by Chris Faure – for The Saker Blog
UPDATE – THE VOTE NEWS IS IN.
170 Iraqi lawmakers sign draft bill to expel US military forces from country
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/01/05/615421/Iraqi-lawmakers-draft-US-forces
Note : there is a process to be followed. The lawmakers will now seek parliamentary approval.
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Just in from PressTV while writing: US withdrawing forces from region despite contrary claims: Military sources
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/01/05/615417/US-withdraw-troops-region
We will leave it to The Saker to analize this move vis a vis a new ME war, or not.
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On with the SITREP:
Despite the further belligerence of Trump seemingly with no end, we note a full-out US social media war to further justify and malign General Suleimani as an ‘international terrorist’, whose killing was justified, there is a palpable sense of fear and perhaps even complete astonishment, in the cadre of American people that travel and from those that are aware.
The military draft in the US ended in 1973. Currently, all men ages 18 to 25 are required by law to provide basic personal information to the Selective Service System. The Selective Service site crashed with high traffic volumes of registrations and people inquiring if a draft will be re-instituted. The American people are beginning to realize that there might be war.
The US spin is in full force and social media wars rage across the spectrum, alternative news sources and legacy media with clear paid and unpaid troll armies flying high to establish the spin. This consists mainly of simple messaging;
– Suleimani was an international terrorist and if you question this, you are for the terrorists
– We have clear evidence that Suleimani was planning attacks against US forces imminently and that is why we took him out
and the poorest of poor excuses that I saw:
– If we did not take him out, then we would have wars between Sunni and Shia and that will create many more migrants.
– This is the only way that Trump eventually can withdraw troops from the ME. He is draining the swamp.
Then there are some that timidly ask, “but, why was this General so popular?”, only to be shouted down by the spinmeisters.
Formal justification and doubling down comes from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US:
“We had clear, compelling, unambiguous intelligence to indicate Qassem Soleimani was planning, coordinating, and directing a significant campaign of violence against the United States in the coming days,” said Gen. Milley. –NBC News
Evidence for that statement is of course lacking.
US Americans were warned to leave Iraq and new warnings are out from Canada for Canadians to leave the area. There are rumors that American oil workers are fleeing Iraq but I have not found reliable sourcing for this excepting the warnings from the US State Dept that Americans should leave Iraq now.
Tension is palpable around the Iraq military bases, where Iraqi soldiers and US soldiers are embedded together. There are conflicting reports on distances that people must maintain between themselves and a base, and conflicting reports on the real situation, but this report has been verified. NATO has stopped training Iraqi soldiers.
The Funeral:
It seems as if there is a light youtube throttling of footage of General Soleimani’s funeral. Major legacy media is allowing clips only. (I have not searched the alternative sources of DTube or BitChute). Of course in the West, nobody wants anybody to see the masses of people and the outpouring of grief out in the streets at the General’s funeral. I have seen estimates of millions but there at least are hundreds of thousands.
– The best viewing at the moment, is on PressTV https://www.presstv.com/ but their video content cannot be embedded here.
– Another source which will soon indicate to you the level of the social media wars, is Twitter hashtag #Suleimani https://twitter.com/hashtag/soleimani?vertical=news&src=hash
– Sputnik has video as well : https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001051077947844-body-of-general-soleimani-arrives-in-ahvaz-iran-for-farewell-ceremony—video/
– And RT – https://www.rt.com/news/477499-soleimani-procession-ahvaz-iran/
– SyrianGirl is keeping pace with all of this: https://twitter.com/partisangirl
The main message from yesterday was the raising of the red flag in Iran, described by Saker correspondent here: http://10.16.86.131/sitrep-soleimani-and-al-muhandis-murders/
The second main message is that the US most probably did not expect this level of worldwide outrage which again illustrates their very poor grasp of the real and actual zeitgeist in countries that they want to dominate. They are doubling down on their reasoning and justifications, as well as desperately seeking some kind of diplomacy in the background. It almost looks like we see the proverbial penny dropping and the sound of that worming its way into the US national consciousness that they are not seen as liberators and welcomed with flowers, but as oppressors.
The Vote from Iraq to expel or not, the US from their territory: We are waiting. The last information that I have is that this meeting to vote whether the US must leave Iraq forthwith has gathered.
China in the voice of Hu Xijin
Perhaps the war is not really far from us. Now whether it’s Iran or forces trying to pass off as Iran’s, attacking US target will trigger even fiercer attack from the US. So forces that hate the US or hate Iran are all likely to be tempted.
https://twitter.com/HuXijin_GT/status/1213624261622951936
The uk said that they have a nuclear submarine ready to strike iran. Europen prostitute at its best.
Post your source!
https://sputniknews.com/military/202001051077949109-iran-us-standoff-soleimani-killing/
https://sputniknews.com/military/202001051077949109-iran-us-standoff-soleimani-killing/
Sending a nuclear submarine to the Persian Gulf would be very foolish indeed. Such submarines are designed for “blue water” operation in the ocean depths. The Persian Gulf would be a trap, which could very easily turn into a tomb.
UK needs to get on with Brexit & not involve themselves in US misadventures.
Has anyone noticed this? Apparently Soleimani was to meet the Iraqi PM the day after he was murdered.. as an envoy with a letter responding a certain Saudi peace offer!?!
The Iraqi PM stated this himself today. If this is true it’s huge, no??
https://mobile.twitter.com/janearraf/status/1213823941321592834
It’s huge. According to Magnier’s tweet:
“We have learned today from #Iraq Prime Minister AdilAbdl Mahdi how @realDonaldTrump uses diplomacy:
#US asked #Iraq to mediate with #Iran. Iraq PM asks #QassemSoleimani to come and talk to him and give him the answer of his mediation, Trump &co assassinate an envoy at the airport”
It seems it was all ruse to get him to come to Iraq…
https://twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/1213833855754485762
Yes, then if we take this as truth, which I see no reason to deny as it comes straight from the horse’s mouth (PM of Iraq himself), then this could be the reason why Israel targeted Soleimani’s convoy at the airport.
Think about it, they either gave the US the coordinates and a US drone/helicopter took the shot OR the Israeil drones did the deed themselves. Why? Well if in fact there was a Saudi or US plan to mediate with Iran through Iraq, that would be a nightmare for Bibi (he doesn’t get his war against Iran while at the same time already being charged for corruption at home and therefore can’t be saved from possible prison time). War is the only thing that’ll allow him to continue staying in power and not head to jail.
Again, think further, murdering Soleimani benefits no one more than Bibi. The only next logical question is who exactly pulled the trigger? If indeed Israel (which I currently am leaning more towards) then Trump jumped in and took the blame only to shield Israel (he is after all a good friend based on his actions of MIGA)… but why would he put his neck on the line? Well, for one he knows that the MENA would explode if it was found that Israel murdered Soleimani and co. On the other hand Trump (maybe if true in his ‘drain the swamp’ talk) is planning to use this opportunity to pull out troops from the Mideast.
I, like so many of us here on these boards, (and believe me I’ve been losing so much sleep these past 3 days simply by staying glued to my screen following every word said and written about the most recent developments), we are not priivy to the behind the scenes happenings. Fortunately we have great individuals such as the Saker or Bernhard (MoA), as well as so many others who have some connections and insight to help us understand the situation better.
I guess we will learn more as we move forward.
Just as a side note, I have spent these past 3 days since the murders happened to try and respect the calls for mourning for Suleimani & Muhandis. No drink, no smoke, and I even went to a local Orthodox church and lit 2 candles this morning in memory of the recently deceased. I’m not a religious person and I never attend service, but being baptized at birth into the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith I felt this was a unique moment. If God were to hear my prayer this one time, by doing what I did he’d understand how important this prayer was for peace and safety for all those innocent in this world.
May we all go forward as brothers and sisters, put aside any petty beef between Muslim and Christians, and cease to allow ourselves to be divided by those who truly are evil!
Thanks for your efforts, prayers and anti imperialist solidarity, may God reward you in this life and the afterlife. With love to all friends, comrades, brothers and sisters of all faith and political affiliation in all former Yugoslavia,
Arab Adighe
Thank you, Forward. Well written, very moving comment… I am also reading non stop about this tragic event, and believe that it is our opportunity to unite against the madness of imperialism and State terrorism.
Did you see this?
According to PressTV, on Sunday, the Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr made “a call specifically on the Iraqi resistance groups and the groups outside Iraq more generally to meet immediately and announce the formation of the International Resistance Legions.” See https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2020/01/05/615421/Iraqi-lawmakers-draft-US-forces
Let’s get involved!
Well, that will certainly encourage any other governments to respond to US requests for negotiations in future.
“Come talk to us – and we’ll murder you on the way”.
I can just see the CIA creatures giggling psychotically at their own cleverness. What chance do mere human beings have against such super-intelligent demons?
And here we were worrying about potentially ruthless AIs…
Russia and China remain silent, as it would be to their benefit if the US gets drawn into a large scale war with Iran. So they can arm the crap out of the Iranians and Iraqis.
Israel First
Greater Israel
Yinon Plan
In order to establish “Greater Israel”, Iran must be wiped off the map.
The USA is kaput, the US-Dollar will soon be a non-transferable jew-buck
Everything is orchestrated, Mossad via BIBI (KUSHNER) told Trump to kill Iran’s General, the USA is blamed, the US is ostracized and the Chinese Yuan becomes the new currency. Israel & China are already joined by AIIB & SCO, which the USA isn’t allowed to be a member, even the UK is in AIIB ( the new IMF under China )
Iran is the only country to stand up to Israel and call them out, even China & Russia have refused. Thus Israel must destroy Iran and its people. The USA is already scheduled to be destroyed.
Israel will play itself as the good-guy in both China & Russia, as like this site, most just want the USA-Hegemon to die, but the thing is the owner of the USA is Israel, so what if USA dies the Owner still lives.
“… so what if USA dies the Owner still lives.”
I wouldn’t count on it. If nothing else, it will be a much less affluent lifestyle lacking U.S. transfers of funds and other material support. They still retain the so-called ‘Sampson option’, of course, but I wouldn’t regard the capability for self-immolation as synonymous with living in any real sense of the word.
@Mortimer, your new appellation,
You foisted this bullshit about AIIB and SCO weeks ago and I refuted it and your misinformation.
“Israel & China are already joined by AIIB & SCO, which the USA isn’t allowed to be a member, even the UK is in AIIB ( the new IMF under China )”
Stop posting falsehoods. Your trolling is exposed by the stupidity it contains.
The warmongers are trying hard to accuse Iran of having been behind the Lockerbie incident. As the neocon saying goes, they do not let a crisis go to waste. They even try sometimes to recycle a crisis and why not, like the gassing of the kurds by Saddam and his general Chemical Ali. Having used it as an excuse to invade and destroy Iraq, they try from time to time to bring up the event as an excuse to accuse Iran of having been the real culprit, even though Chemical Ali himself declared right before being hanged, that he would do it again, if he had the chance. It is therefore quite strange, that some trolls and warmongers are brings up the Lockerbie PanAm 103 over Scotland in this regard and accuses Iran of having been the real culprit, because the americans deliberately targeted and downed an iranian passenger plane and killed more than 200 Iranians. Why not recycle that event, which in the final analysis caused the destruction of Libya and use it to destroy Iran?!!!
Knowing what we know today with regards to the fake chemical attacks in Syria and the manufactured un report, who knows, that what happened in Lockerbie was not a pure accident, which was used to destroy a potentially effective enemy of the western colonial powers in Africa!? And some people are now trying to bring up the event in order to accuse Iran acts of terror and in the final analysis perhaps use this kind of false accusation as justification for attacks on Iran. That is really despicable!
“The warmongers are trying hard to accuse Iran of having been behind the Lockerbie incident”.
I take it they will also be publishing their plans to resurrect Abdelbaset al-Megrahi from the dead, restore to him the years of his life that were stolen by imprisonment, and compensate him richly for his pain, inconvenience, suffering and loss of reputation.
As well as explaining how an infallible “Scottish” court of law, with so much energetic help from the US authorities, managed to find the wrong person guilty.
Sons of pigs.
according to the Pence, Soleimani “assisted” 9/11…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/04/mike-pence-says-iran-leader-qasem-soleimani-assisted-9-11-hijackers/2812917001/
Everything and anything.. maybe they will also find him responsible for global warming.
Pence is actually more dangerous than Trump. It was Pence behind the attempted coup in Venezuela.
More importantly, Pence is a Washington insider. The Neocons tolerate Trump when he blunders into aggression all over the world, but they love Pence. He is one of them.
Agreed…Pence is our modern day Brutus…a neocon to his core snake in the DC grass. He knows much about Vice, that’s for sure. What is troubling is the very real chance he will run for the top dawg post once Trump runs out of time in 2024. His rhetoric reveals him as the neocon he is right to his marrow. He gets elected and we are all surly doomed. You thought Trump kissed Nuttiyahoo’s rear, this guy will show you some bigtime major league ass kissing.
Just read the USA today article. For the VP of the United States to spew such propagandist nonsense should frighten any thinking person on the planet. Even more disturbing, a sizeable, perhaps majority, of the population will accept such crazy allegations as fact.
I often wondered if mass hysteria infected the German population in the 1930’s. Certainly that was the case then in Germany and evidently that has taken place in the United States of today. It is remarkably easy to manipulate, deceive, and control great populations by virtue of monopolistic media presence and years of brainwashing. What can anyone do that would make a difference?
”What can anyone do that would make a difference?”
The antidote is also obvious from the experience of Nazi Germany: Resounding defeat at home against a proletarian force (Soviet Red Army) in the midst of fire and anguish. The worldwide ”Serves you right” as the prevalent response to the 911 fireworks speaks volumes. Don’t let the Ziomedia and the Western bogus ’intelligentsia’ convince you otherwise.
Yes it shows what scum they are,they blamed Libya for years which i never believed,a theory that holds more water is that a Palestinain group the PFLP General Command under George Habash were responsible,maybe a Iranian proxie at the time,who knows?
Syria Girl just reported they have taken down the account of Syria’ president. Brasco_Aad
@Brasco_Aad
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Al Shabab (fully owned by Qatar) attack against a US base in Kenya is still ongoing.
US military forces are unable to counter it.
Al Shabab never attacked a US base before.
This huge attack came a few hours after the Qatari FM visited Teheran.
@ Max
Well, I would be interested to get your point.
It seems my assumption was proven correct
it is a diplomatic staged event in coordination between Iran and the US to withdraw US troops from ME with a justification and media spin. Everyone can claim victory an play tough guy.
Just like Bin Laden being dead at least 3 times.
Mission accomplished for the boys !
Who is loser in the story… the deep state.
The MIC and Israel.
The other explanation is Trump being a idiot nut trying to trigger wwiii.
But, not sure he said that during his campaign…
Not….when allegedly Iran has refused 3 offers of mediation and resumption of some kind of mutual acceptance existence by USA as presented by Qatar emissary….Qatar itself notorious for jihadist support in various places eg Syria.
The Financial Times reported that Qatar had funded the Syrian rebellion by at least $1 billion and “as much as $3 billion” over the first two years of the civil war. It reported that Qatar was offering refugee packages of about $50,000 a year to defectors and family.
Can you please write more about the connection of Israel to Chinese and Russian Sea Ports?
USA stayed in Syria to protect and take the oil…..considering a huge percentage of Iraqi oil is now “owned” and managed by american companies…..surely USA is gonna insist they must stay to protect the oil also for the sake of Iraq in their delusional beliefs? All those troops are ready to drop in very quickly……will Iraq have the nerve and ability to take back their own oil?
Sound like the same scenario as what took place in Iran in 1979…folk pissed that their resources were being taken for the benefit of the few foreign oil company’s. Can anyone with the slightest bit of sanity blame them?
The putrid stench of war is killing the canary in the coal mine. Gold is climbing the stairs of fear. The higher the price of gold, the higher the chance of bombs raining down on Tehran. Watch gold, buy gold, pray!
Just saw this, anyone know more. If true it’s huge!!
https://mobile.twitter.com/janearraf/status/1213823941321592834
https://www.rt.com/news/477515-iraq-parliament-foreign-troops/
Iraq has passed the legislation in question!!!
“We had clear, compelling, unambiguous intelligence to indicate the USG was planning, coordinating, and directing a significant campaign of violence against those opposing it in the ME in the coming days,” said the world in general to the bullshitters in the Pentagram.
According to the national iranian news channel the iraqi parliament has decided to expel american forces from Iraq.
From Iraq Prime Minister’s speech in Parliament, I gathered that:
(1) Trump told the Prime Minister that he will attack Iraqi PMU Militias, The Prime Minister objected and Trump ignored him
(2) After the US Embassy protests ended, Trump called the Prime Minister and thanked him for successfully persuading Iraqi PMU Militias to withdraw from Embassy grounds and Green Zone. Trump refused to apologize for defying the Prime Minister’s request to respect Iraq Sovereignty and strike the PMU militias
(3) Trump asked Iraq to be a mediator between USA/Saudi axis and the Iranians. The Prime Minister agreed and communicated the message to Iran. The Prime Minister asked Americans to stop conducting helicopter overflights above PMU military bases, Trump ignored him
(4) With respect to the mediation issue, Qassem Solemani was in Iraq to deliver a personal message from Ayatollah Khamenei to the Prime Minister when the Americans assassinated him.
This sequence of events has been confirmed by many sources.
This is the 21st Century’s Archduke Ferdinand moment.
It was inevitable; “History does not repeat – but is does rhyme”
There will be some low level skirmishes from the smaller players to allow the major powers to jostle and align themselves. Perhaps a month or two, similar to the timeline that unfolded after Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination by Gavrilo Princip.
The various leaders: Putin, Xi, Johnson, Macron, Merkel, Erdogan, Netanyahu and Trump will lay out their affiliations and sympathies while all quietly preparing for a great war.
Putin in particular will probably do everything in his power to mitigate this coming cataclysm, but unfolding events will likely get the better of him, more betrayals and empty promises from Israel nothwithstanding.
No point in worrying about it now, we cannot halt the inevitable.
Americans want to enslave the entire the world, purely for their own benefit.. Nothing of their humanity or respect for other cultures remains. They have lost their souls and become animals.
May God have mercy on us.
Damn! And if the history truly rhymes, our politicians here in Bulgaria, will drag us on the losing side. Again.
At this point in time it only takes the dedication and self sacrifice of a couple of hundred people to save the lives of millions and put a stop to the destruction yet another nation and all the coming wars for empire by the handof usa government, by surgically targeting the main culprits of the usa wars for the last couple of decades. We all know, who they are and were they are and we know their crimes. Every day some veteran whos live have been destroyed by these lies, commits suicide. Every day some knowledgeable american gets the news of being terminally ill. What if they did the right thing and decided to take out one of those responsible for all of these crimes and misery and destruction of the soldiers lives and target one of these monsters dressed in human skin at their door steps and end their impunity, being it their errandboys in the media or their ideologues in their neocon thinkthanks, generals of politicians, who have destroyed entire nation for power or greed. All it takes to change this world for the better is a couple of hundred americans to save us all from this evil!
They were never better than animals since their inception that was based on theft of land, genocide and slavery.
This is wonderful news.
So far the American media has not reported it. I think that eventually they will have no choice.
The Western media is now reporting the decision of the Iraqi Legislature. The Times just reported it. I would post the link but the Times wants people to “register” in order to view it. Fat chance of that happening.
Here is a link to a twitter account with a good video of massive crowds on the streets of Mashhad awaiting the arrival of Qassem Suleimani.
https://twitter.com/sonofnariman/status/1213792565075550208
Sure doesn’t look like “the hundreds of protesters” reported in all the fake stream media here. Zero chance a single soul attending all those funeral gatherings will be sympathetic to anything coming out of Trumps mouth for as long as they live. Trump et.al. are completely oblivious to the colossal blunder he perpetrated by this extrajudicial murder. His Orange Man Good crowd of sheep are too drunk with his poisonous koolaid to understand that and only parrot the MSM talking points. I’m as right now as I was when Bush/Cheney were lying us into the trillion dollar Iraq disaster.
I have been following the predictable propaganda of the murder of General Soleimani and others in the UK gutter rag, the Daily Mail. It’s pretty representative of all Empire + vassal msm.
I do this not only to confirm the kind of lies the masses are being told, but to scan the comments section, as a “guesstimate” of the extent to which the said masses seem to be buying the propaganda.
The average article draws somewhere between 500 – 800 comments, which gain around up to 100 approvals and maybe 15 disapprovals.
A really popular idea, one being pushed hard, as in any criticism of the younger Royal Family members, or the Prince Andrew / Epstein beat up [the usual allegations without a shred of prove or investigation of the allegation] draws huge numbers. The comments go into the 3 – 9 thousand mark, and approvals in the 2-3 thousand mark.
So – Interestingly to me, in the anti-Putin Russophobic threads they get few. May a few hundred comments, and not many “ticks” which leads me to think that the massive readership the DM online draws has few that actually agree with this.
However, this latest “Soleimani” propaganda piece is very interesting.
There are barely a few hundred responses to many of the pieces, although some have drawn around 3.5 + thousand. However, All are of the grammatical and intelligence standard of a low intellect child, mostly pushing the aggressive tone of the brainwashing. They are without any substance at all. A great majority are also giving an American address – thus coming from the easily brainwashed majority there. Interestingly also, they are pulling very few “approval ticks”. So my estimate is that given the huge readership, barely 0.1% are “buying” this, few are agreeing with the lunatic rabble – and the more intelligent are staying uneasily quiet.
Which is good to know.
I suspect the brainwashing by media in the Anglo Empire is being seen more and more for what it is, and rejected. At the moment, the mass of people are unsure of what to do, how to handle it. So there’s only silence and no action.
But that could change suddenly. Perhaps the sleepers are starting to wake up after all. We can only hope.
“The US spin is in full force and social media wars rage across the spectrum, alternative news sources and legacy media with clear paid and unpaid troll armies flying high to establish the spin.”
There are still some who show some sense:
https://sputniknews.com/viral/202001051077951993-mia-khalifa-puts-on-t-shirt-with-russian-emblem-in-preparation-for-wwiii-amid-us-iran-tensions/
https://mobile.twitter.com/miakhalifa/status/1213170341318557696
“#WWIII trending on twitter*
*US is in contention with Iran….*
*Iran is an ally of Russia….*
Me, just in case: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENYL_lOVUAM82Rh?format=jpg&name=small
Iraqi parliament passes resolution asking government to cancel request for assistance from US-led coalition
https://www.rt.com/news/477515-iraq-parliament-foreign-troops/
“The Iraqi government must work to end the presence of any foreign troops on Iraqi soil and prohibit them from using its land, airspace or water for any reason.”
According to Press TV, some Western military presence may remain for training purposes. The resolution says Iraqi military leadership has to report the number of foreign instructors that are necessary for Iraqi national security.
At the same time, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said that Baghdad had turned to the UN Security Council with complaints about US violations of its sovereignty.
Speaking at an emergency parliament session on Sunday, Iraq’s caretaker PM said the American side notified the Iraqi military about the planned airstrike minutes before it was carried out. He stressed that his government denied Washington permission to continue with the operation.
Mahdi said Soleimani was on his way to meet him when the US airstrike killed the Iranian general.
Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stated in a letter that Iraq should go further and shut down the US embassy.”
Iraqi Parliament Votes to End Foreign Military Presence, Scrap US-Led Coalition Agreement – Reports
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001051077951896-iraqi-pm-to-make-a-request-to-parliament-on-us-troops-withdrawal—reports/
“He added that there are two options available regarding the withdrawal of US-led coalition troops. The first would see their immediate and complete withdrawal, the second would order foreign military personnel to leave gradually.
“As Prime Minister and senior commander, I recommend the first option. Despite the external and internal difficulties that we may encounter, this option is fundamentally better for Iraq … It will help reorganise relations with the US and other nations, maintain cordial relations on the basis that territorial sovereignty is respected, and allows for no interference in internal affairs,” Mahdi remarked.”
This vote of the Iraqi Parliament is the single most significant representative vote of this century thus far.
Keep in mind that this is in happening a occupied country. This occupied country has more balls than the “free” western Europe, how pitiful it is.
On display is the real strength of democracy when it represents the true will of the people.
This shows the true weight and value of sovereignty – and this vote has infinitely more gravity then all of the feeble vassalish votes of the entire EU and other US satellites.
This has even more weight than any UN votes, including the UNSC as most of those have become mere “suggestions” to the hegemonic will of the anglozionist empire.
Good for Iraq and the middle east and really for the world.
God bless and godspeed.
You wrote:
That is an excellent observation. Maybe someday the Europeans will be shamed into reclaiming their freedom.
I don’t think they will be ashamed. As long as they can eat, tank fuel in their cars and have a comfortable living, they will accept the status-quo as it is now.
Pompeo s statement: “We think there is a real likelihood Iran will make a mistake and make a decision to go after some of our forces, military forces in Iraq or soldiers in northeast Syria,” he told Fox News on Sunday
That is a direct call for false flag operation in order to blame iran and start the war.
War is almost certain now. Of course I hope I am wrong.
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Sadr Calls for International ‘Resistance Legions’ as MPs Vote to Oust US Troops
https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001051077952584-iraqi-shiite-cleric-sadr-calls-for-international-resistance-legions-as-mps-vote-to-oust-us-troops/
“In a letter to members of parliament, al-Sadr described the resolution as a “weak response [to] American violation of Iraqi sovereignty”. He went on to urge the government to cancel the existing security agreement with the United Sates, close the US Embassy in Baghdad and criminalise communications with Washington.
The cleric, who heads the largest bloc in parliament, called on militant groups in and outside of Iraq to meet immediately and create “International Resistance Legions”.
Although the newly-adopted resolution is non-binding for the government, it is likely to be fulfilled, given that the caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi had earlier demanded legislative steps from parliament to force the US withdrawal.”
“On January 4, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif, at the latter’s initiative.
Sergey Lavrov offered his condolences in the wake of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Commander of the special-task Quds Force of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, who was killed by the US military near Baghdad.
The ministers stressed that this US action was a grave violation of the fundamental standards of international law and does not contribute to resolving the complicated issues in the Middle East. Instead, it will trigger a new round of escalation in the region.”
https://www.mid.ru/en_GB/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3989694
The White House has based the killing of Soleimani with the Bethlehem Doctrine of Pre-Emptive Self Defence.
This doctrine has a long history justifying pre-emotive responses to “he hit me back first.” This doctrine goes back at least two thousand years, and possibly was first used in the Bethlehem Acts of Herod the Great, king of Judea, who allegedly ordered the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.
Can’t you just imagine Herod’s fetching blonde press officer telling the media, “This was a preemptive strike to kill those dangerous terrorist toddlers before they were old enough to attack us”?
Interesting article by Elijah Magnier. It is obvious that he has some inside information not otherwise available to the public at large.
https://www.anti-empire.com/what-comes-next-after-the-us-assassination-of-qassem-soleimani-the-options/
He argues that the US might withdraw its troops back to the Kurdish areas of Iraqi, thus keeping a presence in Iraqi but keeping the troops away from retaliation. The US might actually try such a thing as they desperately need a presence in Iraqi to support their troops in Syria.
However, this would, in essence, create a “Kurdistan” in Iraq. That would not only be unpopular in Iraq but with the Turks as well.
But the Kurds ever living on some hope of a Kurdistan might kiss and make up with USA….who might ” claim “that they need protecting as Kurds in Iraq did not really support the resolution…. and strengthen their presence in conjunction in north east Syria…..I think that region needs to be urgently shut down to USA presence ASAP. No fly zone…..close down any supply routes from Turkey …..now is the time for Assad and Russia to take advantage of the situation. Close down all channels between Russia and USA ….shut them down and out…..fully show support for Iran. Before Israel takes advantage of the situation or creates provocations for their own benefit….eg more attacks on Iranian presence in Syria and preventative action against Hezbollah and associates.
The PressTV article about the Iraqi lawmakers bill to expel US forces mentions that the Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called “specifically on the Iraqi resistance groups and the groups outside Iraq more generally to meet immediately and announce the formation of the International Resistance Legions.” Great! This is the beginning of a world movement counter State terrorism – meaning US State terrorism. People of all religions should UNITE in an International Resistance Legion close to their homes. This MUST become true, now! It is our way to say NO to State terrorism once and for all.
Did Trump just pull off a genius move?
He now has bulletproof cover to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq and Syria and did it by eliminating the most powerful and capable anti-US strategist in the ME.
If that pull out happens Iran will limit their retaliation to a single token target and take their win while not inviting a massive air strike.
Israel will not be happy.
As more details come out about the assassination of Soleimani, the more dastardly it sounds.
With multiple credible sources indicating that diplomacy was used as a ruse to get Soleimani to let his guard down and come to Iraq under lase pretenses to be murdered, it pretty much puts diplomacy out of reach for Iranians.
This act was intended to destroy any chance of diplomacy and force war with Iran.
Take the whole rest of the world out of the equation for now. Can this be accepted within the US government?
Only the US congress after debate can authorize war on a nation for the US peoples defense. What happens if a US president, by their heinous actions, tries to subvert this process and force war? It is the duty of Congress to prevent this. It is the duty of the American people to prevent this.
Only the American people and Congress can prevent a retaliatory attack by Iran by enforcing the rule of law within their own country. It is up to the American people and Congress to hold Trump and those that enabled him accountable. If Congress and the American People fail to do this, then they also fail to protect our forces and the legitimate interests of the United States of America.
I say to fellow Americans, you have to let your voice be heard without fear of being called a pacifist or coward. You cannot support such acts in your country’s name.
This is potentially another war to be started on lies. The facts surrounding the assassination of Soleimani paint a picture of a vile and murderous attempt to force a larger war without consent of the American People or Congress.
Whatever one would say about Donald Rumsfeld, I doubt he would ever have taken such a vile and reckless action. The Unknown, Unknowns have just increased by magnitudes that are… Unknown.
As we speak,
Iraq is being forced further towards civil war.
Russia is shipping literally tons more S300 and Pantsir missiles into Syria
Hezbollah is on full alert and looking for blood
Don’t forget that the Saudi Oil Facility was successfully struck despite being surrounded by the best of US air defenses. That there are many US bases and facilities which are far more exposed than that.
Don’t forget that America was supposed to stand for something. That thin propaganda veil of what America was supposed to be is getting shredded more every single day that passes unless Americans do something worthwhile to change course.
@Anon on January 05, 2020 · at 1:25 pm EST/EDT
Russia and China remain silent, as it would be to their benefit if the US gets drawn into a large scale war with Iran. So they can arm the crap out of the Iranians and Iraqis.
Total nonsense. Russia and China would not benefit from a large US military presence in the Middle East; a hot war in a region as strategic as that could easily go global. The two countries are being diplomatic now because they do not want to start World War III.
‘We’re becoming the terror’: Virginia senator hated by ISIS calls Soleimani killing ‘tragedy’,
warns against war with Iran
General Qassem Soleimani was among those responsible for defeating Islamic State and Al-Qaeda,
and his killing is a “great tragedy” that could result in a “vast war” with Iran, a former Virginia senator
and Marine veteran told RT.
https://www.rt.com/usa/477428-black-soleimani-terror-iran/