Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani has instructed Iranian terrorist proxies in Iraq to suspend attacks on US forces, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing anonymous sources. This was revealed in a report citing sources.
An extensive list of anonymous sources: “three Iranian officials, one senior Iraqi security official, three Iraqi Shiite politicians, four sources from Iranian-backed Iraqi militias, four diplomats” — all corroborated the claims made by Mr. Qani. In late January, he made a brief visit to Baghdad to discuss escalating attacks by Iranian proxy forces in Iraq, and urged leaders of some of these organizations to take action against them that could pose an existential threat to our nation. He warned that Japan should “lay low” to avoid a large-scale attack by the U.S. military. group.
Qaani’s alleged visit follows President Joe Biden’s announcement on January 28 that three Americans were killed on the Jordan-Syria border. The Iraqi Islamic Resistance, a coalition of anti-American terrorist organizations in Iraq, is believed to be primarily affiliated with Iran. , claimed responsibility for the attack. Immediately after the attack, Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy terrorist organization in Iraq that is widely considered part of the Islamic Resistance Movement, threatened to put “further pressure” on the US presence in the Middle East.
The Pentagon is Confirmed Attacks on U.S. forces and assets in the Middle East since October 7, when the Iran-linked Islamic extremist terrorist group Hamas invaded Israel and committed mass murders, kidnappings, gang rapes, and torture against multiple residential communities. There were over 165 cases. Hamas terrorists have killed an estimated 1,200 people and abducted more than 200. Neighboring Islamic countries responded to the attack by condemning Israel and amplifying Hamas’ demands for the creation of a “Palestinian” state separate from Israel.
However, Pentagon officials have not recorded any attacks on American personnel since February 4. Reuters claims that this bizarre outage was the result of Mr. Khani’s direct orders.
According to 10 anonymous sources who spoke to Reuters, Qani told the leaders of Iran’s terrorist proxies in Iraq: “Taking American blood risks a severe reaction from the United States.” “There is,” he said. Mr. Qaani’s visit was reportedly secret and brief because he feared that the Revolutionary Guards terrorist leader would be killed in a U.S. attack. He refused to leave Baghdad’s airport.
“The Iranians learned their lesson from the Soleimani purge and didn’t want something like this to happen again,” a senior Iraqi security official told Reuters.
Qasem Soleimani, perhaps Iran’s most feared terror mastermind, was the commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force before Qani, and during his tenure at the helm of Tehran’s foreign terror force, he He was responsible for 100 American casualties. Former President Donald Trump removed Soleimani along with Kataib Hezbollah founder and leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a drone strike in Baghdad on January 3, 2020. Following the decision to kill a senior Iranian official, many on the American left blamed President Trump for allegedly starting “World War III,” but their enthusiasm waned as public attention shifted to the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic. Almost faded.
General Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport on Friday, January 3, 2020 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Norouzi, File).
Far from sparking World War III, removing Soleimani from the battlefield put the Revolutionary Guards, a designated terrorist organization in the United States, in a predicament. Under Qaani, Soleimani’s subordinates, who had a reputation for being “less charismatic and less prominent military commanders” than his predecessors, never led any high-profile Quds Force operations and supported jihadist Nor did it create an enthusiastic following among the public. In January, the Revolutionary Guards attempted to join other Iranian terrorist groups in targeting U.S. assets in Iraq and Syria, but instead blew up a house in Erbil, Iraq’s Kurdistan region, killing a local businessman and a young boy. killed my daughter.
According to Reuters, Qaani’s plea to Iraqi terrorist organizations was also not an impassioned call for jihad, but rather a call for agents to “stay low” to avoid a U.S. attack on senior commanders. It was said to have been a timid request. Qani was reportedly concerned that the United States could bomb targets within Iran’s borders.
Reportedly, only one of the militia members called up did not stop attacking Americans. Kataib Hezbollah, which was most directly involved in the attack on Soleimani, was among those most eager to accept calls for his resignation. The group issued a statement on January 30 announcing a “suspension of military and security operations against the occupying forces, namely the United States.” The group said the suspension was necessary “to avoid embarrassment to the Iraqi government” but did not elaborate.
The suspension does not halt American operations in the region, particularly in response to the killing of American soldiers on the Syria-Jordan border. On February 7, Biden authorized a drone strike against Kataib Hezbollah leaders in Baghdad. This is a clear concession that President Trump’s attack on Soleimani was effective, killing Abu Bakr al-Saadi, the terrorist believed to be responsible for the group’s drone operation. The terrorists confirmed that Saadi and another member were killed in the attack and celebrated the “martyrdom” of their families.
People inspect a vehicle targeted by an airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, February 7, 2024. (Murtada Al Sudani/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Kataib Hezbollah Secretary-General Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi declared that the drone attack “asks us to adhere to our jihadist approach.”
