officials have suggested they were prepared to engage in further retaliatory attacks in Iraq.
“The game has changed,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday, telling reporters that violent acts by Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq — including the rocket attack on Dec. 27 that killed one American — will be met with U.S. military force.
He said the Iraqi government has fallen short of its obligation to defend its American partner in the attack on the U.S. embassy.
The developments also represent a major downturn in Iraq-U.S. relations that could further undermine U.S. influence in the region and American troops in Iraq and weaken Washington’s hand in its pressure campaign against Iran.
Fears of new conflict rise after US kills Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, in strike on Baghdad airport
“Don’t underestimate the hatred and vitriol that senior U.S. military officials with experience in Iraq have toward Qassem Soleimani."
www.militarytimes.com
auxman
Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit...
Agreed!
Burrito
Veteran Member
That is a great question!! Let's test it!
mzkitty
I give up.
[B]Aaron Attridge[/B] @[B]Action_AA[/B] 1m1 minute ago
#BREAKING: Reported post-attack video of the Soleimani hit:
Here, on Arabic website but that doesn't matter; click on link:
www.alhurra.com
Here, on Arabic website but that doesn't matter; click on link:
ضربة سليماني والمهندس..صور وفيديوهات للأشلاء والنيران قرب مطار بغداد
حصل موقع الحرة على مجموعة من الصور والفيديوهات للموكب الذي تم استهدافه في محيط مطار بغداد الدولي، حيث قتل ثمانية أشخاص، بينهم نائب رئيس هيئة الحشد الشعبي، أبو مهدي المهندس، وقائد فيلق القدس الإيراني، قاسم سليماني.
www.alhurra.com
Kayak
Adrenaline Junkie
For those who want to see it, take out the spaces after media/. It's bad, so you're going to have to work to get it. Seriously, if you don't want to see a mutilated dead body, do not go.
You bet your bippy, vato....
Michael111
Membership Revoked
Not giving anything classified away. Friends in JTTF are receiving emergency briefings in real time.
Please, just make sure TEST is prominently displayed. Otherwise, there might be a bunch of extra laundry needing doing. Unless of course, by the time the test is started, it's too late for it to be just a test. Oh, and Happy New Year.
jward
passin' thru
Never forget nor forgive these SOBs!
Kurt Schlichter Retweeted
Matt Mackowiak
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This is ****ing disgraceful. Soleimani is one of the world’s most vicious terrorists and is directly responsible for the death of Americans.
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The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
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Breaking news: Airstrike at Baghdad airport kills Iran’s most revered military leader, Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi state television reports https://wapo.st/2N5y2m3
Kurt Schlichter Retweeted
Matt Mackowiak
@MattMackowiak
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This is ****ing disgraceful. Soleimani is one of the world’s most vicious terrorists and is directly responsible for the death of Americans.
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The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
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Breaking news: Airstrike at Baghdad airport kills Iran’s most revered military leader, Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi state television reports https://wapo.st/2N5y2m3
danielboon
TB Fanatic
yup here we go
I’ll try to run an EAS test this Saturday
blueinterceptor
Veteran Member
Major cities and infrastructure should prepare accordingly.
lets take this discussion off this thread and leave it up to the admins - please
jward
passin' thru
Jeff 
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mzkitty
I give up.
AlfaMan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Good catch.
Those SN's correspond to C-5 Galaxies. 2 refitted B models and looks like 2 new build C-5M super Galaxies. Hunter AFB/AAF is the load on point for 2nd mech division (used to be 24th mech) at Fort Stewart about 35 miles SW of the base. Figure 2 M-1 Abrams per C-5, or 3 Bradleys. OR a whole bunch of troops per plane. I'll take buttload of troops onboard each plane for 500 Alex!
If they're heading to Kuwait the MSN sealift ships are steaming up and heading north from Diego Garcia with enough party favors for 60 days full party hardy for a division on board.
There was also a brass laden hen party at my local base today. The Citations flushed out like F-16s around 6pm.
Why is it that when I have a day off and wake up from a nap I wake up to crap jumping off?
Any ways, as I see it, if the Iranians decide to get the ball rolling, I'd expect them to use Hezbollah one last time to go after any targets of opportunity. Once they do that, Hezbollah goes to the top of the kill list and then the Iranian regime membership is next.
The other thing to consider is the gift of a black swan to Trump all of this potentially can be.
Any ways, as I see it, if the Iranians decide to get the ball rolling, I'd expect them to use Hezbollah one last time to go after any targets of opportunity. Once they do that, Hezbollah goes to the top of the kill list and then the Iranian regime membership is next.
The other thing to consider is the gift of a black swan to Trump all of this potentially can be.
The Hammer
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First Trump tweet, just minutes old...
View: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1212924762827046918?s=19
View: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1212924762827046918?s=19