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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for the March 13 ballistic missile strike on Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
In a statement, the IRGC said that the missile strike targeted a “strategic center of Zionist conspiracy and evil”. The guards confirmed that the strike was a response to the March 7 Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital, Damascus.
The Israeli airstrikes killed two officers of the guards, colonels Ehsan Karbalaipour and Morteza Saidnejad. Back then, the IRGC vowed to retaliate.
“Following the recent crimes of the fake Zionist regime and the previous announcement that the crimes and evils of this infamous regime will not go unanswered, the strategic center for conspiracy and evil of the Zionists was targeted by powerful and pinpoint missiles of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps,” the guards’ statement reads. “Once again, we warn the criminal Zionist regime that the repetition of any evil will face harsh, decisive and destructive responses.”
According to the available information, the IRGC launched at least 12 Fateh-110 tactical short-range ballistic missiles at Erbil.
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The Interior Ministry of the Kurdistan Region Government said that the missiles, which targeted the US consulate’s new building in Erbil, caused only some material damage and one civilian was wounded.
A spokesman for the State Department called the Iranian missile strike an “outrageous attack” but said no Americans were hurt and there was no damage to US government facilities in Erbil.
Initial imagery via Rudaw shows damage to a compound house ~0.5km from the K24 TV Studio damaged in last nights attack on #Erbil. The impact location is still unclear. The house compound sits just over 1km new US Consulate compound which is under construction. pic.twitter.com/2X3byyj8BX
— Aurora Intel (@AuroraIntel) March 13, 2022
The last time the IRGC fired ballistic missiles at US targets in Iraq was in January 2020. The attack was a retaliation for the US killing earlier that month of its military commander Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy-commander of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units, at Baghdad airport.
The IRGC missile strike on Erbil came following a surprise halt of the international talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Any response by the US against Iran or its allies in Iraq and Syria could further harm the talks, which are already facing some serious problems.
That is very accurate assessment, 9 Zionists were killed and the reinforced Mossad fort totally devastated. The basement was an ELINT base as videos showed and linked to the CIA run disinformation TV station that was not directly targeted but suffered major damage. This was the most devastating Iranian attack on Zionist targets so far. JAI IRAN!
And this is only the first one. It they struck directly at the zios, means that the bar will raise in Syria too.
Hava Nagila Poobah, Kaballah Foofah. Its all just Shite!!!!
Jewish history is completely false!!!! Exodus my are!!!
Although I want peace and think Israel could find strength through peace, it’s about time Iran sent a message.
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My butt hasn’t been this sore since 2006. Thanks Iran ❤️
C’mon, does that mean you love Jens less now?
Jens will always be my number one. He’s receive and giver. Even Yamil blushes at the depths Jens goes to, and the depths that go through him 😳
A ballistic missile a day keeps Mossadisis away 🤗
Hasbarats and Mossadisis are crying and raging 🤗🤡
Most excellent 🇮🇷
Now, when the rabbis come to collect the scraps, hit them too!!!!
Al Tanf, Syria is next on the list. Let the purge begin!! The Americ-nts used their “surge” strategy under the war criminal Gen. McCrystal, a despicable pin-headed looking f*ck, in Iraq and Afghanistan. Iran will now use the “purge” on them.
Enough with this retaliation crap! The Iranians need to take a more proactive approach to defending Syria…if they’ve identified US-Israeli assets then those assets need to be immediately destroyed!
Israel said they’re responding soon, but if this escalates to a war, israel will be gone 48 hours tops.
1) Israel is still asking for USA to fast track tankers to hit Iran reactors. This shows that a) Israel doesn’t even have the logistics to take Iran on b) they’re not confident that what they currently posses is sufficient to take Iran on.
2) This is more important because Israel will have to find a way to beat Hezbollah FAST in order to focus on iran. Given the fact that Israel couldn’t beat Hezbollah when they only had soviet era weapons, and were able to drag the war for over a month, still had enough rockets to send to Israel for at least 2 more months shows their failure already. Zionist publicly estimate that Hezbollah has 150k missiles/rockets, but everyone here knows that’s only a sugarcoated so Israeli don’t have a morale drop knowing there’s most likely over 500k guided missiles pointed towards them from like 4 countries. Israel will have to survive Hezbollah missile showers, which is impossible. Even if Israel stays intact, their economic infrastructure will be gone. Israel will no longer have oil, electricity or water plants, and Israelis will leave. This is ONLY from Hezbollah, I haven’t even talked about what Iran would do while Hezbollah attacks, same with Houthis who also posses weapons that have numerous times evaded air defence systems like the patriot and hit targets in Saudi and UAE which both buy all their weapons from Zionist. Hamas/ all Palestinians will have a HUGE morale boost knowing that israel can’t handle Hezbollah, let alone Iran and will start conquering settlements on their side. PMU and other Iraqi militias loyal to Sayed Nasrallah and Iran said they’re joining the next war against Israel, that’s hundreds of thousands of extra bodies who are battle hardened and just as motivated as the rest of the axis of resistance. Russia has also stated they will help Syria with golan, so we have Hezbollah Radwan unit and SAA and possibly Russian Spetnaz in Syria who’ll liberate golan.
No one talks about this, but IDF and NATO lose morale when bodies start dropping from their side. Israel always retreats when their soldiers die, axis of resistance doesn’t. Shias believe that dying on the battlefield is one of the most honourable way to die, that means they want to die fighting Zionist, Zionist don’t want to die so they’ll retreat once they realize they fucked up.
Agreed with everything but lost you at the point where you said “Russian Spetnaz will liberate Golan” – isn’t Putin going to meet Slensky or however you spell his name in Jerusalem, the capital of Palestine. I don’t think Russia will ever make a move against Israel. It still lives in the bubble that Israel is somehow Jewish. It’s not, it’s Zionist, a rotten ideology.
I believe Russia announced they don’t recognize Jerusalem for Jews. I’m not 100% sure, but I think Russia said they’ll help with the liberation of golan because israel was siding with Ukraine and allowing exIDF soldiers volunteer
US Official: ‘Iran attacked our compound with salvo of missiles. But no one was hurt and nothing was destroyed.’
US Official’s seem to think the public has mass cognitive dissonance and can’t see the obvious self contradiction in that statement. Salvo of destructive explosive laden missiles hits US site in Kurdistan, yet no harm or damage to the targeted US site in Kurdistan whatsoever?!! There is a very basic logic problem with this statement!
You have to remember, these are US “officials” – in other words, 100% bullsh#tters. Their target audience comprises manly the uninformed, misinformed, naive, gullible, easily brainwashed and dumb. The Fateh-110 missile usually has a 450 or 650 kilogram warhead. Anyone who says that a warhead of that size, especially in salvos, did not destroy anything is either a complete idiot and/or complete bullsh#tter.
Yep, you’re right. But if they admitted any destructive effects they would have to stop negotiations about JCPOA right away and they are desperate to buy some Iranian oil. It’s a bit of a joke now.