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2020-01-01 Iraq

Iranian Militia Leader Leading Iraq U.S. Embassy Raid Listed as Obama White House Guest

[Breitbart.com] Iranian militia leader Hadi al-Amiri, one of several identified as leading an attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, reportedly visited the White House in 2011 during the presidency of Barack Obama.

On Tuesday, a mob in Baghdad attacked the U.S. embassy in retaliation against last weekend’s U.S. airstrikes against the Iran-backed Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah (KH), responsible for killing an American civilian contractor. KH is one of a number of pro-Iran militias that make up the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF/PMU), which legally became a wing of the Iraqi military after fighting the Sunni Islamic State terrorist group.

President Donald Trump has since accused Iran of having "orchestrated" the embassy attack and stated that the government would be "held fully responsible."

A uniformed militia fighter on the scene in Baghdad told Kurdish news service Rudaw that attacks were also planned against the U.S. consulates in Erbil and Basra, with the goal of destroying the consulates and killing everyone inside.

Thanks for the heads up, guys. We’ll take it under advisement, as they say.

Posted by Goober Tingle7365 2020-01-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1 Can't wait to see this bastard indicted.

Posted by Lex 2020-01-01 01:11|| 2020-01-01 01:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Which one?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-01-01 02:37|| 2020-01-01 02:37|| Front Page Top

#3 ^The Sunni. The Shia you can just wack.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-01 03:28|| 2020-01-01 03:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Hadi al-Amiri was an NBA team member? Who knew ?

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-01 03:51|| 2020-01-01 03:51|| Front Page Top

Ref #1: Sadly, I don't see this ever happening Lex. Explaining why would be painful and redundant.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-01 04:07|| 2020-01-01 04:07|| Front Page Top

#6 A backgrounder: Hadi el-Ameri is well known to the US. Former head of Badr Brigade he was Transport Minister under Maliki, and one of the signs that an American retreat from Iraq would end badly. But Obama had his own plans and believed Iran could be won over. The Shia overplayed their hand and the Baathists responded with ISIS who were met by the Asayeb militias, the Hashd al-Shaabi of Ameri. That leaves us where we are now: fighting Iran through its proxies in Iraq. Interesting to see The Iraqi Street pronouncing anti-Iran sentiments leading to the assaults on Iranian consulates in Kerbala, Najaf, Basra among broader interests. PM Abdul Mahdi is now a lame duck while the government sits in limbo.

Posted by b 2020-01-01 10:56|| 2020-01-01 10:56|| Front Page Top

#7 big-eared dude in the photo

Posted by Lex 2020-01-01 11:43|| 2020-01-01 11:43|| Front Page Top

#8 And, introducing Bath House Barry Soetoro as "The Dancing Boy."

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-01 12:10|| 2020-01-01 12:10|| Front Page Top

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