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01-03-2024, 1:34pm
https://redstate.com/streiff/2024/01/03/explosions-rock-memorial-service-for-iranian-terrorist-qasem-soleimani-at-least-75-killed-n2168232
Explosions Rock Memorial Service for Iranian Terrorist Qasem Soleimani, Over 100 Killed
By streiff | 11:51 AM on January 03, 2024
Two explosions ripped through a crowd of terrorist sympathizers gathered for the memorial of the fourth anniversary of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani's assassination. According to Iranian state media, over 100 people were killed, and at least 140 were wounded.
If you recall, Soleimani was killed by a US drone strike as his entourage was leaving the Baghdad Airport (BREAKING: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Leader Qasem Soleimani, Other Pro-Iranian Leaders Taken Out in Strike Near U.S. Forces in Baghdad). President Trump ordered the attack and apparently surprised the Pentagon and State Department as least as much as it did Soleimani, perhaps more because Defense and State had time to reflect upon the events
This was a significant blow to the elite and secretive Quds force that supplied training, weapons, cash, and assistance to Iranian proxy groups from its center of gravity in the Middle East as far afield as Latin America.
It all started innocently enough, with people gathering at the Kernan Martyrs Cemetery in the southern Iranian city of Kernan to commemorate the Cuisinart-ing of one of the world's most prolific terrorists. There was the obligatory walking on the flag of the "Great Satan."
While the event was underway, two bombs went off about a half-mile from the grave site, blasting the column of participants.
What happens next is the big question. The search is underway for the scapegoat, with the US and Israel running neck and neck for the honors. I don't think sane people believe Joe Biden would authorize a bombing like this, given his reticence to retaliate for direct attacks on US military installations (Biden Waits Until a US Soldier Is Critically Injured to Authorize Retaliation Against Iranian Militias). There is no doubt that Israel could've carried out a low-tech/no-tech operation like this, which apparently involved two bags containing explosives left along the march route. Israel lifted a half-ton of highly classified files documenting Iran's nuclear weapons program from Tehran (Somehow Mossad Stole a Half-Ton of Iran's Nuclear Secrets and Netanyahu Is Showing Them on Television). It killed a prominent nuclear scientist in an escorted convoy (Mossad Whacks Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist, Joe Biden's Ability to Suck Up To Iran Hardest Hit). This would be child's play. And even though Israel will eventually be blamed, it isn't easy to see how this fits their modus operandi. In the attack on an Iranian-protected terrorist in Beirut yesterday
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Explosions Rock Memorial Service for Iranian Terrorist Qasem Soleimani, Over 100 Killed
By streiff | 11:51 AM on January 03, 2024
Two explosions ripped through a crowd of terrorist sympathizers gathered for the memorial of the fourth anniversary of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani's assassination. According to Iranian state media, over 100 people were killed, and at least 140 were wounded.
If you recall, Soleimani was killed by a US drone strike as his entourage was leaving the Baghdad Airport (BREAKING: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Leader Qasem Soleimani, Other Pro-Iranian Leaders Taken Out in Strike Near U.S. Forces in Baghdad). President Trump ordered the attack and apparently surprised the Pentagon and State Department as least as much as it did Soleimani, perhaps more because Defense and State had time to reflect upon the events
This was a significant blow to the elite and secretive Quds force that supplied training, weapons, cash, and assistance to Iranian proxy groups from its center of gravity in the Middle East as far afield as Latin America.
It all started innocently enough, with people gathering at the Kernan Martyrs Cemetery in the southern Iranian city of Kernan to commemorate the Cuisinart-ing of one of the world's most prolific terrorists. There was the obligatory walking on the flag of the "Great Satan."
While the event was underway, two bombs went off about a half-mile from the grave site, blasting the column of participants.
What happens next is the big question. The search is underway for the scapegoat, with the US and Israel running neck and neck for the honors. I don't think sane people believe Joe Biden would authorize a bombing like this, given his reticence to retaliate for direct attacks on US military installations (Biden Waits Until a US Soldier Is Critically Injured to Authorize Retaliation Against Iranian Militias). There is no doubt that Israel could've carried out a low-tech/no-tech operation like this, which apparently involved two bags containing explosives left along the march route. Israel lifted a half-ton of highly classified files documenting Iran's nuclear weapons program from Tehran (Somehow Mossad Stole a Half-Ton of Iran's Nuclear Secrets and Netanyahu Is Showing Them on Television). It killed a prominent nuclear scientist in an escorted convoy (Mossad Whacks Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist, Joe Biden's Ability to Suck Up To Iran Hardest Hit). This would be child's play. And even though Israel will eventually be blamed, it isn't easy to see how this fits their modus operandi. In the attack on an Iranian-protected terrorist in Beirut yesterday
https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExb2xleWd1ZDRueHc4aXAxcXY1MjVuY2trYzdld3o5ajdleXlkODlmMiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/USnfWeCOHTHB3WX0aY/giphy.gif