US carries out ‘precision defensive strikes’ in Iraq and Syria against Iranian-backed

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Their entire legal systems operate on the principle of "Whatever you say, dear leader".

Who chooses the Supreme Court "judges"?

My reply was to our TD poster HermantheGerman. To illustrate most versions are ultimately controlled by politicians, worldwide. Possibly excluding the Vatican.

Not having studied legal history, I am unable to comment on the various versions.

If you have a copy of your research paper and would be so good as to post a link, we might all understand your principles reinforcing your allegations.

Every little helps those unwashed, illiterate posters here on TD to grasp the baton you fumble with, every time some reach out to continue the relay race to enlightenment.

(CodeRed, English Grammar clean-up required, Intensive Care, Bangkok Asylum)

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...trying to compare the Chinkies and the Russians with the USA.

Their entire legal systems operate on the principle of "Whatever you say, dear leader".

They still have to learn and improve a lot, something like this:

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"I will never apologize for the United States — I don't care what the facts are... I'm not an apologize-for-America kind of guy." - George H. W. Bush, Aug 2 1988

^ except that your example has no relevance to the legal system

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Every little helps those unwashed, illiterate posters here on TD

So basically you and Klondyke then.

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So basically you and Klondyke then.

To be fair, they are the leading contenders

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^ except that your example has no relevance to the legal system

Of course, sorry, does the "legal system" you prefer - and are a fan of - care about the facts?

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Of course, sorry, does the "legal system" you prefer - and are a fan of - care about the facts?

The facts are:

YOU and OhOh are able to type your GARBAGE here on TD!
If you would be living in YOUR loving countries (CHINA, IRAN, RUSSIA) you would be typing "Jack Shit".
I think/hope even you two Numb-Brains should be able to grasp this piece of reality.

And please stop lecturing us about our countries. We know dam well what's wrong with them. It just sounds totally absurd coming from you two "BOZOS" mouth.

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To be fair, they are the leading contenders

Well, look who's here :rolleyes:

There is hope for TD after all.

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My reply was to our TD poster HermantheGerman. To illustrate most versions are ultimately controlled by politicians, worldwide. Possibly excluding the Vatican.

Trump might be gone this year. If not, definitely in 4 years.
Salami was here to stay for how many years ? (Thank God he got blown up)
Putin is going to stick around for how many more years? ((Russia.....the richest country and nothing changes)
Xing Ping just another communist bastard. (he just elected himself to another 20 years)
Kim of Korea (only cancer can get rid of him)

Now, who is in control ? Your beloved countries.

Iran says 25 million people attended Qassem Soleimani’s funeral

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BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:30 P.M.) – The Spokesman of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corp (IRGC) Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif said on Tuesday that approximately 25 million people attended the three-day-long funeral procession of Major-General Qassem Soleimani.

“When the body of the late General was repatriated, in five cities of Ahvaz, Mashhad, Tehran, Qom and Kerman, 25 million people took part in massive street funeral processions,” Sharif said on Tuesday.

The IRGC commander added that the large turnout was a strong message to the U.S. administration regarding the magnitude of their assassination.

The Quds Force commander and the Popular Mobilization Units Deputy Commander Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes were assassinated on January 3rd after leaving Damascus for Baghdad that night.

On the last day of Soleimani’s funeral procession in his home city of Kernaz, the IRGC launched several missiles towards the U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq.

In total, the IRGC fired 22 missiles towards the U.S. Armed Forces, with at least 17 of them targeting the ‘Ayn Al-Assad Base in Iraq’s Al-Anbar Governorate.

Iran says 25 million people attended Qassem Soleimani's funeral

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And please stop lecturing us about our countries. We know dam well what's wrong with them

And isn't it wonderful that we can change our leadership every few years, unlike:

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Putin is going to stick around for how many more years? ((Russia.....the richest country and nothing changes)
Xing Ping just another communist bastard. (he just elected himself to another 20 years)
Kim of Korea (only cancer can get rid of him)

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Well, look who's here

There is hope for TD after all.

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Good shot ! Can't trust those Mullahs

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Three pro-Iranian militia fighters killed in strike on T4

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Alleged Israeli strike comes hours after IDF intel assessment finds Soleimani killing a window of opportunity for Israel to act against Iran.

......The alleged Israeli airstrikes marked the first time this year that IAF jets carried out airstrikes on military targets belonging to Iran west of Syria’s Deir Ezzor, coming several hours after two Syrian Air Force cargo flights from Tehran landed at the base........

Three pro-Iranian militia fighters killed in strike on T4 - The Jerusalem Post

^These rockets?

Update: At least one rocket hits Iraqi base hosting US forces

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:00 P.M.) – At least one rocket struck an Iraqi military base that is hosting the U.S. Armed Forces this evening, the Iraqi security forces announced this evening.

According to the Iraqi security forces, the rocket targeted Camp Taiji in the Salaheddine Governorate; this base is located just north of Baghdad and east of the Samarra-Baghdad Highway.

No casualties were reported.
Update: At least one rocket hits Iraqi base hosting US forces

or these?

Update: Suspected Israeli missiles hit Syrian airbase that houses Iranian troops
BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:45 P.M.) – Several missiles targeted the T-4 Military Airport in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate, a source told Al-Masdar News from Damascus.

According to the source, a number of explosions were heard at the airbase after some of the missiles managed to hit their intended targets.

He would add that while some of the missiles did hit the base, the Syrian air defenses were able to intercept a number of the projectiles after they were fired from a suspected Israeli aircraft.

While there is no confirmation about who is behind the attack, field reporters are claiming the missiles were fired from an aircraft that entered the government areas from the SDF-held territories.

The T-4 Airbase houses both Iranian and Russian soldiers; it has been targeted by the Israeli Armed Forces on a number of occasions in the past.

The Iranian S-300 system is believed to be active at this base; however, there is no confirmation that it has been used in tonight’s attack.
Update: Suspected Israeli missiles hit Syrian airbase that houses Iranian troops

Don't forget the Ronettes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnWOBMQhNBQ

Although their message was, "For every kiss you give me, I'll give you three."

Those were the days.

(Won't you fetch up one more dozen?)

Ukraine volunteered to send two dozen of its troops to help NATO in Iraq
January 14, 2020

Ukraine notified NATO of readiness to become the Alliance's operating partner in Iraq, photo - www.kmu.gov.ua
Ukraine is ready to become an operational partner of the North Atlantic Alliance and send the military to Iraq.

Kuleba noted that 20 Ukrainian troops are planned to be sent in support of the alliance mission in Iraq after the restoration of its work.

The Deputy Prime Minister also emphasized that the invitation to become an operational partner of the mission testifies to NATO’s recognition of Ukraine’s military experience and professionalism. At the same time, the deputy secretary general of the alliance noted the importance of Ukrainian participation in the mission.

Earlier it was reported that at the end of last year, Kuleba claimed that the United States could allot $ 1 billion to Europe and Ukraine to reduce dependence on Russian gas.

It was also said that the United States threatens Iraq to block access to its money if it requires the withdrawal of American troops.

Украина вызвалась отправить два десятка своих военных на помощь НАТО в Ирак

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The facts are:

YOU and OhOh are able to type your GARBAGE here on TD!

Freedom of Speech

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And please stop lecturing us about our countries

But please do not use it

Please forward a list of allowed topics.

Reading Sun Tzu in Tehran

"Iran is not done. General Hajizadeh, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said in a briefing yesterday that the strike “was the starting point of a great operation”. He also underlined that “the strikes were not meant to cause fatalities: We intended [rather] to deliver a blow to the enemy’s military machine”. And the Pentagon is saying, too, that Iran intentionally missed US troops at the bases. This is tantamount to the Pentagon admitting that Iran can land missiles with extreme accuracy over a distance of several hundred miles – and further, this occurred with not one missile being intercepted by the US forces. To completely avoid targeting soldiers at a large military base is no mean feat – it suggests an accuracy within a meter or two – not ten meters – for Iranian missiles.

Isn’t this the point? It suggests that advances in Iran’s guidance systems can land missiles with extreme precision. Haven’t we seen something similar happen recently in Saudi Arabia (Abqaiq)? And was it not clear from Abqaiq that highly expensive US air defence systems do not work? The IRGC satisfactorily have demonstrated that they and their allies can penetrate US manufactured air defence systems, using domestically produced ‘smart’ missiles, and by using their electronic warfare systems.

The US bases around the region – in short – now represent vulnerable US infrastructure – and not strength. Ditto for those expensive carrier battle fleets. The Iranian message was clear and very pertinent to those who understand (or want to understand). To others, less strategically aware, it might seem that Iran pulled its military punch, and showed weakness. Actually, when you have just demonstrated the ability to upend the military status quo, there is no need for a hail of trumpets. The landing of the message itself is the ‘blow’ to a ‘military machine’. Neatly calibrated: it avoided head to head-on war. Trump stood down (and claimed success).

So then, is it all over – all done and dusted? Finished with? Not at all. Both the Supreme Leader and Gen. Hajizadeh said (effectively) that the strike represented an outset – ‘a beginning’. But much of the MSM – both in the West and some in Israel – lend a cultural ‘tin ear’ towards how Iran manages asymmetric war – even when it is spelled out explicitly.

Asymmetric warfare is not a ‘dick swinging’ exercise. It is more David and Goliath. Goliath can crush David with a blow from his clenched fist, but the latter is nimble; quick on his feet, dancing around the giant – just out of his reach. David has stamina, but the giant lumbers heavily around, and is easily angered and exhausted. Eventually, even a well-aimed pebble – not even a Howitzer – brings him down.

Listen closely to the Iranian message: Should the US withdraw from Iraq, as requested by the Iraqi Parliament, and in accordance with its agreement with the government of Baghdad, and then ‘go’ from the region, the military situation will ease. However, should US insist on staying in Iraq, US forces will come under political and military pressure to quit – but not from the state of Iran. It will come from the inhabitants of those states in which the US forces presently are deployed. At this point, US soldiers may be killed (though not by Iranian missiles). It is America’s choice. Iran holds the initiative.

Iranian leaders have been very explicit: The ‘slap’ of the strike at the Ain al-Assad base is not the pay-back for General Soleimani’s targeted assassination. Rather, it is the campaign consisting of the amorphous, quasi-political, quasi-military, asymmetrical war on America’s presence in the Middle East that has been dedicated as fitting to his memory.

This is David dancing around Goliath. Soleimani’s assassination has energised and mobilised millions in a new fervour of resistance (and not just the Shi’a, by the way). And the trashing of Iraq’s sovereignty by President Trump’s response to the vote in the Iraqi parliament (calling for foreign forces to leave Iraq), has created a new political paradigm which even the most pro-American of Iraqis cannot easily ignore. It is – notably – a non-sectarian mission (removing foreign forces).
And Israel, after initial self-congratulation (amongst the Netanyahuists) has understood that Iran has ‘stepped-up’, and not ‘stepped back’. Veteran Israeli security corresponded Ben Caspit writes:

“The letter of Gen. William H. Sili, commander of US military operations in Iraq, was leaked and then rapidly disseminated among Israel’s most senior security figures on Jan 6 … The content of the letter — that the Americans were preparing to withdraw from Iraq immediately — turned on all the alarm systems throughout the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. More so, the publication was about to set in motion an Israeli “nightmare scenario” in which ahead of the upcoming US elections, President Donald Trump would rapidly evacuate all US forces from Iraq and Syria.

“Simultaneously, Iran announced that it is immediately halting its various commitments regarding its nuclear agreement with the superpowers, returning to high-level uranium enrichment of unlimited amounts and renewing its accelerated push for achieving military nuclear abilities. “Under such circumstances,” a senior Israeli defense source told [Caspit], “We truly remain alone at this most critical period. There is no worse scenario than this, for Israel’s national security … It is not clear how this letter was written, it is not clear why it was leaked, it is not clear why it was ever written to begin with. In general, nothing is clear with regard to American conduct in the Middle East. We get up every morning to new uncertainty.””

The impeachment of the US President launched by the House, has left Trump very vulnerable to the Zionist and Evangelical rump in the US Senate, whose votes nonetheless will be essential to Trump’s bid to remain in office when the articles of impeachment move to the Senate. And to a trial where Trump must block the Democrats allying with any Republican rebels in order to achieve a two-thirds ‘guilty’ vote. The Impeachment leverage has been used several times to push Trump to act in the Middle-East directly contrary to his electoral interest – which remains contingent on keeping soaring markets – and in talk of a China Trade deal.

What Trump needs most now (in electoral campaign terms) is a de-escalation with Iran – one that would mitigate political pressure from the neo-con and Evangelical quarters, and allow him to show-case the inflated asset markets.
But this is precisely what he will not get.

Trumps’ attempts to contain the Iranian response to the Soleimani killing were unreservedly rebuffed by Tehran. The missives were never opened, nor allowed for them to be spoken by the mediators. There is no room for talks, unless Trump lifts sanctions and the US re-commits to the JCPOA. This will never happen. There will now be immense pressure from all the Israel lobbies for America to remain in Iraq and Syria (pace Caspit’s comments). And the ghost of Soleimani’s ‘revenge’ will haunt America’s forces in the region for months, if not years, to come.

Iran – wisely – has eschewed direct, state-to-state military conflict, for a more subtle, and pernicious war on the US presence in the Middle East – a war, which if successful, will re-cast the region.
No, it’s not over. Its set to escalate (but in an asymmetrical way). Trump will remain squeezed in the rogue Senators’ vice."

https://www.strategic-culture.org/ne...tzu-in-tehran/

Only HoHo could post an article trying to gin up the Iranians military capabilities just after they've blown a civilian airliner out of the sky.

What a dumb c u n t.

:)

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military capabilities just after they've blown a civilian airliner out of the sky

In one case the military is praised and rewarded - in other case punished... (Perhaps because of only 180 dead, 290 is good for a reward?)

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Reading Sun Tzu in Tehran
"Iran is not done. General Hajizadeh, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, said in a briefing yesterday that the strike “was the starting point of a great operation”. He also underlined that “the strikes were not meant to cause fatalities: We intended [rather] to deliver a blow to the enemy’s military machine”. And the Pentagon is saying, too, that Iran intentionally missed US troops at the bases.
Isn’t this the point?

Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy, where do you get this garbage from. Now comes the part with the comon sense. So please pay attention.
Did Iran not claim in the beginnining that 40 U.S. military personal got killed by the strike. Sounded like boasting to me.

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It suggests that advances in Iran’s guidance systems can land missiles with extreme precision. Haven’t we seen something similar happen recently in Saudi Arabia (Abqaiq)? And was it not clear from Abqaiq that highly expensive US air defence systems do not work? The IRGC satisfactorily have demonstrated that they and their allies can penetrate US manufactured air defence systems, using domestically produced ‘smart’ missiles, and by using their electronic warfare systems.

Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy, it took 2x missiles to take down a civilan plane. What precision? And it was not even a direct hit! If that plane would have been way up in the sky, who knows where the Lego build missile might have landed.

Do you actually believe the garbage that you post?

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Don't forget the Ronettes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnWOBMQhNBQ

Congratulation !
Best post so far :rolleyes:

Number 15. can be taken off the list :)
Looks to me that they all have similar names :rolleyes:

EU terrorist list

COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2019/1341

of 8 August 2019

updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2019/25

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:

(1) On 27 December 2001, the Council adopted Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (1).

(2) On 8 January 2019, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2019/25 (2) updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP (‘the list’).

(3) In accordance with Article 1(6) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, it is necessary to review at regular intervals the names of persons, groups and entities in the list to ensure that there are grounds for keeping them thereon.

(4) This Decision sets out the result of the review that the Council has carried out in respect of persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply.

(5) The Council has verified that competent authorities, as referred to in Article 1(4) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP, have taken decisions with regard to all persons, groups and entities on the list to the effect that they have been involved in terrorist acts within the meaning of Article 1(2) and (3) of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP. The Council has also concluded that the persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply should continue to be subject to the specific restrictive measures provided for therein.

(6) The list should be updated accordingly and Decision (CFSP) 2019/25 should be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The list of persons, groups and entities to which Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP apply is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2
Decision (CFSP) 2019/25 is hereby repealed.

Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 8 August 2019.
For the Council
The President
T. TUPPURAINEN

(1) Council Common Position 2001/931/CFSP of 27 December 2001 on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism (OJ L 344, 28.12.2001, p. 93).
(2) Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/25 of 8 January 2019 amending and updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism, and repealing Decision (CFSP) 2018/1084 (OJ L 6, 9.1.2019, p. 6).

ANNEX
LIST OF PERSONS, GROUPS AND ENTITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1
I. PERSONS

1. ABDOLLAHI Hamed (a.k.a. Mustafa Abdullahi), born 11.8.1960 in Iran. Passport: D9004878.

2. AL-NASSER, Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed, born in Al Ihsa (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia.

3. AL YACOUB, Ibrahim Salih Mohammed, born 16.10.1966 in Tarut (Saudi Arabia), citizen of Saudi Arabia.

4. ARBABSIAR Manssor (a.k.a. Mansour Arbabsiar), born 6.3.1955 or 15.3.1955 in Iran. Iranian and US national. Passport: C2002515 (Iran); Passport: 477845448 (USA). National ID no.: 07442833, expiry date 15.3.2016 (USA driving licence).

5. ASADI Assadollah, born 22.12.1971 in Teheran (Iran), Iranian national. Iranian diplomatic passport number: D9016657.

6. BOUYERI, Mohammed (a.k.a. Abu ZUBAIR, a.k.a. SOBIAR, a.k.a. Abu ZOUBAIR), born 8.3.1978 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

7. EL HAJJ, Hassan Hassan, born 22.3.1988 in Zaghdraiya, Sidon, Lebanon, Canadian citizen. Passport number: JX446643 (Canada).

8. HASHEMI MOGHADAM Saeid, born 6.8.1962 in Teheran (Iran), Iranian national. Passport number: D9016290, valid until 4.2.2019.

9. IZZ-AL-DIN, Hasan (a.k.a. GARBAYA, Ahmed, a.k.a. SA-ID, a.k.a. SALWWAN, Samir), Lebanon, born 1963 in Lebanon, citizen of Lebanon.

10. MELIAD, Farah, born 5.11.1980 in Sydney (Australia), Australian citizen. Passport number: M2719127 (Australia).

11. MOHAMMED, Khalid Shaikh (a.k.a. ALI, Salem, a.k.a. BIN KHALID, Fahd Bin Adballah, a.k.a. HENIN, Ashraf Refaat Nabith, a.k.a. WADOOD, Khalid Adbul), born 14.4.1965 or 1.3.1964 in Pakistan, passport No 488555.

12. ȘANLI, Dalokay (a.k.a. Sinan), born 13.10.1976 in Pülümür (Turkey).

13. SHAHLAI Abdul Reza (a.k.a. Abdol Reza Shala'i, a.k.a. Abd-al Reza Shalai, a.k.a. Abdorreza Shahlai, a.k.a. Abdolreza Shahla'i, a.k.a. Abdul-Reza Shahlaee, a.k.a. Hajj Yusef, a.k.a. Haji Yusif, a.k.a. Hajji Yasir, a.k.a.Hajji Yusif, a.k.a. Yusuf Abu-al-Karkh), born circa 1957 in Iran. Addresses: (1) Kermanshah, Iran, (2) Mehran Military Base, Ilam Province, Iran.

14. SHAKURI Ali Gholam, born circa 1965 in Tehran, Iran.

15. SOLEIMANI Qasem (a.k.a. Ghasem Soleymani, a.k.a. Qasmi Sulayman, a.k.a. Qasem Soleymani, a.k.a. Qasem Solaimani, a.k.a. Qasem Salimani, a.k.a. Qasem Solemani, a.k.a. Qasem Sulaimani, a.k.a. Qasem Sulemani), born 11.3.1957 in Iran. Iranian national, Passport: 008827 (Iran Diplomatic), issued 1999. Title: Major General.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...9D1341&from=en

^^ And what has American "military capacity" gained in the Middle East? They cannot even subdue an Iraq already 80% disarmed by the UN. A joke for many generations- even their increasingly reluctant allies are mocking them.
It seems only Israel has any use for them these days as a blinkered, retarded thug. American military adventurism in the ME has been an unmitigated disaster.

^It's that way by design, to keep the region (and oil prices) stirred up.

I admit I know very little about big boys guns and missiles. I had a few cap guns as a child and went pigeon shooting with an older cousin, but at the time his shotgun was far to heavy for me to handle.

With regards to utilising two missiles at target, which was successfully shot down. Is this normal you tell me.

Regarding the non "direct hit' I believe it was a "fragmentation missile", one that explodes in the proximity of the target and showers the target with shrapnel/carefully designed high density shaped bits of metal. Similar to the Ukrainian, Russian built "Lego" missile, used on the civil airline target successfully shot down by the Ukrainian military.

The recent Russian built "Lego" missiles did what it says on the tin, "Danger this weapon successfully blows up areal targets, not a firework, only to be fired by a person aged 16+".

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^^ And what has American "military capacity" gained in the Middle East? They cannot even subdue an Iraq already 80% disarmed by the UN.

Of course they could. But the price is too high.

They said the same thing about Vietnam.

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Iranian national, Passport: 008827 (Iran Diplomatic)

It appears that even the Great Satan recognised that the, splattered across the desert Iranian, was a diplomat.

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Of course they could.

Couldn't they?
United States invasion of Grenada - Wikipedia

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Couldn't they?
United States invasion of Grenada - Wikipedia

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It's called the Ignore function. Cleans out all the clutter it does.

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It's called the Ignore function. Cleans out all the clutter it does.

YAWN...

Eleven U.S. troops injured in Jan. 8 Iran missile attack in Iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States treated 11 of its troops for symptoms of concussion after an Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi base where U.S. forces were stationed, the U.S. military said on Thursday, after initially saying no service members were hurt.

The attack was retaliation for a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

President Donald Trump and the U.S. military had said there were no casualties after the strike on the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq and a facility in its northern Kurdish region.

“While no U.S. service members were killed in the Jan. 8 Iranian attack on Al Asad air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast and are still being assessed,” Captain Bill Urban, spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said in a statement.

Eleven U.S. troops injured in Jan. 8 Iran missile attack in Iraq - Reuters

Artie Deal Trump is really hitting some homers, isn't he?

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It appears that even the Great Satan recognised that the, splattered across the desert Iranian, was a diplomat.

It appears that you have recognized that the Islamic Republic of Iran (Ayatollahs) can not be trusted. :rolleyes:

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I admit I know very little about big boys guns and missiles......

You should have stopped right there, while you were ahead.

Anyone carrying a diplomatic passport can now be splattered across a desert, or tundra. The great satan has made that very clear.

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^It's that way by design, to keep the region (and oil prices) stirred up.

Don't be stupid.

The oil price is being kept high by Saudi and Russia keeping a lid on production.

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Any terrorist who is out in the open can now be splattered across a desert, or tundra. The great satan has made that very clear.

FTFY.

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Don't be stupid.

The oil price is being kept high by Saudi and Russia keeping a lid on production.

(as usually, the arguments always documented by the facts up todate - I do not care about the fcking facts...)

US crude oil production breaks new record high
Crude output reaches all-time high of 13 million barrels a day

11:36 January 17, 2020

Crude oil production in the U.S. reached a new record high of 13 million barrels per day (bpd) as at the week ending Jan. 10, according to data released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The world's biggest crude oil producer saw its output decrease by 3,000 bpd in the state of Alaska, but increase by 100,000 bpd in other states excluding Hawaii, bringing total crude output in the country from approximately 12.9 million bpd to 13 million bpd.

The last time the U.S.' crude oil production reached a record high level was for the week ending Nov. 22 when output climbed to 12.9 million bpd, according to the EIA's data, which was released on Wednesday.

Crude oil production in the country is estimated to average 13.3 million bpd in 2020, according to the EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook report for January.

Commercial crude oil inventories in the U.S. fell by 2.5 million barrels, or 0.6%, to 428.5 million barrels for the week ending Jan. 10, more than the market expectation of a decline of 0.5 million barrels. Crude inventories increased by 1.2 million barrels during the previous week.

Strategic petroleum reserves, which are not included in the commercial crude stocks, remained unchanged at 635 million barrels last week, according to the data.

Gasoline inventories, on the other hand, rose by 6.7 million barrels, or 2.7%, to 258.3 million barrels over that period. The market expectation was an increase of 3.4 million barrels. Gasoline inventories rose by 9.1 million barrels the week before.

US crude oil production breaks new record high