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Images of missiles launched by #Iran's regime aiming to target U.S. bases in Iraq

Anbar Province, western #Iraq
Near civilian homes
Footage released by #Iran's state TV of the recent missile attack.

Reports indicate Iranian officials informed the Iraqi government before the attack & the Iraqis informed U.S. officials.

Conclusion:
This attack was for Tehran to save face.
More footage from #Iran's state TV claiming to missiles targeting U.S. bases in #Iraq.
#UPDATE
-Report claims U.S. B-52s based in Qatar & UAE being armed & fueled

-Khamenei boasts of ‘slap in the face’ against US

-Tehran threatens to attack UAE, Israel

-Iran's Def Min: Our next step will depend on US actions

-Iraq PM: Iran messaged us before the attack
Quoting @BaxtiyarGoran
"Aftermath of Iranian missile that landed near my hometown of Bardarash district in Duhok province, 80 kilometers from Erbil. No military site is even close to the area."
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Heshmat Alavi
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#BREAKING
#Iran's regime describes reports of the Ukraine Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 being by missiles as "psychological warfare" against Tehran - via Sky News Arabia
Correction:
being hit by missiles...

Apologies for the typo.
“All these reports are a psychological warfare against Iran..."

Me:
I have one simple question for those who believe the Ukrainian plane was shot down by "accident."

Why does #Iran's regime continue denying the entire matter?
reuters.com/article/us-ira…
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Heshmat Alavi
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#BREAKING
New, unconfirmed video on Telegram claiming to show the moment when Ukrainian Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 was shot down early Wednesday morning, January 8, over a town west of the Iranian capital of Tehran.
#UPDATE
If U.S. officials believe the downing of the Ukrainian Int'l Airlines flight #PS752 was an "accident," why does the regime in #Iran continue denying the entire subject?

Accepting this as an "accident" would make it far easier for Tehran to wrap up the entire matter.
Me thinking:
The regime in #Iran can easily accept the "accident" scenario, prosecute a few low-ranking military officers & compensate the victims' families. Case closed.

Tehran can even claim a rogue military officer/unit shot down the #PS752.

Why continue denying?
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Heshmat Alavi
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#BREAKING
The Ukrainian Int'ls Airlines flight #PS752 that crashed just outside of Tehran, #Iran, was struck by an anti-aircraft missile system, a Pentagon official, a senior U.S. intelligence official & an Iraqi intelligence official told Newsweek.
newsweek.com/iranians-shot-…
"The aircraft is believed to have been struck by a Russia-built Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system, known to NATO as Gauntlet, the three officials told Newsweek."

This from my Jan 8 thread👇
#BREAKING
-U.S. officials are confident Ukrainian Flt 752 was shot down by Iran
-Satellite detected infrared blips of two missile launches, probably SA-15s, followed shortly by another infrared blip of an explosion.
(Via - @CBSNews)

SA-15, aka Tor M1 missile system
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Elijah J. Magnier
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#Iran launches 'more than a dozen ballistic missiles' at #US targets in #Iraq, Pentagon confirms
I#Iran #USA
ran’s foreign minister has said the strikes have concluded and characterised them as self-defence within the boundaries of international law – not the first shots in a war.

Trump, in his first comments after the strikes, also sought to play them down.
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The attacks appear to have been carefully calibrated to avoid US casualties. #US bases in #Iraq were already on high alert.

This is a first step Iran is initiating to give the go to further attacks by Iran and its allies to exhaust US forces in the Middle East.
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Iran has started its "second round" of attacks against US bases in Iraq - per Iran’s Tasnim news
State media are reporting Iranian fighter jets have entered Iraq airspace #Iran
POTUS is expected to make a public address from the White House tonight.
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Corrected: BREAKING: #Iran #IRGC announce it has fired ballistic missiles from Iranian territories, at the #US #Ain_alAssad military base, the second largest #American military base in #Iraq.
.2/ The #IRGC warns the #US from responding ”which will be met with a larger response, ” according to #Almanar tv.
.3/ The surface to surface missiles were apparently fired from #Eslam_abad, western #Iran, says #AlManar tv.
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🚨 #Iran has launched ballistic missiles at Iraqi air base housing US troops. The Iranian offensive has begun. #IranWar #Iran #Iraq
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Sotiri Dimpinoudis
@sotiridi
#Update: Up to 6 rockets have impacted near the Ain Al Assad airbase in Anbar #Iraq hosing #US /#coalition forces.

#Iran
#Breaking: It looks like Iranian backed forces are using multiple launch pads for their rockets at the Ain Al Assad airbase in Anbar.

#Iraq #Iran #US #Conflict
#Breaking: Update - Reports suggest that up to at least 30 rockets have impacted in and near the Ain Al Assad airbase in Anbar.

#Iraq #Iran #US #Conflict

The attack is still ongoing...
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Reza H. Akbari
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Iran's state TV has interrupted its regular programing & various channels are playing documentaries on Qasem Soleimani, interviews with mothers of martyrs, & sermons on the value of martyrdom. #Iran #Iraq #Soleimani
A mosque seems to be already full w/ mourners over Soleimani's death. Footage is being broadcasted by state TV's channel 1. A cleric is signing his praises & talking about how his martyrdom will unite the regime. They may have followed morning prayers w/ a memorial ceremony #Iran
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