Iran-USA Tensions and Escalations Timeline

Well, there's the alleged first retaliation. How is the Orange Golem going to react? They killed Suleimani to get a reaction for a pretext for war. Even worse, this is just the start, there will be many more pearl clutching pretexts. They are still in mourning and Suleimani's funeral isn't until Monday.

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Update: The commander of Kata'ib Hezbollah militia group in Iraq tells Iraqi security forces to keep at a distance of 1000 meters away from US bases starting Sunday night.
This comes after rockets were fired on the U.S embassy compound in Baghdad, no casualties reported.

https://twitter.com/News_Executive/status/1213521077915308037



But don't worry, in a few years time, after 3,500 American soldiers confirmed dead, 20,000 injured, 150,000 dead Iranians, and 10 million refugees flee to Europe; Sean Spicer will gleefully express some vague bullshit novelty take that justifies it all.

Take your pick:
"muh Strait of Hormuz"
"muh Middle Eastern Hegemony"
"muh Mullah's"
"muh Freedumz"
"muh Terrorism"

But the real answer would be:
"muh Israel, muh ethnic heritage, fuck whitey"

UPDATE

Orange Golem responds:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1213593975732527112

HOLY FUCK! Get to your Escalation Stations.

UPDATE: 8/01/2020

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- Iran fires 15 ballistic missiles at Asad and Ebril US air bases in Iraq. 0 Casualties.

VIDEO: https://twitter.com/auroraintel/status/1214704434661535745?s=21

Middle East Journo's claim Iran informed the US of their targets beforehand to ensure no casualties.
https://twitter.com/Imamofpeace/status/1214726114385334272

Others claim key infrastructure for air defense was targeted

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- Ukrainian Passenger Jet with 167 people on board crashes in Iran after taking off from Tehran. No survivors. Plane was on fire, explodes mid-air and crashes.

VIDEO: https://twitter.com/alihashem_tv/status/1214756252749877250?s=20

Aftermath wreckage images:
https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1214764094412201985

Unconfirmed reports claim passenger jet had a 'technical failure' after take-off
https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1214753048951697415
Other unconfirmed reports claim the plane was accidentally shot down by Iranian Air Defences
https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1214758596094971905

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-4.9 Earthquake hits SW Iran near Bushehr Nuclear power plant

https://twitter.com/StratSentinel/status/1214755378141024256

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- Iranian Revolutionary Guard threatens to strike Haifa in Israel and Dubai in the UAE if the US retaliates against today's ballistic missile attack

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1214721668091744256[

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- Both US and Iranian air force are currently in the air

https://twitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1214712001747935233
https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1214732485197611008

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- US Bans all civilian flights in Middle East region

https://twitter.com/GBNReports/status/1214721300008226816

UPDATE: HAPPENING CANCELLED, FOR NOW

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"President Trump said "Iran appears to be standing down" in his address on Wednesday. He proposed new sanctions, but said the U.S. was "ready to embrace peace."

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1214954005094424578

BUT...

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"missile attacks on US bases were not enough" says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei"

Putting this down to bravado to appease hardliners.