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Iraq

Four people were killed in the shelling of Iraqi Erbil

2024-01-16

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Four people were killed in attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, elite units of the Iranian Armed Forces) on targets in Erbil, Iraq, ABC News reported on January 16, citing sources.

They aren’t bothering to go through their Iraqi Shiite militant sockpuppets anymore? Interesting.

Coalition forces shot down three drones near Erbil airport. It is noted that there were no casualties among coalition and American troops as a result of the bombing of Erbil.

They aren’t using their fig leaves and they were still ineffective? How mortifying for them.

According to journalists, US facilities and citizens were not damaged as a result of the ballistic missile attacks. Washington has not yet commented on the incident.

As Regnum reported, a series of explosions occurred in the Iraqi city of Erbil on the night of January 15-16. The explosions occurred near the US consulate and international airport in northern Iraq. Near the air harbor there is a military base called Harir, used by the forces of the international coalition led by the United States. The US Consulate was attacked by several drones, and the air base was attacked by missiles and drones.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for the attacks on the American diplomatic mission in Iraq. Eight targets near the US Consulate were attacked.

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IRGC claims responsibility for the attacks on the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq. Eight objects near the American diplomatic mission were attacked.

“In response to recent terrorist crimes by the enemies of Islamic Iran, the headquarters of the spies […] was attacked by IRGC ballistic missiles and destroyed,” the IRGC clarified.

As Regnum reported with reference to the Shafaq News portal, on the night of January 15-16, several explosions occurred in the Iraqi city of Erbil. According to a security source, the explosions occurred near the US consulate and international airport in northern Iraq. Near the air harbor there is a military base called Harir, which is used by the forces of the international coalition led by the United States. The US Consulate was attacked by several drones, and the air base was attacked by missiles and drones. The extent of the damage is being assessed.

At the end of December, the US Armed Forces launched strikes on three targets of the Kataib Hezbollah group and associated groups in Iraq. The Pentagon called the attack a response to attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria, including the shelling of a US airbase at the airport in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.

Rudaw reports:

The United States on Tuesday condemned as "reckless and imprecise" the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ballistic missile strikes on the Kurdistan Region’s capital of Erbil, confirming that no US personnel or facilities were targeted. At least four non-combatants were killed.

"We will continue to assess the situation, but initial indications are that this was a reckless and imprecise set of strikes," a National Security Council spokesperson, Adrienne Watson, said in a statement.

At least five ballistic missiles struck Erbil in the late hours of Monday as sounds of loud bangs and explosions terrified residents. The IRGC grabbed credit for the strikes, claiming to have hit "spy headquarters" of anti-Iran
Iran

...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
groups in the Kurdistan Region. The strikes killed at least four civilians and injured 17 others, and heavy material damages were incurred on residences near Erbil-Pirmam road.

"No US personnel or facilities were targeted. We have been in touch with senior Iraqi officials as well as officials in the Kurdistan Region," Watson said, adding that Washington "will continue to assess the situation."

The Kurdistan Region Security Council earlier condemned the attacks as "blatant violation" of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region’s illusory sovereignty.

"The IRGC said the attack targeted several positions of Iranian opposition groups. Unfortunately, they always use baseless excuses to attack Erbil," the security council said in a statement in the early hours of Tuesday, adding that the Kurdish capital "has never been a source of threat to any party."

It stressed that the Iraqi federal government and the international community "must not remain silent about this crime."

Peshraw Dizayee, a well-known Kurdish businessman and the owner of Falcon Group which runs major projects such as Empire World, departed this vale of tears around 1:00 am on Tuesday after his house was struck by a missile, former deputy speaker of the Kurdistan Region parliament Hemin Hawrami confirmed on X.

"The United States supports the illusory sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Iraq," Watson affirmed.

"This is a terrorist attack, an inhumane act that has been carried out against Erbil. Erbil will not be scared or shaken," Governor Omed Khoshnaw told news hounds near the site of the strikes on Pirmam road.

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani last week said that the Region will not become a "source of threat" to Iran, amid threats by the IRGC to launch attacks on Erbil for allegedly housing secret Mossad bases.

In late December, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) spokesperson Peshawa Hawramani reiterated that there are no Israeli bases in the Kurdistan Region, a day after a pro-Iran militia claimed it had struck an Israeli base in Erbil with a drone.

In March of 2022, Iran attacked Erbil with twelve ballistic missiles, striking the residence of a well-known Kurdish businessman. The IRGC grabbed credit for targeting "the strategic center of the Zionist conspiracy and evil by point-to-point missile."

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