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Iraqis 'dancing in streets' after Qassem Soleimani's death: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
India Today ^ | 1/03/2020

Posted on 01/03/2020 7:06:40 AM PST by nikos1121

raqis are celebrating the death of Iran's elite Quds Force chief, General Qassem Soleimani, by "dancing in the street", said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo while sharing a video of people holding a rally.

In the 22-second video which Pompeo shared on Twitter, people are seen running on a road carrying a several meter-long Iraq national flag. The video is of some unspecified location in Iraq.

This comes hours after the United States confirmed that Soleimani has been killed in a defence strike near Baghdad International Airport.

"Iraqis -- Iraqis -- dancing in the street for freedom; thankful that General Soleimani is no more," Pompeo tweeted.

Iraqis Iraqis dancing in the street for freedom; thankful that General Soleimani is no more. pic.twitter.com/huFcae3ap4 Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) January 3, 2020

Besides Soleimani, Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and five others were also killed in the US airstrike at Baghdad's international airport, reported Iraqi officials and state television.

The attack has come days after an Iran-backed militia and other protesters attacked the United States Embassy in Baghdad.

The attack on the embassy came as a retaliation to a US airstrike that killed at least 25 people of the Popular Mobilization Forces.


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Iraqi anti-government protesters flash the V-sign of victory outside their protest tents in Baghdad's Tahrir Square following news of the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards top commander Qasem Soleimani in a US strike on his convoy at Baghdad international airport on January 3, 2020 (AFP)

1 posted on 01/03/2020 7:06:40 AM PST by nikos1121
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You would think they would thank President Trump for saving the world the cost of a trial.


2 posted on 01/03/2020 7:11:41 AM PST by RideForever
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To: nikos1121

Who gets his ring. Maybe it had a chip in it.


3 posted on 01/03/2020 7:12:37 AM PST by Oldexpat (Olde DASH pilot)
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So yesterday they were killed using katyusha rockets, now it’s an American airstrike.
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There will be retaliation for this.


4 posted on 01/03/2020 7:13:23 AM PST by Stevarino
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To: Stevarino

Huh?


5 posted on 01/03/2020 7:14:44 AM PST by nikos1121
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To: RideForever

It looks like they are.


6 posted on 01/03/2020 7:16:21 AM PST by nikos1121
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Ayatollah: There is nothing the US can do...


7 posted on 01/03/2020 7:18:16 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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Who gets his ring?

Good question. Maybe it will show up on E-bay someday.

8 posted on 01/03/2020 7:18:40 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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How many of them? Could be lying.


9 posted on 01/03/2020 7:20:19 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: nikos1121
Democrats should consider the Obama approach?
10 posted on 01/03/2020 7:20:35 AM PST by FiddlePig (The greatest threat to our sacred liberty is to not value it!)
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I am glad Suleimani took a bullet but one thing for sure in that sick part of the world. If they are dancing in the streets it involves celebration over someone’s death. Their biggest celebrations are reserved for dead Americans Probably a bunch of sunnis hating on the shia. I don’t trust any of them.


11 posted on 01/03/2020 7:23:05 AM PST by chuckee
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12 posted on 01/03/2020 7:25:16 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Stevarino

“There will be retaliation for this.”

Iran’s military commander was already preparing more terrorist mayhem.
The mullah’s are always retaliating for grievances going back hundreds of years.

It wasn’t stopping, quite the contrary.


13 posted on 01/03/2020 7:25:53 AM PST by romanesq (8Chan and its child porn, violence and murders are kaput. So is the QAnon grift with it.)
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To: FiddlePig

LOL!


14 posted on 01/03/2020 7:28:14 AM PST by kidd
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Damn, that’s a funny tweet!


15 posted on 01/03/2020 7:28:39 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (It's the corruption, stupid)
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To: Stevarino
There will be retaliation for this.

Retaliation for killing the architect of the attack on the American Embassy.

You definitely have got to work on your vocabulary.

Iran initiated an attack on American diplomats in Iraq and their senior commander in country died in a counterstrike.

The death of the unlamentworthy crap head general was a defensive operation and further strikes when your assault isn't going as planned are not” retaliation.

Welcome to Free Republic.
You have been here three months.
I would imagine (from the positions that you take) that you won't last a year.

16 posted on 01/03/2020 7:31:23 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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“The attack has come days after an Iran-backed militia and other protesters attacked the United States Embassy in Baghdad. “

= = =

It needs to be made clear:

1. This attack on our embassy was an attack of American soil.

2. “Protesters”, if any, were a minor part of the attack on the embassy. These were heavily armed militia and they were well organized. They set up roadblocks and checkpoints around the embassy.

3. The militia was a proxy military force for Iran.


17 posted on 01/03/2020 7:34:18 AM PST by kidd
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Stevarino. Making comments!


18 posted on 01/03/2020 7:37:31 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: MrEdd

Surprisingly, even FR doesn’t seem to know enough about this guy. He’s been orchestrating terrorism for years (maybe two decades) all over the ME; Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and other places.

He’s not the first senior Iranian terrorist supervisor to be done in. Many of the previous eliminations were probably targeting him but got other ‘high value’ targets instead.


19 posted on 01/03/2020 7:39:07 AM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: nikos1121

Can’t forget the Motor City!


20 posted on 01/03/2020 7:39:09 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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