The hanging soldier cutout is placed on a street in downtown Baghdad. Click to see full-size image
Ever since the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by a US drone strike, the General’s likeness, as well as anti-US propaganda has been on the rise in both Iraq and Iran.
On the streets and in media.
Soleimani was, without a doubt, one of the central figures in the fight against ISIS, and one of the biggest contributors to the defeat of the terrorist group, and an iconic figure, enjoying a wide popularity in both Iran and neighboring Iraq.
A monument called “Victory Leaders” is being built near the Baghdad airport, where Soleimani and deputy chief of the Popular Mobilization Units Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed by the US.
The monument of ‘Victory Leaders’ being built near Baghdad Airport at the site of #Soleimani & #Muhandis assassination by US bombing #Iraq #TheMonument #العراق pic.twitter.com/zkFMqY9Esk
— Arif Hussain (@Arif_hussain110) February 14, 2020
An Iranian TV, published an animated video of the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, as well as a video of the Iranian strike on al-Asad Air Base in Iraq.
The number of US troops injured in that attack consistently increases as time goes by.
Iranian TV published an animated short film, Sever Revenge, about America’s terrorist attack at the Baghdad airport and the assassination of Martyrs, General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis and their comrades.
Also shows animated scenes of Iran’s air strike on Ain Al-Asad: pic.twitter.com/bZg0mivPza— Zahra Shafei ?? (@shafei_d) February 13, 2020
The animation ends with scenes of Operation Martyr Soleimani, IRGC’s airstrike on the US occupying base in Iraq, Ain Al-Asad pic.twitter.com/SwBlL1OBGS
— Zahra Shafei ?? (@shafei_d) February 13, 2020
Murals and posters of Soleimani are present all-around Iran, and in many places in Iraq.
Even at the Imam Khomeini Space Launch Centre, there is also a large photograph showing the late General, thus every time that the US and Co. carry out satellite surveillance on the activities at the sensitive site, they also see his likeness.
Footage – seemingly from today (5.12 PM local time) – of the gantry at Imam Khomeini Space Launch Centre, bearing an image of the late Martyr Qassem Soleimani.
Release of footage indicates that the Simorgh SLV carrying the Zafar satellite will be launched very soon. pic.twitter.com/aFddXSichK
— Aᴍɪʀ (@AmirIGM) February 7, 2020
The Iranians have painted a portrait of General Qassem Soleimani at the Imam Khomeini Space Center from where Iran will launch a satellite from in a few hours.
Picture from@AuroraIntel pic.twitter.com/76TedOxZ6d— The WPC Intel and OSINT Network (@WPCION) February 8, 2020
In addition, posters with General Soleimani are appearing in Rome, Italy, near the Colosseum.
I know that Major General Qassem Soleimani has been to Europe a couple of times but never to #Rome, #Italy. His photo is next to the Flavian Amphitheatre known as the Colosseum, #Italia, via @amu_abbas pic.twitter.com/Ty8XVcdjie
— Elijah J. Magnier (@ejmalrai) February 13, 2020
The text on the poster reads, in Italian:
“Ma c’è un altro tipo di paradiso: il campo di battaglia. Il campo di battaglia per la propria Patria.”
“But there is another type of paradise: The battlefield. The battlefield for one’s homeland.”
This is Rome and these are the posters of general Soleimani who was assassinated by the US only because he was a great threat to American imperialism in the ME.
The person who lives in the heart of millions of people, can never be a terrorist.#WednesdayMotivation pic.twitter.com/fkR46x5nXx— @arbaeenmedia1 (previous account suspended) (@Arbaeenmedia1) February 12, 2020
Soleimani’s likeness on an Baghdad street. Click to see full-size image
The anti-US and pro-Iranian propaganda is all around the streets, and it is becoming and more apparent that the Trump Administration did turn Soleimani into a martyr, and provided quite a bit of steam to the resistance against Washington in the Middle East.
A similar strategy is being applied in Benghazi, Libya. It shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a supporter of ISIS. Thus, such street-level propaganda appears to be gaining popularity.
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“When the only tool you can handle is a hammer, every problem for you looks like a nail.” It’s hard to imagine a deed to stimulate anti-American sentiment more than the extrajudicial killing of Soleimani. An act of infinite stupidity.
Remember, the nazi’s executed messengers sent by the soviets to ask their surrender even when they were losing.. Then when they realised the extent of their losses they started getting afraid enough to fear retribution for things they never even did. Same barbarism, when you treat others without dignity and respect, you get treated the same. It will happen and is only a matter of time.
amerikans r despised worldwide, except in Canada where recent polls find that only Canadians by 59% express a positive impression of their mannerless, self-uglified population as Durkheim observed, “the state always reflects the values and desires of its people”
“the state always reflects the values and desires of its people” Sounds more like Giddens than Durkheim. Durkheim was not a total apparatchik of Capitalist ideology whereas Giddens is and twists everything to suppost his Neo-Liberal rational. And of course he is being well rewarded for his twisted work with a bulging bank account and titles galore…….
Durkheim also observed that “only the least developed societies punish widely and severely” Reuters 2016—only 15% of amerikans believe torture is never justified; 2/3 support the use of torture–only exceeeded in 1 African nation no nation in the western hemisphere, nor in Europe permits capital punishment–except the USA…and u incarcerate more of your people per capita than any nation in history I’ll go w Durkheim or Simmel–and by his measure u r medieval
Americans are nice people, but the corporations and government have become detached from reality.
I hate what america does to other countries, right now the state represents the interests of the parasite class.
some.. oh there are decent americans but they are far inbetween..
???lol “amerikans r mean and bitter”. David Riesman “amerikans do not remember, they do not feel, they live in a materialist dream”. Moisede Ostrogorski I could continue….US narcissism researchers find that few amerikans possess empathy—Konrath, Grijalva, Twenge &Campbell (the narcissism epidemic) Don’t u dare tell me amerikans r “nice people”—0I worked as a psychologist for 2 decades in the USA….Reuters 2016: only 15% of the US public believes torture is never justified…2/3 support the use of torture–only exceeded in 1 African nation
They made a martyr out of him and they’re going to get booted out of Iraq. lol What a blunder.
Americunt low life child killing swine are hated by all and a major war of regional liberation is coming.
Only the Islamist Iranians are hated more in the region. But if there is the all out war you pube for, there will be a great many less Islamists Iranians. You should get off you bug infested coach and go join them. Your Darwin Award awaits.
why don’t they take an effigy of dunny the dunce or trump and pompeo and mnuchin and hang them from the lampposts outside the green zone in baghdad. and cause a riot for the world to see how popular the mass-murdering assholes are in iraq.
The Iraqi Government just asked NATO to stay and increase their support there. You lose.
street prop seems well organised, i wouldn’t say its astroturfing because there is more than enough peoples sentiment to work with, but has state actor funding
The US and Israel should make a present of a lot more martyrs of the Islamist Iranians and friends. Think of it as an act of good will since when all the top Islamists are eliminated it will be a very good day for the Iranian People as well as the rest of the world.
and since the squatters on palestinian land is one major concern for the morons in the white house, criminally corrupt officials of the american people, there should be an effigy of netanyahu hanging and burning next to trump, fatso etc and there should indeed be one of jared kushner and his botox bitch as well.