Trump Orders Strike Killing Top Iranian General Qassim Suleimani in Baghdad

[The Cosworth]

I can't remember where I heard it but I liked it. Someone was saying that with the amount of bullshit that Trump has spewed, how much he has shown to lie, that even if this guy did pose an imminent threat Trump could be telling the truth here and no one would be believing him. I think the analogy was a burning house but works out the same.

Either way I agree with it. This guy might have been a nutbar and they might have almost just did something and Trump might have just saved the west. With all the other bullshit it is hard to know anymore.

[Misterman]

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I can't remember where I heard it but I liked it. Someone was saying that with the amount of bullshit that Trump has spewed, how much he has shown to lie, that even if this guy did pose an imminent threat Trump could be telling the truth here and no one would be believing him. I think the analogy was a burning house but works out the same.

Either way I agree with it. This guy might have been a nutbar and they might have almost just did something and Trump might have just saved the west. With all the other bullshit it is hard to know anymore.

I just think it's funny when people keep saying that everything he does is to draw attention away from other shit. If he is just an absolute moron, and somehow making all these great moves purely by accident in an attempt to pull a ball and cup trick on the American people, then he is still accidentally one of the best presidents from a purely policy standpoint.

[sabad66]

oh shit, here we go:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/w...rump-iran.html

Iran says it has fired missiles at an American base in western Iraq.
Iran attacked an American base in western Iraq early Wednesday, Iranian official news media and United States officials said, the start of what Iran had promised would be retaliation for the killing of a top Revolutionary Guards commander.

“The fierce revenge by the Revolutionary Guards has begun,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement on a Telegram channel.

Iranian news media reported the attack hours after the remains of the commander, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, were returned to his hometown in Iran for burial.

Hossein Soleimani, the editor in chief of Mashregh, the main Revolutionary Guards news website, said that short-range ballistic missiles had been fired at the American base at Asad, in Anbar Province, in western Iraq.

One American official said six rockets had landed at Asad air base, but could not confirm that they were missiles.

Iraq’s Joint Military Command said seven rockets had hit the base. Iranian officials said the attack began at 1:20 a.m., the time that General Suleimani was killed by an American drone at the Baghdad airport on Friday.

The strike came less than two hours after reports circulated that rockets had been fired on Taji Air Base, an Iraqi military base where American troops are deployed. Officials said the reports of an attack there appeared to be false

[ickyflex]

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oh shit, here we go:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/w...rump-iran.html

I knew I should have bought Baytex today...

[duaner]

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oh shit, here we go:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/w...rump-iran.html

It's certainly going to be interesting to see how this all plays out.

[nzwasp]

I saw on reddit that the US Airforce also had warplanes taking off from UAE airbases to which Iran has said if they strike Iranian targets UAE will also be a target.

https://twitter.com/thekarami/status...95424818180096

[Super_Geo]

https://twitter.com/AynRandPaulRyan/...96331056304128

Iranian state TV reports dozens of ballistic missiles have been launched from Iran targeting US forces in Iraq.

Everyone I’ve talked with about this says they have never heard of Iran firing missiles of this size from outside of Iraq. Smaller missiles from within Iraq, yes.

This is crazy.

And Iranian state TV is saying this is just the beginning.

S&P futures just tanked, crude rallies above $65...

[Darkane]

Not fully related but side effect: oil jumped another $2 in about 10 seconds.

At $64.8x

Edit: still climbing. At $65.45 now. Up $2.75

[AndyL]

CNN subscriptions up 200% tonight...

Remember the first days of iraq1?

[Mitsu3000gt]

I wonder how many lives trump is willing to trade for a better shot at a second term and pumping up his businesses, unfortunately I am guessing it's not even a concern of his. I find all of this very sad, personally. GW Bush and Obama administrations both chose not to assassinate this guy because he is far more dangerous dead than alive.

[dirtsniffer]

Was he the same person this year as he was 15 years ago? I don't know his history but it's not a good assumption to assume his threat level hasn't changed one way or another over the years.

[max_boost]

Oh damn. Here we go.

[Tik-Tok]

So how many days before gas prices illogically go up 20c?

Also, those poor fucking kids at that base.

[max_boost]

Who is going bear on the market? Probably see -1000 on the Dow tmr

[nzwasp]

Everyone into gold quick!

[ercchry]

Threats of retaliating within US borders if US retaliates to missiles... should have built that bunker...

[A790]

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Who is going bear on the market? Probably see -1000 on the Dow tmr

Just put a bunch of cash into registered accounts. Drop baby, drop. Going to DCA whenever a few points move.

[killramos]

I think trump may have just bought me a new house.

[adam c]

IRGC statement:
"We warn all allied countries of the US that if attacks are launched from bases in their countries on Iran, they will be a target of military retaliation."

hmm

[jutes]

FAA Bans flights over gulf region.

http://prosportsextra.com/breaking-u...e-gulf-region/