The other thing is that I believe that this signals Trump's intention to withdraw from Iraq. Last week he couldn't leave, it would have been seen as weakness, now if he leaves his domestic audience won't see it as weakness and the other ME players will think twice about taking advantage. You read it here first, Trump is preparing tl leave Iraq.
So it struck me as to why, the most senior military general of Iran was in Baghdad at all? It would seem like a curious place for such a senior official to be conducting military operations as alleged?
It does back up the american narrative that the iranians were stirring trouble in the region.
How will they respond now though?,
The other thing is that I believe that this signals Trump's intention to withdraw from Iraq. Last week he couldn't leave, it would have been seen as weakness, now if he leaves his domestic audience won't see it as weakness and the other ME players will think twice about taking advantage. You read it here first, Trump is preparing tl leave Iraq.
I was under the impression that Baghdad was governed by a US friendly administration and effectively cordoned off by US military. So it struck me as to why, the most senior military general of Iran was in Baghdad at all? It would seem like a curious place for such a senior official to be conducting military operations as alleged?
Have you a source for that?Apparently, allegedly, Trump called the Iraqi PM Madhi, to act as a mediator between US and Iran for peace talks in Baghdad. Then Trump gave the order to kill him!
Not if this is true;Whether right or wrong, whether justified or not, it's pretty impressive that the US knew where Soleimani was & was able to take him out less than 3 days after their embassy was attacked.
He was returning from Saudi Arabia after a de-escalation meeting. Allegedly bringing back Saudi's proposals to reduce tension in the area. Some speculation that the meeting was US sponsored. Essentially a diplomatic meeting
Some interesting points here and I thought the attack was caused somewhat by the aircraft company Boeing being in big trouble and it needed a war to jump-start its provision of aircraft and missiles.
Well, RTE, BBC and SKY have failed to report this stunning revelation of Wolfies. But what would we expect from these mouthpieces of the Anglo Saxon imperialist. Disappointingly, we might have expected better from Al Jazeera, but nought. Hopefully Wolfie will respond to your question and point us towards the fountain of TRUTH.Have you a source for that?
If not them then Channel 4 news should be on top of it!Disappointingly, we might have expected better from Al Jazeera, but nought.
That seems to be the case, this is really bad so. It looks like this is a massive mistake. How are negotiations supposed to happen when the negotiator gets killedHe was returning from Saudi Arabia after a de-escalation meeting. Allegedly bringing back Saudi's proposals to reduce tension in the area. Some speculation that the meeting was US sponsored. Essentially a diplomatic meeting
Well, RTE, BBC and SKY have failed to report this stunning revelation of Wolfies. But what would we expect from these mouthpieces of the Anglo Saxon imperialist. Disappointingly, we might have expected better from Al Jazeera, but nought. Hopefully Wolfie will respond to your question and point us towards the fountain of TRUTH.
EmmDee I had seen that already. Of course if you are a conspiracy theorist you can read anything you like into anything. Make no mistake what Wolfie is gleaning from his twitter friends is the following narrative. The Donald called his friend the Iraqi PM to set up exploratory peace talks with Suli. But right from the beginning it was just a trap to lure Suli to Baghdad where The Donald could kill him.BBC story including why he was in Baghdad including quotes from Iraqi PM who was due to meet him during the trip - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-50998065
EmmDee I had seen that already. Of course if you are a conspiracy theorist you can read anything you like into anything. Make no mistake what Wolfie is gleaning from his twitter friends is the follwing narrative. The Donald called his friend the Iraqi PM to set up exploratory peace talks with Suli. But right from the beginning it was just a trap to lure Suli to Baghdad where The Donald could kill him.
It is an outrageous narrative and who am I to say it is untrue but one would have expected that even the suspicion of such treachery would be headline news in the World's news channels and certainly in the likes of Al Jazeera and Channel 4 News. But the deafening silence on those fronts, not to mention that no such claims are being made by the Iranian, incline me to believe that this just a typical fantasy of Shortie syndrome.
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