=Recap update=
>Gen. Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, Iraqi television and three Iraqi officials said.
>The strike also killed Abu Mahdi Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF, the officials said.
>S Marines capturing Iraq militia leaders Qais Khazali of Iraqi Hezbollah and Hadi Al Ameri
https://twitter.com/HSajwanization/status/1212912935061901312
>Iran proxy fighters weakened heavily, weapons facility taken out, Iran proxy war coordinator (Soleimani) dead, other leaders dead/captured.
>''Without the ability to do proxy attacks, Iran is fucked bigly, bc if they make a move as Iran itself, they will get destroyed (not the people, but all military infrastructure within 2 hours).''
BIG WIN.
5.5 Earthquake in a remote region of Iran, suspected to be an underground facility, the nght before these kills.
All taking place after what Trump declared as "Not another Benghazi"
US Embassy had "Soleimani, is our leader" spray painted on the entrance when they tried to storm the embassy doors.
Military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Org.
General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and
coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. He had orchestrated attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the last several months - including the attack on December 27th - culminating in the death and wounding
of additional American and Iraqi personnel. General Soleimani also approved the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that took place this week. This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans
"The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world."
https://twitter.com/ShannonBream/status/1212928814025715712
Soleimani GAVE IRAQI MILITIA MEN IEDS that were the single leading cause (17%) of American Deaths.
He also gave Iraqi militia men IRAMS that caused a lot of damage.
Background: Qassem Soleimani
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Revolutionary Guard commander (Iran/Iraq War)
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For Suleimani, saving Assad seemed a matter of pride, especially if it meant distinguishing himself from the Americans.
>Since then, Suleimani has orchestrated attacks in places as far flung as Thailand, New Delhi, Lagos, and Nairobi—at least thirty attempts in the past two years alone. The most notorious was a scheme, in 2011, to hire a Mexican drug cartel to blow up the Saudi Ambassador to the United States as he sat down to eat at a restaurant a few miles from the White House. The cartel member approached by Suleimani’s agent turned out to be an informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. (The Quds Force appears to be more effective close to home, and a number of the remote plans have gone awry.) Still, after the plot collapsed, two former American officials told a congressional committee that Suleimani should be assassinated. “Suleimani travels a lot,” one said. “He is all over the place. Go get him. Either try to capture him or kill him.” In Iran, more than two hundred dignitaries signed an outraged letter in his defense; a social-media campaign proclaimed, “We are all Qassem Suleimani.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander
Sen. Cotton: Qassem Soleimani masterminded Iran’s reign of terror for decades, including the deaths of hundreds of Americans. Tonight, he got what he richly deserved & all those American soldiers who died by his hand also got what they deserved: justice. America is safer.” - Fox