Thread by @FirasMaksad

1- Nasrallah speaking on #QasemSoleimani killing:

The date of his death is the beginning of a new era, not only for Iraq & Iran, but for the entire region. We are in a new phase. What came before, unlike what will come after

2- Nasrallah: When #QassemSoleimani would visit me (via Damascus airport) he would often cry when recalling the fallen martyrs, hoping he would die like them, and not of all age/sickness. His hope in Martyrdom has been achieved.

3- Nasrallah: Same with Al Muhandis. He came to see me in Beirut southern suburbs 3 months ago and told me, “war with ISIS is over and I survived without achieving martyrdom.”

We believers never lose. When we win we win, when we are martyred we win. Congrats to our martyrs.

Nasrallah: #QassemSoleimani was torn to pieces, without a head like (Imam) Al Hussain. It was more than he asked for. All that was left of him and his companions were pieces.

5- So we are faced with a clear brutal crime which @realDonaldTrump & the US has claimed. It’s not an unresolved crime, but a very clear one ordered by @realDonaldTrump and carried out by US army. Okay. Let’s remember this.

6- @realDonaldTrump foreign policy has been one failure after another & his primary objective is to topple the Iranian regime. His secondary objective is to achieve behavioral change & that failed despite all the pressure. So he is going to election with total failure re Iran

7- Also @realDonaldTrump policy been a total failure and full of confusion in #Syria, were he betrayed his own Kurdish allies to withdraw, but then ended up staying for oil, not for his allies. Failure in Syria.

8- @realDonaldTrump policy also a failure in Lebanon. Saterfield threatened Beirut officials with Israel bombing if Hezbollah facilities in Bekka weren’t shutdown. We told him we are ready for it. They achieved nothing.

9- In Afghanistan @realDonaldTrump policy is a failure & with Palestinians his “Deal of the Century” is a total failure. Total failure everywhere... which gets us to his failure in Iraq..

10- If @realDonaldTrump stayed in Syria for oil, what do you think he is in Iraq for? To control oil fields. He does not want a stable gov in Iraq unless it’s under full US control. That’s why they’ll Americans created ISIS, as a pretext to stay.

11- We foiled the American plot in Iraq by defeating the pretext of ISIS soonest, which is what #QassemSoleimani & Al Muhandis did.

Since then, Iraqis began raising their voices demanding US withdrawal.

12- The majority in Iraq parliament are patriots & formed a gov under PM Abdulmahdi that made US uncomfortable. They refused pressure campaign against Iran, refused “Deal of Century,” insisted on opening crossings with Syria, went to China for investments. US felt its losing Iraq

13- The US are now trying to kill the Iraqi people and push them into civil strife against each other and against Iran, through schemes of protests and otherwise. But position of Iraqi political and religious authorities has been wise & prevented chaos.

Nasrallah: #QassemSoleimani came to visit me on New Year’s Day, I told him to be careful there’s a lot of focus on his person in Western media. He laughed & said, “pray for me achieving martyrdom.”

14- In Iraq, in Syria, in Lebanon, in Yemen, In Afghanistan, in #Iran... everywhere the Americans went the found failure and #QassemSoleimani

#Israel could have killed #QassemSoleimani in Syria, but they did not dare. They had the Americans do it. Because he embodied an entire movement of resistance in the entire region.

Nasrallah: Our response to #QassemSoleimani killing should be to foil US designs & objectives. It’s not about body counts. We are not two tribes warring, but two opposing visions/projects for the region. Success is foiling theirs, which aims to control the region & resources

17- Nasrallah: Entire world today looking to Iraq parliament to force exit of US troops from the country. #Iraq PM seems ready. We hope Iraq and it’s people are ready to push Americans out.

18- Nasrallah- the faithful people of #Iraq, the grandsons of Imam Al Hussain, will not leave one American soldier in Iraq! The least response to killing #QassemSoleimani is forcing US out of Iraq!

They killed Suleimani to keep Iraq, they must lose it instead!

19- Nasrallah: Time to talk about “just punishment.”

Killing #QassemSoleimani is not only an #Iran affair, it concerns all of us in axis of resistance. Iran can decide it’s reaction, but the rest of axis of resistance must decide its own “just punishment” for the killing.

BREAKING

20- Nasrallah: #QassemSoleimani shoe is worth head of @realDonaldTrump. There is no personality worth targeting that would avenge the killing justly.

The response is to end US foothold in Middle East, it’s bases, it’s ships, every soldier. They killed him & must pay

21- Nasrallah: But targeting American civilians is counter productive and we don’t want to target civilians in our region.

But US military will be forced out from the region humiliated.

22- When American coffins start to flow back to the US from the Middle East, @realDonaldTrump will realize he lost the region & will lose his re-election.

We will push America out of the region!

23- These idiots, @realDonaldTrump and the Americans, don’t know what they have done.

Just punishment for #QassemSoleimani will also be punishment for Imad Moughnieh & all martyrs of this nation.