>>7740389

>>7740389

Does it escape you that he has been fighting for his country for over 20 years? I don't mean to be rude but are you retarded?

You should check out that Russians posted about their hypersonic missiles before his death also.

He died because he was deaftjnf the U.S implanted terrorists in the Middle East. He died because he was very good at his job. He died because he was a problem for the U.S.

Why do you think the U.S attacked their own Embassy? The U.S ALWAYS creates a situation against their own so they can attack the primary target. Or you haven't heard of 9/11 for example.

‘Keep out of Libya!’ Gruesome videos of Tripoli military academy strike emerge as UN envoy decries foreign meddling

Shocking videos have emerged online, showing what appears to be a drone strike on a Libyan military academy – instantly killing dozens of cadets and wounding just as many – as well as its bloody aftermath.

At least 30 trainees were killed and another 33 injured in the Saturday strike, health officials of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) said, noting the total death toll could still increase.

In one video circulating online, somewhat grainy and taken from a distance, a column of trainees is briefly seen in marching formation before it is obliterated by a direct hit that comes out of nowhere. A number of trainees are thrown to the ground immediately – many of them presumably killed – while a handful of survivors attempt to flee.

A second, much more graphic clip has also emerged, apparently taken in the moments following the strike. Screams of shock and prayers can be heard as someone looks over the grisly scene, with body parts and puddles of blood scattered across the academy courtyard. Footage captured later on shows debris still littering the charred concrete.

A security officer of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) gestures as he inspects the site of an attack on a military academy in Tripoli, January 5, 2020. ©  Reuters / Ismail Zitouny

While it remains unclear who carried out the deadly bombing this weekend, the UN’s envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame suggested on Monday it was “probably” forces supporting the rival legislature based in Tobruk, led by military commander Khalifa Haftar. A spokesperson from Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) denied any involvement in the attack.

Salame stopped short of assigning definitive blame, however, and spoke out against foreign interference in Libya.

“Keep your hands out of Libya, the country is suffering too much from foreign interference in different ways,” Salame said. “There is enough weapons in Libya, they don’t need extra weapons, there are enough mercenaries in Libya, so stop sending mercenaries, as is the case right now with hundreds, probably thousands, coming into the country.”

On Thursday, the Turkish parliament approved the deployment of troops and weapons in Libya in order to prop up the GNA against the LNA. Haftar responded by declaring jihad and vowing to “confront and expel” any foreign forces in Libya.

Though the GNA is the internationally recognized government, Haftar’s forces control most of the country. They have made efforts to take Tripoli since April last year, and announced a major push in early December.

Libya never recovered from the US-led NATO operation which overthrew leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, unleashing years of bloody conflict and instability.

https://www.rt.com/news/477607-libya-military-academy-bombing/

Damage control: Trump admin backtracking on threat to target Iran’s ‘cultural sites’ after international outrage

US administration officials are scrambling to walk back Donald Trump’s suggestion that he would target Iranian cultural sites by denying that he ever made the threat, even after he doubled down.

Trump provoked widespread outrage with a tweet Saturday claiming that Washington had 52 Iranian sites in its crosshairs, some of which were“very important” to “Iranian culture.” Those targets, he added, would be hit “very fast and very hard” if Tehran retaliated for the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani.

Asked about the threat on Sunday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that Trump “didn’t say he’d go after cultural sites.” Probed during a separate appearance on ABC News about why Trump was“threatening Iran with war crimes,” Pompeo said the administration would“behave lawfully” and “inside the system.”

Yet, hours after Pompeo’s comments, Trump doubled down in comments to White House pool reporters: “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesn’t work that way,” he said.

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway was also on damage control Monday, saying Trump simply posed the idea as a “question” — though his original tweet explicitly states that cultural sites were among the US’ list of targets. Conway also seemingly attempted to preemptively spin any hits on cultural sites as legitimate by suggesting that Iran has many “strategic military sites” that are “also cultural sites.” 

She later clarified that she did not mean to say that Iran was camouflaging its military targets within cultural sites, according to Washington Post reporter Aaron Blake.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gave a tepid warning against targeting Iran’s cultural heritage, saying through a spokesman on Monday that “there are international conventions in place” intended to prevent that kind of destruction.

Meanwhile, UNESCO also told the US to stay away from Iran’s cultural heritage, reminding Washington that it is party to treaties which explicitly prohibit the targeting of cultural sites during armed conflict. 

https://www.rt.com/usa/477586-iran-culture-conway-trump/