ILLUSTRATIVE IMGAE: Members of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq. AP Photo/Hadi Mizban
Originally appeared at Sputniknews
Two waves of airstrikes were launched against US military facilities in Erbil and the Ayn al-Asad Air Base in Iraq, housing US-led coalition forces on Wednesday morning following the assassination of the Commander of the IRGC’s elite Quds Force Qasem Soleimani last week.
Iraqi militia commander Qais al-Khazali (HINT: He’s a leader of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, a group within Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units) said on Wednesday that Baghdad would follow Iran’s response to the killing of its top military commander Qasem Soleimani on 3 January by the US, Reuters reported. Al-Khazali noted that the Iraqi response would not be “any less” than Tehran’s retaliation, following the death of Iraqi Shia Kata’ib Hezbollah leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who was also killed in the US strike.
“The initial Iranian response to the assassination of the martyred commander Soleimani has happened. Now it is time for the initial response to the assassination of the martyred commander Muhandis. And because Iraqis are brave and zealous, their response will not be any less than that of Iran’s. That is a promise”, al-Khazali was quoted as saying.
US will face a renewed insurgency in Iraq and the wider region. Murdering General Soleimani was a fatal mistake.
and they will leave the region completely and forever
Correct, it is clear to everyone that US military is a tool in the hand of the elites, and that even people on diplomatic missions in what is technically Peace time, despite the tensions, can be assassinated by drone. Who wants to live under that kind of “democracy”. The assassination bears israeli fingerprints all over it, they just love assassinations.
US foreign policy is so dumb they’ve managed to make Iraq and Iran allies instead of enemies.
HEY U.S. THEY WERE ALREADY SLOWLY REMOVING YOU FILTHY KIDKILLING TERRORISTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST….THE DEATH OF SOLEIMANI & AL-MUHANDIS ONLY HAVE PUT EVERYTHING ON THE FAST TRACK
BETTER GRAB YOUR GEAR & PISS OFF! OR THERE WILL BE SHITLOADS OF BODYBAGS BEIN’ SHIPPED BACK TO AMERICA…
Does us proud lads, do us proud.