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Two explosions ripped through a crowd of terrorist sympathizers gathered for the memorial of the fourth anniversary of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani's assassination. According to Iranian state media, over 100 people were killed, and at least 140 were wounded.
If you recall, Soleimani was killed by a US drone strike as his entourage was leaving the Baghdad Airport (BREAKING: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Leader Qasem Soleimani, Other Pro-Iranian Leaders Taken Out in Strike Near U.S. Forces in Baghdad). President Trump ordered the attack and apparently surprised the Pentagon and State Department as least as much as it did Soleimani, perhaps more because Defense and State had time to reflect upon the events (NYT Claims Top Pentagon Officials Were 'Flabbergasted' When President Trump Agreed to Use Their Plan to Kill Soleimani).
This was a significant blow to the elite and secretive Quds force that supplied training, weapons, cash, and assistance to Iranian proxy groups from its center of gravity in the Middle East as far afield as Latin America.
It all started innocently enough, with people gathering at the Kernan Martyrs Cemetery in the southern Iranian city of Kernan to commemorate the Cuisinart-ing of one of the world's most prolific terrorists. There was the obligatory walking on the flag of the "Great Satan."
Continued below.
If you recall, Soleimani was killed by a US drone strike as his entourage was leaving the Baghdad Airport (BREAKING: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Leader Qasem Soleimani, Other Pro-Iranian Leaders Taken Out in Strike Near U.S. Forces in Baghdad). President Trump ordered the attack and apparently surprised the Pentagon and State Department as least as much as it did Soleimani, perhaps more because Defense and State had time to reflect upon the events (NYT Claims Top Pentagon Officials Were 'Flabbergasted' When President Trump Agreed to Use Their Plan to Kill Soleimani).
This was a significant blow to the elite and secretive Quds force that supplied training, weapons, cash, and assistance to Iranian proxy groups from its center of gravity in the Middle East as far afield as Latin America.
It all started innocently enough, with people gathering at the Kernan Martyrs Cemetery in the southern Iranian city of Kernan to commemorate the Cuisinart-ing of one of the world's most prolific terrorists. There was the obligatory walking on the flag of the "Great Satan."
Continued below.
