AT LEAST 65 active-duty troops died in hostile action during #Trump’s presidency, the records show, as he ramped up commitments in #Iraq & #Syria to fight #ISIL / #ISIS while also launching airstrikes on Syria as punishment for a chemical weapons attack. Trump also escalated hostilities w/ #Iran, including the killing of #Soleimani. Trump claimed at the time the strike was carried out in accordance w/the Authorization for Use of Military Force resolution of 2001.
#Iran attacked a US drone in 2019, but #Trump did NOT hit back. He lost his nerve [#ChickenedOut] at the last minute, acc/to multiple news accounts. Then Iran attacked a US military base in 2020 after Trump ordered the drone killing of Iranian Maj Gen Qasem #Soleimani on Jan 3, 2020. No one was killed, though more than 100 service members suffered from traumatic brain injuries.
#FactCheck #VanceLies #VPdebate #disinformation #propaganda #trumpaganda
I am struck by the short-sightedness of those who come to believe that #Trump is anti-war: who killed #Soleimani? Who nominated a hawk like Mike Pompeo? Who named the ultra-hawk, Mike D'Andrea (aka The Undertaker) head of the Iran's operations?
Amongst #Iranian officials and the Iranian media the consistent slogans since the death of #Soleimani were hard revenge - that's the official hashtag. And there's been no real lessening of actual activity. And now as we're seeing here in 2024 with this regional war which is effectively being led by the #AxisOfResistance on whether #US forces or #Israel and its interests it's stronger than ever.
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#Soleimani ’s assassination seems to have given a new impetus to the so-called #AxisOfResistance - the network of groups in the region doing #ran ’s bidding. This network is far from homogenous - each group has its own agenda.
These range from pure proxies like some #Iraqi militias and #Afghan and #Pakistani #Shia mercenary groups, which are the absolute creations of the #IRGC with little independent decision making power and ideologically absolutely line of the Islamic republic.
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#soleimani was seen as defending #Iran on its frontlines in #Iraq against an extremist #Sunni group - #ISIS #IS #daesh which was dedicated to the murder of #Shia Muslims, wherever they could find them. there have already been several years of speculation whether in the #Iranian press that Soleimani would actually run for President
When he was assassinated we saw a genuine huge wave of mourning in Iran, his funeral was apparently the biggest mass gathering recorded in Iranian history
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In 1999 #Iran had a hostile neighbour to its east in the Islamic Emirate of the #Taliban in #Afghanistan. And it was there that #Soleimani , after 911, used the #IRGC ’s knowledge of Taliban bases to help the #US when it came to the invasion in 2001. Because although the IRGC was rhetorically opposed to the US, it was the Taliban that posed the more present danger. Although the IRGC went on to cooperate with various factions of the Taliban against the Republic in Afghanistan after 2001.
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He was already a notorious figure around the time of the Arab Spring and the outbreak of the #Syrian civil war.
In #Syria first it was #Soleimani 's role in ensuring that the #IRGC propped up the govt of Bashar al #Assad after the outbreak of civil war - he reportedly personally convinced the supreme leader, who he had a direct line to, to intervene in Syria on Assad's behalf. And then again, reportedly goes to #Moscow to convince #Putin to intervene in Syria on Assad’s behalf.
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the #Quds force was not a household name until a few years ago - they emerged into the spotlight under the command of Qasem #Soleimani - he was a construction worker at the time in Kerman, with little formal schooling, but thanks to the revolution he became an #IRGC paramilitary. He was involved both in the suppression of the #Kurdish revolts in ethnic Kurdish regions of #Iran in 1979, but also gained status as a kind of a war hero in the Iran-Iraq war
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Following is a thread of quotes from #TheGlobalJigsaw latest episode on the #IRGC, #Quds force, #Basij militias - and th ideological blueprint for #Iran so called Axis of Resistance. Whole episode here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpb
Your feedback welcome here: theglobaljigsaw@bbc.co.uk
We have created, #Soleimani said, territorial continuity for the Islamic Resistance by connecting Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.
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Why Islamic State attacked Iran on the anniversary of Soleimani’s death
Last week’s bombing near the grave of the Quds Force general that killed 84 is the latest episode in ISIS’s war on Shiite Muslims.
#iran
#terrorism
#isis
#soleimani
@israel
@palestine https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-islamic-state-attacked-iran-on-the-anniversary-of-soleimanis-death/
Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #soleimani
9: #whiskerswednesday
8: #starlink
7: #新年にふさわしい二つ名
6: #曲名あててみ
5: #musicwomenwednesday
4: #meermittwoch
3: #listedervergessenendinge
2: #images
1: #scifiacat
Update:
More than 100 people killed in bomb blasts near #Iran general Qasem #Soleimani 's tomb - state TV
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67872281
At least 73 people have been killed by two bomb explosions near the tomb of Iranian general Qasem #Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of his assassination by the #US, #Iran's state media report
State broadcaster #Irib said another 171 people were wounded when the blasts hit a procession near the Saheb al-Zaman mosque in the southern city of #Kerman
It cited #Kerman's deputy governor as saying it was a "terrorist attack"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67872281 #MiddleEast #Israel #News
Viele Tote nach Explosionen im Iran
Bei einer Gedenkfeier zum Jahrestag der Tötung des iranischen Generals Soleimani ist es zu zwei Explosionen gekommen. Laut staatlichen Medien kamen mindestens 70 Menschen ums Leben, mehr als 170 wurden verletzt.
Viele Tote nach Explosion im Iran
Bei einer Gedenkfeier zum Jahrestag der Tötung des iranischen Generals Soleimani ist es zu einer Explosion gekommen. Laut staatlichen Medien kamen mindestens 20 Menschen ums Leben, 40 weitere wurden verletzt.
NEWS -- Trump's attorneys turned over material in mid-March in response to a federal subpoena related to the document he described on tape but were unable to find the document itself.
Criminal Suspect donald #trump and Mike Pompeo ORDERED the #assassination of #Qasem #Soleimani on Jan 2, 2020. Ordered killing the #Iranian, then like a dope admitted it. Iran will get #Justice
Pompeo made a deal that allowed Iran to conduct the Jan 8, 2020, missile strike that struck al Assad air base that seriously injured more than 150 US military service members.
Trump gave the document in question to the Saudis as part of his golf tournament contract with them? There’s a reason why the Saudis are pumping billions into businesses with Trump & Kushner and it’s not out of the goodness of their heart. #DoJ
Here is today's new #StateDept sanctions against #Iranians for targeting former US Govt officials. #45 is terrified. I can imagine him trying to make a deal with Iran to get off the #Fatwa.
Rise Up drops tomorrow. We hope you will presave it, the link is in the video.
We wanted to pick out a particular protest today - so we googled "best hashtags for iran protests" - we are going to leave them below exactly as they were shown to us. Strange times. We are fortunate to have some freedoms. We should remain vigilant to protect them, and we should never lose our appetite to push for more.
Please take note, these would not have been what we thought were entirely appropriate hashtags.
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