Following explosion at #PMF base south of Baghdad, US official confirms to me no US military activity in the area.
— Nick Schifrin (@nickschifrin) April 19, 2024
A senior Iraqi official tells me the explosion is believed to have been caused by an Israeli airstrike, but there’s no confirmation, and Baghdad will investigate
Israeli official tells CNN that Israel not behind strike on pro-Iran militias in Iraq
[IsraelTimes] Israel has no connection to blasts in Iraq this evening, an Israeli official tells CNN
...formerly the
Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
, after an Iraqi coalition of pro-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
militias said a military base it uses was targeted in an
...
KABOOM!...
| Maybe it was ISIS, or some seriously peeved Iraqi tribals… At any rate, the attack apparently came from inside their house. |
[IsraelTimes] A huge blast rocks a military base used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces to the south of Baghdad, two PMF and two security sources tell Rooters.
The two security sources say the blast was a result of an unknown
...KABOOM!...
, which happened around midnight.
The two PMF sources point out the strikes did not lead to casualties but caused material damage. However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
an Iraqi interior ministry source quoted by AFP says the "bombing" killed one person and maimed eight others.
Sources in the PMF, also known as the Hashed al-Shaabi, say the strikes targeted a headquarters of the Iran-backed grouping of militias at the Kalso military base, near the town of Iskandariya
... named after Alexander the Great, today it's a mostly Sunni-inhabited slum ...
around 50 kilometers south of Baghdad.