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The Iraqi resistance’s response to any targeting of the country or use of its territory or airspace to strike Iran will not be limited to “Israel” but will extend to United States bases and interests in Iraq and the Middle East, warned the head of the Iraqi Kata’ib Hezbollah Security Bureau on October 10.
Abu Ali al-Askari said in a post on Telegram that the Iraqi resistance will not start a war that involves the energy sector, but if it does break out, the world will lose 12 million barrels per day, “and this is what we will make sure of.”
“This is what we will be taking care of, but only God knows what our brethren in Yemen will do in Bab al-Mandab and our brethren in Iran will do in the Strait of Hormuz,” he further warned.
Kata’ib Hezbollah is one of the strongest Iran-backed armed factions in Iraq. It is thought to be a key faction of the so-called Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) umbrella group, which has been launching attacks against Israel as well as against U.S. forces in the region since the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip last October.
al-Askari’s threat came as Israel is reportedly preparing to launch an extensive strike against Iran in retaliation to the October 1 missile attack that targeted several key Israeli intelligence and military bases.
Recent reports in American and Hebrew media suggested that Israel would attack oil facilities in Iraq. Tehran has already warned that it will strike back by targeting Israeli infrastructure.
The serious threat made by Kata’ib Hezbollah is not the first to come from Iran’s allies in Iraq. Following the Iranian missile attack on Israel, the Coordination Committee for the Iraqi Resistance, which is thought to be responsible for decision making for the IRI, warned the U.S. against supporting a retaliatory strike against Iran, vowing to attack U.S. bases and internists in the region.
Iran and its allies appear to be very serious about deterring Israel, even if that meant going to an all-out energy war in the region.
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if war erupts? what do you speaking about? which war? is this not already a war? what are you waiting for? they toppled already your elite. what does it takes for a “war”? i’ll lose my f* mind.
it is a hybrid proxy war. full war against iran means u.s. strategic bombers, boots on the ground and other “democratic” procedures, which are missing. will be funny when iran will ask saudi for help, they will decline, then iran will target saudi rafineries and russia will just sit and read speeches in the un security council. mark my words. i think russia will not wake up sooner then ukraine/u.s/briton nukes will target kremlin. once putin is dead, russia will finally fight.
too right. time to give shlomo and uncle sugar an almighty bitchslapping. they sure like dishing it out. listen to them squeal when they get a dose of their own medicine.
go for it! if there’s a party and you’re forced to pay for it (neo-colonialism) then you have all the right to destroy the party!
iraq : 5:34 am baghdad time on 20 march 2003 invasion begun. 30 april 2003 invasion ended with 139 u.s. military personel killed. if iran is veeery lucky, they can resist up to 2 months and kill 500 u.s. troops. if they are not very lucky, it will be over in less then 14 days with less then 100 u.s casualties.
you are dreaming plus delusional – iran is 1.8 million sqkm with a highly trained population of 84 million, prepared to defend the country with whatever it takes. first out is the hormuz straight which easily can be mined to the extent that no shipowner would risk his ship and then take out ras tanura and the rest of the oil installations in the gulf, such as kuwait, uae, bahrain and so on plus the houthis can take out the saudi loading port in the red sea.
and the world economy after that would be what – in ruins and the american 6000thousand billions in currency and credit derivatives would do what – bankrupt the us economy for the next 1000 of years and the jews will be gone, zip, disappeared never to be seen again!
i’m realistic. russia will not move a finger, china will not intervene in iran as well. iran have problems to protect even their presidents so the army command will be taken out in less then 30 minutes once the war started. and without command, you really can’t do much, especially against the u.s. & israel. the same applies for the refineries, nuclear plant.. they are sitting ducks. everything will be burned down.
israel will be burned down you idiot.
yes, it will all be over by christmas, just like ww1. or maybe not. but all of uncle sugar’s previous wars have been such a rip roaring success, worked out exactly in line with the powerpoint presentation, didn’t they. what could possibly go wrong. who could stand up against the exceptional and chosen folk?
zionists will be dealt with!
the american genius g.w. bush wiped out their own american puppet saddam hussein to squeeze more profits for their oil companies and created a chaotic iraq that will haunt them.
if this and if that, those us bases should have been destroyed a long time ago.