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Iran believed to have deliberately missed U.S. forces in Iraq strikes: sources
Reuters ^ | 01/08/2019 | Reuters

Posted on 01/08/2020 12:57:52 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas

Iran is believed to have deliberately avoided U.S. military casualties during retaliatory missile strikes on bases housing American troops in Iraq, following the U.S. killing of an Iranian general, according to U.S. and European government sources familiar with intelligence assessments.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Wednesday the Iranians were thought to have targeted the attacks to miss U.S. forces to prevent the crisis from escalating out of control while still signaling Iranian resolve in response to the U.S. killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week.

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1 posted on 01/08/2020 12:57:52 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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C'mon. Let them have their little face-saving hijinks.

They're probably telling their people they killed ten thousand American soldiers anyway.

2 posted on 01/08/2020 12:59:33 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Iran looks like a bunch of human female sex organs.

And all of these media people telling us how scary they are all this time.

Iran is not Iraq.

Tucker Carlson, I am looking right at you.


3 posted on 01/08/2020 1:00:47 PM PST by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

And Iran is now the good guy?


4 posted on 01/08/2020 1:02:38 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Maybe they did. But this article is nothing more than conjecture built on supposition. Typical MSM fare.


5 posted on 01/08/2020 1:02:59 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Fair enough. So they avoided escalating the tensions. Good for them. Now, they know that we are keeping an eye on them are not afraid to act. They now know that we are serious.


6 posted on 01/08/2020 1:03:48 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: Texas Eagle
C'mon. Let them have their little face-saving hijinks.

Negative. I tend to believe the first reports from OUR DOD that those in command in Iraq had fore knowledge of the attack and were able to get troops and staff to safe locations.

A day or two after the fact and THEY say, "Yeah, we missed on purpose."

BS.

7 posted on 01/08/2020 1:03:58 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (The GOP never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Yaright......


8 posted on 01/08/2020 1:04:12 PM PST by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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9 posted on 01/08/2020 1:04:13 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Seruzawa

Its the narrative they want you to believe so you will now be sympathetic to Iran.


10 posted on 01/08/2020 1:06:04 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I don’t think Iran is saying that. But, whatevs.


11 posted on 01/08/2020 1:06:15 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

They chose wisely.


12 posted on 01/08/2020 1:06:17 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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Did they deliberately shoot those missiles that hit but failed to detonate? Man, those mullahs be some smarties!


13 posted on 01/08/2020 1:12:25 PM PST by Retrofitted
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To: Red Badger
What is Jar Jar doing there?
14 posted on 01/08/2020 1:14:01 PM PST by DejaJude
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To: SpeedyInTexas

I just saw a satellite pic over at Twitchy, and they definitely were not all hitting the middle of a field

They drilled some of the buildings


15 posted on 01/08/2020 1:14:53 PM PST by digger48
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To: SpeedyInTexas
That's certainly possible. Another obvious possibility is that their missiles,or the people who launch them,are so deficient as to make them useless.

My money's on fear.They caved to Trump just as they caved to Reagan on Inauguration Day 1981.

16 posted on 01/08/2020 1:15:24 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
We, uh, missed on purpose!


17 posted on 01/08/2020 1:16:14 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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See Post #16


18 posted on 01/08/2020 1:16:27 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Sacajaweau

The ‘Iranians showed admirable restraint’ will be the new line from the mullah loving toady media


19 posted on 01/08/2020 1:16:33 PM PST by Long Jon No Silver
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To: SpeedyInTexas

OK

Who here believes the Fateh-110 SRBM, modeled after an unguided rocket, is capable of singling out a specific building from 200 miles away?

Or any Iranian ballistic missile for that matter.

Anybody?

They didn’t deliberately miss any more than they deliberately hit. They just didn’t kill anyone.


20 posted on 01/08/2020 1:19:26 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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