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Widespread destruction: US attack results in Iraq | Israel today

2020-01-02T17:53:09.520Z


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Satellite imagery revealed by ImageSat International shows damage done by US Air Force bombs on Iraqi-Syrian border

  • Remains of Hezbollah regiment headquarters in Iraq // Photo: Reuters

Less than a week after the US Air Force's widespread attack on Hizbullah Battalion's terrorist targets in Iraq and Syria, satellite images reveal the extent of the damage to the militia's facilities.

The footage, revealed by ImageSat International, shows a number of structures used as headquarters and weapons storage sites for the organization, before and after being severely destroyed. The attack will take place near the border with Syria and only 15 kilometers from the Imam Ali Revolutionary Guards base, a large base whose establishment has been building Quds force for the past year.

US Assault Scene // Photographer: ImageSat International

The attack killed 25 of the organization's terrorists, including Abu Ali al-Hazali, a senior area commander in the organization, and many others were injured. The attack was carried out in response to rocket fire at an American military base in the city, where a U.S. contractor killed several soldiers.

Pentagon officials, including US Secretary of Defense Mark Asper, have argued that it has been decided to attack the organizations with which the United States has avoided a confrontation so far after receiving intelligence information about the threat of further attacks on their part.

Documentation of the US attack in Iraq

Following the attack and after the funerals, hundreds of militia members of the pro-Iranian militia in Iraq, suspected a-Za'abi, attacked the United States embassy and tried to set them on fire. After a day of siege and arrival of marines to secure the compound, militia supporters retreated and the tense quiet returned to the Iraqi capital.

"We have enough missiles to destroy every enemy"

Less than a day after the US Embassy crisis ended in Baghdad, Revolutionary Guards commander Thursday, Hussein Salami made a belligerent speech in which he said his country was not afraid of a confrontation with the United States.

The speech, which Salami made during a visit to Khoshan Province in the south of the state, a district where many of his residents are Arab and many of them participated in the fuel protest against the regime. Salami praised the residents of the district, saying that for the Iranians, Khoshan Province is an integral part of their nationalism.

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"With the help of Islam and the Iranian people, we can break the will of the powers, defeat them and make them withdraw not only from Iran but from the entire Muslim world," Salami said in a statement quoted by the Tasan News Agency.

"We have enough missiles to destroy every enemy. Our strength is not only in ballistic missiles but also in our belief in Islam. We will not lead our country to war but we are not afraid of confrontation," Salami added.

Source: israelhayom

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