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Drone strike on vehicle in Baghdad kills
Kataib Hezbollah commander

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Posted By: Dreadnought, 2/7/2024 5:49:47 PM

A commander from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that the Pentagon has blamed for attacking its troops, was killed in a US strike on Wednesday, the US military said. "(US) forces conducted a unilateral strike in Iraq in response to the attacks on US service members, killing a Kataib Hezbollah commander responsible for directly planning and participating in attacks on US forces in the region," a statement from the military said. It did not name the commander. It added that there were no indications of civilian casualties. Two security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the commander was Abu Baqir al-Saadi, killed in a drone strike

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Hazymac 2/7/2024 6:12:48 PM (No. 1652888)
Well, dang it! That surely wasn't intended. Pure accident.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: JHHolliday 2/7/2024 6:24:25 PM (No. 1652895)
You wonder where we are getting our intel then you realize that the Mossad is hard at work. Heh…you can bet that these murderous commanders have an ear out closely listening for the “whisper of death “
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Californian 2/7/2024 7:08:38 PM (No. 1652923)
Has Biden apologized and sent $6 billion to say sorry, yet?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Schnapps 2/7/2024 7:49:51 PM (No. 1652943)
I challenge the White House to prove this wasn't an accident by killing one Iranian-backed commander every week.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 2/7/2024 9:22:11 PM (No. 1652977)
Let's see if the media has a hernia over this like they did when Trump took out Soleimani - also in Baghdad, by the way. And will they demand proof that it was really him? (Remember the photo of the ring on the dead guy's hand - the same type that Soleimani used to sport when he was alive?)
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 2/7/2024 9:37:16 PM (No. 1652985)
A feel good story for today.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: bighambone 2/7/2024 11:07:09 PM (No. 1653014)
The way that Biden and his Obama led crew lie at every turn, who knows if that drone attack actually happened and if that so-called commander was really killed? In this day and age it is easy to carry out such attacks, all that is needed is a highly paid Iraqi operative on the ground in the employ of the US military to slap an AirTag like device on the Commander’s vehicle, and a small drone carried misfile or rocket on target to eliminate that so-called Commander. It’s common sense that the Commander of any terrorist group that kills or wounds US troops should be taken out at the first opportunity.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Trigger2 2/8/2024 3:53:18 AM (No. 1653068)
Good riddance. I haven't noticed but did Joey demand the US flag be put at half mast for mourne his death?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: mifla 2/8/2024 5:53:43 AM (No. 1653082)
I'm sure the attacks on us will stop now.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Alecto2 2/8/2024 7:05:56 AM (No. 1653117)
Under the "Rules-Based International Order" (ie "don't do as we do, do as we say") we are so fond of this is yet another illegal act. It appears in partial response Iraqi "terrorists" attacked an illegal US base on Al-Omar oilfield in Syria’s Deir Ezzor causing huge explosions. Guess that's some oil Israel will not get for a while. This administration and the Neocons need their war(s).
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Reply 11 - Posted by: govlawyer 2/8/2024 7:38:42 AM (No. 1653133)
Has one of Pudding Brain's "brains" gone rogue? They better not rile up Barry and ValJar because the Iranians are their BFFs.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Strike3 2/8/2024 8:12:34 AM (No. 1653149)
A carefully-worded apology speech is being drafted for Blinken right now. Don't let Biden give it or he will name Usama bin Laden as the victim.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: DiegoDude 2/8/2024 10:07:29 AM (No. 1653251)
Genocide Joe. Another bad guy taken off the map.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Zigrid 2/8/2024 11:01:26 AM (No. 1653292)
I'm sure Mossad was involved somehow...you don't want to mess with Mossad....are ya listening Iran?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: PrayerWarrior 2/8/2024 2:19:55 PM (No. 1653430)
Hope this is true, but how can you believe the lying media and our lying government?
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Reply 16 - Posted by: HotPatty 2/8/2024 5:55:28 PM (No. 1653572)
I hope it was the "chop em up" bomb. Baby الله أكبر
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