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Sanders Calls U.S. Killing of Iranian Commander a 'Dangerous Escalation'
State news agency Tasnim said the government has declared three days of public mourning for the veteran of the Iran-Iraq war. "Martyrdom was the reward for his ceaseless efforts all these years", Khamenei said on his Farsi-language Twitter account in reference to Soleimani. [Full Article...]
Emails Show Official Relayed Trump's Order Freezing Aid
The New York Times had filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in late November for emails exchanged between Robert Blair , an assistant to Trump and senior adviser to acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, and Mike Duffey , a Trump political appointee who's the OMB official responsible for overseeing national security money. [Full Article...]
Trump administration warns Congress Iran could retaliate against USA 'within weeks'
The strike also killed the deputy head of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi, a network of mostly Shiite factions close to Iran and incorporated into the Baghdad government's security forces. "However, the Iranian regime's aggression in the region, including the use of proxy fighters to destabilize its neighbours, must end and it must end now". [Full Article...]
Trump re-election campaign announces massive war chest
The Trump campaign , RNC, and associated groups gained 600,000 new digital and direct mail contributors since the impeachment began, an RNC official confirmed on the day the House voted to impeach Trump. It was his best fundraising period in a year that brought in US$143 million for his re-election efforts, the campaign announced, easily outpacing the Democrats seeking to replace him. [Full Article...]
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation suspends training missions in Iraq after Soleimani killing
Taji Road, where the attack took place, leads to a base belonging to non-US coalition forces, including British and Italian troops, according to Al Jazeera's Osama Bin Javaid, reporting from Baghdad . The attack comes as United States terrorist forces launched airstrikes at Baghdad airport on Friday, assassinating IRGC Quds Force commander General Soleimani and PMU Deputy Commander al-Muhandis. [Full Article...]
Iranian Canadians react to US drone strike that kills Iranian commander
It is now important through prudence and restraint to contribute to de-escalation". The U.S. strike followed a sharp increase in U.S. Netanyahu cut short his visit to Greece amid concerns Iran could exact revenge on the Jewish state for the USA strike. [Full Article...]
Qasem Soleimani: Strike was to 'stop war', says Trump
Ravanchi, echoing Iranian leaders, said there would be harsh revenge. The killing marks a major escalation in tensions between the two counties. The militia cited an attack but said the convoy was a "humanitarian" mission and that medics, not senior militia leaders, were killed . [Full Article...]
Crowds chant 'Death to America' at top general's funeral in Baghdad
Shaped charges have roots in World War II, but their variants, EFPs, were employed by Hezbollah as early as the 1990s against Israelis before migrating to Iraq in 2004, according to the U.S. We're likely to see the confrontation between the two harden and attacks increase, especially in the Gulf region. In Iraq, the U.S. drone strike has been roundly condemned as a violation of the country's sov... [Full Article...]