Commander Warns US: Either Escape or Order Coffins for Troops Stationed in ME
Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:55
Iran,
TEHRAN
(FNA)- Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Deputy Commander for
Coordination Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi warned the US to pull
out of the entire Muslim world or wait for carrying the dead body of
its soldiers back home.
“The
White House must either close its military bases in the Islamic region
or go to the market to purchase coffins for its troops,” Brigadier
General Naqdi said on Friday, hours after the assassination of IRGC Qods
Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani by the US terrorist forces at
Baghdad international airport.
“The Zionist regime must pack their bags and
return to European countries where they originally belong to, or they
should wait for the strong blow of the Islamic nation,” he added.
“The decision is up to them because we do not like to shed blood,” Brigadier General Naqdi underlined.
Lieutenant General Soleimani was martyred in a
targeted assassination attack by US aircraft at Baghdad International
Airport early Friday morning.
"General Qassem Soleimani has been martyred by the
US helicopters after lifetime efforts," the IRGC said in a statement
early Friday morning.
The airstrike also martyred Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis,
deputy commander of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), or Hashad
al-Shabi. The PMF media arm said the two were martyred in an American
airstrike that targeted their vehicle on the road to the airport.
A PMF official said seven people were martyred by missiles fired by the US helicopters at Baghdad International Airport.
He said the dead included the PMF airport protocol officer, Mohammed Reda.
The Pentagon confirmed the attack in a statement.
The attack came amid tensions that started by the
US attack on PMF units that killed 28 Iraqi popular forces. A day later,
Iraqi people attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. On Wednesday President
Donald Trump ordered about 750 US soldiers deployed to the Middle East.
US officials earlier suggested they were to engage in further retaliatory attacks in Iraq.
The developments also represent a major downturn
in Iraq-US relations that could further undermine US influence in the
region and American troops in Iraq and weaken Washington’s hand in its
pressure campaign against Iran.
US President Donald Trump was vacationing on his estate in Palm Beach, Florida, but sent out a tweet of an American flag.
The attack represents a dramatic escalation by the
US toward Iran after months of tensions. The tensions take root in
Trump’s decision in May 2018 to withdraw the US from Iran’s nuclear deal
with world powers, struck under his predecessor.
Blogger's note: Cui bono? This post is from fars news an Iranian newspaper.
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