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Trump tried to justify the criminal US assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by claiming he was planning attacks

In reality he was on an Iraq-brokered *peace mission* to reduce tension with Saudi Arabia

Huge scandal explained by @MaxBlumenthal
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/06/sol…
@MaxBlumenthal This is a very big deal. It shows that every lie the US government claims about Iran is projection of its own crimes:

Trump claims Iran wanted war, but it was trying to pursue peaceful dialogue with its neighbors when Trump murdered Soleimani
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/06/sol…
@MaxBlumenthal Great discussion of this scandal by @KyleKulinski: Iranian General Assassinated By Trump Was On Peace Mission At The Time
@MaxBlumenthal @KyleKulinski Before Trump executed Soleimani, Iran was quietly pursuing peace talks to try to deescalate tensions with Saudi Arabia

Iraq and Pakistan mediating dialogue between them

The US just intentionally sabotaged those peace talks with its act of war on Iran
nytimes.com/2019/10/04/wor…
@MaxBlumenthal @KyleKulinski Iraq's efforts at brokering peace talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran were going very smoothly... until the US empire blew it all to pieces by murdering a top Iranian general and Iraqi commander

Washington is the biggest threat to world peace
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/06/sol…
@MaxBlumenthal @KyleKulinski Even this rag the Daily Mail is acknowledging Trump's criminal execution of Qassem Soleimani was a clear sabotage of a vital peace breakthrough between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

The US is terrified that peace could break out! That would mean fewer profits!
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…
@MaxBlumenthal @KyleKulinski This is a beautiful gesture of peace after many years of very bloody conflict between Iran and Iraq

This is yet another example of how Tehran very much wants peace and good relations with its neighbors, while the US rogue state wants war and regime change
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Ben Norton
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This is the UN special rapporteur, or top expert, on extra-judicial executions. She says very clearly that the Trump admin's assassination of Soleimani is "most likely unlawful and violates international human rights law"

The US is a criminal rogue state
Another point which hasn't been stressed enough: The US assassination of Iraqi commander al-Muhandis — which this UN top expert says was clearly illegal — is also a huge crime against Iraq and its sovereignty

Al-Muhandis helped lead the fight against ISIS
Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis was a major leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMFs), which are officially backed by the Iraqi gov't and were key in the fight to defeat ISIS.

This US assassination of al-Muhandis is an attack on Iraqi sovereignty (and it helps ISIS)
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Ben Norton
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The US and its proxies gave birth to ISIS, and they never really wanted to defeat it. Their think tanks called it a "useful tool"

It was Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, and Russia — with generals like Qassem Soleimani — who defeated the genocidal fascists in ISIS
thegrayzone.com/2016/08/23/us-…
US protectorates Saudi Arabia and Qatar supported ISIS, along with NATO member Turkey. Of course Washington knew they were all along

The US DIA predicted ISIS would rise in 2012, and was fine with it

Meanwhile, "enemies" Iran and Soleimani defeated ISIS
thegrayzone.com/2016/10/11/hil…
The director of a major US/NATO-backed Israeli think tank let the cat out of the bag in 2016, admitting that ISIS "serves a strategic purpose" and “can be a useful tool in undermining” Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, and Russia

The "main enemy," he said, was Iran
thegrayzone.com/2016/08/23/us-…
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Ben Norton
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Iraqis are rising up against US neocolonialism in their country

The US bombed Iraq, massacring 25 fighters who have led the fight against ISIS

So Iraqis responded by attacking the US embassy

The US took over Venezuela's sovereign embassy. Now it got a taste of its own medicine
Outside the US embassy, Iraqi protesters threw stones while they chanted, 'No, no, America! ... No, no, Trump!'"

Now Washington is sending more military occupation forces to Iraq. It is an addict, addicted to more militarization and neocolonial oppression
axios.com/us-embassy-bag…
Iraqi protesters spray painted "Closed in the name of the people" on the gates of the US embassy 

The leader of a militia fighting against ISIS said the 5,000 US troops occupying Iraq "are unwanted... They are a source of evil and we want them to leave"
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
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A THREAD ON IRAN
So Trump, guided by his advisors, ordered a strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. It was not something that the President would have done alone. He probably didn’t know who Soleimani was before the operation was proposed.
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Commentators have pointed out that ordering a hit against a foreign national doesn't plays well when the country responsible is meant to be a champion of the rules based international order. It’s something that Putin or other hardline regimes do, but not the “good guys.”
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Can such acts ever be justified? Is it the age-old moral conundrum: killing one person to save the lives of others? Did we ever used to get such decisions right and have we now lost our moral compass? Or is it just harder to hide behind a cloak of plausible deniability?
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On 4 January 2020, an official statement by the Iranian-backed militia organization Asaib Ahl Al-Haq announced that the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, was attacked. The statement referred to the rocket attack that occurred in the vicinity of the US Embassy in...
the past hour. The organization did not claim responsibility for the attack but ended the statement with a pledge to take revenge.
On 4 January 2020, confirmed communications indicated an explosion in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq. Unconfirmed reports suggested that the explosion was caused by a rocket attack on the US Embassy.
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Iranian General Qasem Soleimani=14 letters: began his military career in 1979, which was 41 years ago
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1/8 Donald Trump has just unilaterally committed an act of war without the approval of Congress. Not even the Gang of 8 was informed.

#GeeksResist #OneVoice1 #DemCast

#NoWarInIran #Soleimani #WagTheDog2020 #TrumpsWar #WarWithIran

huffpost.com/entry/schumer-… via @HuffPostPol
2/8 Make no mistake. General Qassem Soleimani was an evil man responsible for the death of thousands, from employing sophisticated IEDs used against American troops to recent murdering of Iraqi protesters.

The Shadow Commander: newyorker.com/magazine/2013/…
3/8 None-the-less, this is an act of war, the assassination of a powerful foreign leader, the second most powerful man in Iran, at a time when Trump has just been impeached and is facing trial while ALSO up for re-election.

#WagTheDog2020 nyti.ms/36iPzyp
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Hassan Hassan
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Holy cow! Senior militia leaders killed in American strikes in Iraq, and could include Iran’s Qassem Soleimani or one of his top aides from Iraq. Beyond insane.
So far confirmed — the Pentagon is saying two senior operatives “linked to Iran” were targeted.

Iraqi TV claims that Qassem Sulaimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed.

If true, this is no doubt the most significant/consequential killing probably in a decade.
Whoa! Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi (iranian-backed popular mobilization forces) is reportedly confirming that its deputy and Qassem Sulaimani have been indeed killed in American strikes.
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