Americans Told To Leave Iraq ‘Immediately’ After US Assassination Of Iranian Commander Qassem Soleimani

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The US State Department has told all US citizens to “depart Iraq immediately” in the wake of the US killing of senior Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.

Soleimani, commander of the elite Quds Force, was killed at Baghdad airport after his convoy was hit by US missiles

The interim prime minister of Iraq has condemned the assassination of the Iranian commander and called it an act of aggression against his country. Adil Abdul Mahdi said the US operation was a “flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty” and an insult to the dignity of his country.

The State Department advised: “US citizens should depart via airline while possible, and failing that, to other countries via land…..Due to Iranian-backed militia attacks at the US Embassy compound [in Baghdad], all public consular operations are suspended until further notice.”

RT reports: The advisory comes in the immediate aftermath of the US assassination of Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, along with senior leaders of the Iraqi Shia militia in an air strike near Baghdad International Airport on Friday morning. The Pentagon claims the strike was “aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans.”

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington is committed to “de-escalation” following its “defensive action to eliminate Qassem Soleimani.” In a series of similarly-worded tweets, Pompeo said he had spoken with Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi, and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas about the killing.

Iranian officials have vowed to exact a “vigorous revenge” on the US for the death of Soleimani, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warning that “revenge awaits the criminals who have stained their hands in his blood.”

The incident marks a serious escalation between the US and Iran, following heightened tensions over the siege of the US Embassy in Baghdad earlier this week. Protesters besieged the Green Zone site after a US air raid on an Iraqi Shia militia, with Washington blaming Iran for backing the assault on the embassy.

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  1. Soon Gog and Magog, represented by the Islamic countries and Russia will invade Israel. This will be the war that brings the world to its knees, and the world government and religion will be the solution. They will financially destroy the rest of the world, and divide us one against another, have you seen Walmart on Black Friday? What if the grocery stores were closing for good, how do you think things would go, what if the market also hits zero, what then? Everything going on with Libya, Iraq, Iran, etc is setting the stage for such for the big one. See Ezekiel 38-39 KJV if you want to know more about this war, i warn you tho the verses are not easy for those who are weak on biblical parables

    • Ezekiel 39

      17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.

      18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

      19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

      20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord God.

      21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

      22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward.

      23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

  2. Here we go. If anyone overlooks this, you’re an idiot. Not even a week into 2020 and they’re starting to fire the drones.

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