Well.... I woke up this morning and World War III has not been declared, at least not yet.... Apparently the US did NOT launch a massive counterstrike against Iranian targets after the Iranians fired some 22 Qiam missiles against two US bases in Iraq.... But the day is young, yet, and everyone is waiting to find out what insane US President Donald Drumpf will do next....It also must be noted again that the two US bases that sustained that "massive" (what the Jew spew media is pushing..) missile attack apparently suffered little to NO damage, and that alone has troubled me... Iran again is not some backward nation and does have a very high tech defense industry that builds missiles and bombs with highly precise accuracy.... If the Iranians wanted to have those two bases destroyed, they would have done so, and therefore I am leaning on Iran avoiding any casualties and firing their missiles to purposely miss their targets just as a demonstration against the United States that they have every intention to counter any pending US threats to their sovereignty or their people with deadly force if necessary.....In the aftermath of this initial Iranian counter-strike for the US killing of their General Soleimani, I have been looking over the alternative media for some reports on where we stand at this moment... And I want to present the following report that comes from the Moon of Alabama website, at www.moonofalabama.org, that is entitled: "Iran's Missile Launch Against Two US Bases In Iraq Calls Trump's Bluff" for all of my own readers to view right here.... I have my own thoughts and comments to follow:January 08, 2020
Iran's Missile Launch Against Two U.S. Bases in Iraq Calls Trump's Bluff
Last night Iran fired 22 Qiam missiles towards two U.S. bases in Iraq. Between 1:45 and 2:15 local time (~22:00 UTC) seventeen missiles hit the Ain al Asad airbase west of Ramadi. Five missiles were aimed at Erbil airport in the northern Kurdish region of Iraq. There were no casualties.The Swiss embassy in Tehran, which represents the U.S., was warned at least one hour before the attack happened. Around 0:00 UTC the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) which prohibited civil U.S. flights over Iraq, Iran, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.This attack was the "open" and "proportional" response for the U.S. assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani which Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei had promised. It will certainly not be the only response but represents the opening shot of a long and much more silent campaign to kick the U.S. out of the Middle East.U.S. President Donald Trump, who had threatened to destroy 52 targets in Iran including cultural sites if Iran would take any revenge, seems to have understood that this attack was intentionally limited to avoid a larger war:
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump - 2:45 UTC · Jan 8, 2020All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning.
The Qiam missiles Iran launched are a derivative of the Soviet Scud type. They are liquid fueled with a warhead of about 700 kilogram. They have a range of some 800 kilometer. Iran has more capable and precise solid fueled missiles it could have used.The Ain al Asad airbase which was hit is where the drones that killed Soleimani and the Iraqi leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were launched from. Erbil airport is the logistic center for the U.S. forces in Syria.Videos show the launch and the impact of the missiles.No U.S. air or missile defense against the incoming projectiles was observed.The message from Iran is thus: "We can attack all your bases and you can do nothing to prevent that."Iran's leader said that the attack was "slap in the face" for the U.S. and that this military reaction to the U.S. crime is not the only one that will happen:
Ayatollah Khamenei addressed the nation live on TV in a meeting with a large group of people from Qom, in commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of the January 9, 1978 uprising in Qom against the Pahlavi regime.The live address also took place hours after the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) targeted the US airbase of Ain al-Assad in Anbar province in western Iraq after launching a wave of attacks in early hours of Wednesday to retaliate the US assassination of IRGC Quds Force commander, Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani....“What is important in addition to retaliation is that military operations do not suffice. It is important to end the US corrupting presence in the region,” the Leader stressed.“Americans are insisting on bringing corruption and destruction into our dear Iran. Talks of sitting down at the negotiating table is a preface to interventions, which must end. Regional nations do not accept the US presence and its meddling measures,” he added.“The US enmity toward Iran is not temporary; it’s inherent. It is a ‘gross mistake’ to think if we took a step back and comprised, the US would stop its enmity,” he stressed.
Hours after Iran had launched the missiles a Ukrainian airliner crashed three minutes after it had taken off from Tehran airport. All 176 people on board died. The passengers were mostly from Iran, Canada and the Ukraine. The airplane was a three years old Boeing 737-800 NG operated by Ukrainian International Airlines, the country's flag carrier. Video shows the burning airliner coming down on a glide path. Photos from the crash side show shrapnel like impacts on the fuselage. The evidence is consistent with an uncontained turbine disc rupture but other potential causes can no be ruled out. The incident will be investigated like all other airliner crashes.The Iranian military revenge was less intensive then I had expected. But it was also a clear sign that Iran is capable and willing to openly attack U.S. bases in the larger area. The missile attack came despite Donald Trump's threats to Iran. It called his bluff.Further reactions will depend on the U.S. reactions to the demand of the Iraqi parliament that all foreign forces leave Iraq. Should the U.S. leave Iraq peacefully all will be well. Should it insist to stay U.S. soldiers will die.Posted by b on January 8, 2020 at 11:45 UTC NTS Notes: Yes, the Iranians are not going to allow the US to threaten them and think that they will not 'retaliate' in kind....The authors over at Moon of Alabama do state in this article that the Iranian military "revenge" was less intensive than as expected.. But again, I am leaning on this "missile attack" against those two US bases as a demonstration being done by the Iranians showing that they can easily retaliate against the US if the US continues on their insane path to war... It was to call the US bluff and to show that they are NO push overs!And the message is clear now that if the US continues to try to throw more troops into Iraq, those forces will be "sitting ducks" for any Iranian strike.... I therefore can see the Iraqi people actually upping the ante today by once again DEMANDING that the US get the hell out of their country, or the Iraqi people themselves will begin to turn on their American oppressors with force.....And as Moon of Alabama shows, the crash of that Ukrainian Boeing 737 aircraft costing the lives of some 176 passengers on board (including some 63 Canadian citizens!) may be just a massive coincidence, and that it is absolutely unrelated to this crisis situation between the US and Iran itself.....As the situation stands at this moment, the world is awaiting to see what President Drumpf will do next... If he escalates the situation further, I can guarantee that the next Iranian response will be with deadly force and NOT the "demonstration" that we just witnessed....More to comeNTS