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Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, says Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF) lacks the power to declare “Amotekun” an illegal group.

The south-west governors had established the regional outfit to tackle incidents of kidnapping and banditry in the region.

However, Malami, declared the outifi , saying that matters of security resides exclusively with the federal government.

But speaking to journalists after paying a courtesy visit to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on Wednesday, Makinde said he is yet to receive a formal notice on Malami’s statement.

Makinde explained that Amotekun exists only to complement the efforts of the police, not replace it.

He argued that the AGF can only advise the president on legal matters, not “just wake up and make his own laws”.

“You don’t run a government on social media. If I see a letter or receive a call from the Attorney-General of the Federation saying that Amotekun is illegal, it will be a different reaction. For now, I have been reading on social media just like you and I have not seen anything official to that effect,” Makinde said.

“Besides, I don’t think that in a country like Nigeria, the Attorney-General should just wake up and make his own law. He may interpret and advise the President about legal issues but I have not seen anything that gave his office the power to make such declaration.

“This outfit [Amotekun] is complementary to the effort of the Nigerian Police and other security agencies. In Oyo State, the government has four pillars; namely education, health, security and expansion of our economy through agribusiness. So, security is a major pillar for us and we believe we cannot have any development in an atmosphere that is not secure.

“If you look at investments, the money coming into an economy is like a coward; if such money sees anywhere that is not secure, it will fly. So, security is key and security agencies are doing their best but there is still a gap. Just like in most sectors of our body polity, we do have gaps; in education, health care delivery and the rest. We believe playing complementary roles will help to narrow those gaps.

“As you all know, it is a New Year and, traditionally, one should go out to greet elders to wish them a happy and rewarding year. So, I came here to greet Baba and wish him the best for this year 2020.”

The declaration of Amotekun as illegal has raised several reactions. At a press briefing in Lagos earlier on Wednesday, Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, had said:
“Amotekun has come to stay”.

Also, Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of Afenifere, argued that the AGF has no right to make such pronouncement, adding that the federal government ought to have gone to the court if it had anything against the outfit.

First, as always, a recap.

Turns out that the Iranian strikes were apparently very accurate, check out these photos:

http://ooduarere.com/news-from-nigeria/world-news/iranian-missile-strike/

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This is interesting, because while I had some US ex-Colonel on idiot-box saying that most Iranian missiles either missed or landed in the desert. Rah! Rah! Rah! The US has THE BEST military in the GALAXY!! We kick these ragheads back to their medieval reality, bla-bla-bla.

The reality is that this has been a very effective “proof of concept demonstration”. Think like this: the Iranians have super-accurate coordinates for every single building in the Green Zone. What impact would you think a determined – non symbolic – missile strike on key US buildings in the Green Zone would have? How about US forces in Kuwait and/or Saudi Arabia.

Keep in mind that the kind of missiles Iran used is very much an older, less capable, generation. For example, as far as I know, these missiles have no final guidance capability (you may want to double/triple check this one). Other ones do (that I am sure of).

Furthermore, it is becoming apparent that Iran had no intention of hitting US personnel, at least not deliberately. So when the Idiot-in-Chief tweets “so far, so good” he is quite correct, but for all the wrong reasons.

I think of this first strike as a very serious WARNING SHOT which serves two purposes.

First, to show that the “54 targets in Iran” threat is an empty one: Iranians don’t care (for certain) and Pentagon planners probably don’t want it either (most likely). So besides hot air, the Idiot-in-Chief produced nothing.

Second, to show to those in the US who actually believe their own silly propaganda about the US having THE BEST military in the history of the Galaxy that in terms of missiles, Iran is doing just fine, thank you.

Now, in all fairness, I will ALWAYS welcome ANY gesture which can avoid a massive total war. There is no doubt in my mind that these events are marking the beginning of the end for the Empire. The only real question is at what costs to the rest of mankind? So while he is a narcissistic idiot for sure, and while he wrapped the key part of his statement in all sorts of delusional and dumb chest-thumping and flag waving, I have to admit that Trump did the right thing once again. Destroying 54 (or even a SINGLE one) Iranian target would have resulted in an Iranian strike on Israel (now we know for sure that it would be an accurate one too!) which would have triggered a massive regional war. We STILL are not there and while many will call me naive or stupid, I am grateful for ANYTHING which can delay or cancel any major (or even minor) war. And while I do think that Trump is a narcissistic idiot, I will ALWAYS recognize when he does something either right or even “less bad than what he could have done”.

I will also add this: I consider the US servicemen in Iraq (and the result of the world, for that matter) as guilty of voluntarily signing up to a military which has never and will never fight any just war. But that is not a sin deserving to be killed in a massive ball of fire, sorry. In combat, yes, US soldiers are a legitimate target, and legally speaking (from the point of view of the Geneva Conventions and the International Law of War), the targets Iran hit were 100% legitimate since international law does NOT ban collateral damage, it only bans INTENTIONAL collateral damage. US military personnel are, by definition, legal, legitimate, targets, but on a human level I feel sorry for them and I don’t wish them to pay for the crimes of their commanders (for whom I have ZERO sympathy or compassion).

I am actually quite happy that nobody died in these strikes.

If there were numerous casualties (as some sources report), then I have no problem admitting that this strike was both legal and ethical, but I would feel sad for every killed person (US or Iraqi).

Do the Shia Muslims care about the lives of their enemies? Yes! They actually do. Proof? Just see how Hezbollah treated those Lebanese people who were collaborators with the infamous Israel proxy called the “SLA” (South Lebanon Army) and you will see for yourself. Have their been Shia executed atrocities in the past? Sure! Starting in Iraq were various Shia militias committed plenty of horrible atrocities. But that happens to ANY party to a vicious conflict, and ESPECIALLY a civil war (just look at the butchery the Russian or US civil wars were!). But the fact is that Shia leaders often emphasize both mercy, compassion and justice (Hassan Nasrallah specifically said that Hezbollah would not target US civilians; contrast that with the Idiot-in-Chief).

So how do we “score” this one? Who won and who lost”

This all depends on your criteria.

Here are mine: anything which makes it easier for the US to remain in the Middle-East is a victory for the Empire and anything which makes it harder for the US to remain in the Middle-East is a victory for the rest of the planet.

I think that this criteria makes it rather easy to score this latest strike, don’t you?

One more thing: two more rocket strikes seemed to have landed near the Green Zone. From the (rather minimal) info I have, these were rockets from some kind of MRLS and they were fired by LOCAL Iraqi forces, NOT from Iran. This is both interesting and telling. Why?

Because you can expect a dramatic increase in these kind of “hit and run” mini attacks which can’t achieve a real tactical advantage, but which are devastating for morale and which hugely decrease the mobility and ability to operate of the targeted forces. Again, I invite you to re-apply my criteria above to evaluate the usefulness (or lack thereof) of these strikes.

Singing off for a few hours. Kind regards



PS: one more thing: the Idiot-in-Chief said that “Iran is standing down”.. Just remember that an other no less Idiot-in-Chief announced in 2006 that “Israel had defeated Hezbollah”. This is an old US trick called “declare victory and leave”. They have declared victory. Good. Now let’s see how long it will take them to get out of Iraq and the Syria and, much further down the road, from the entire Middle-East.

http://ooduarere.com/news-from-nigeria/world-news/pentagon-chief-of-staff-resigns/

Defense Secretary Mark Esper's right-hand man is leaving his post amid growing tensions with Iran. NBC News's Hallie Jackson reported Monday that Eric Chewning resigned as Pentagon chief of staff and will leave the Department of Defense at the end of the month. Chewning had served as chief of staff to both Esper and his predecessor, acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan.

Chewning joined the Pentagon from the private sector in October 2017 and was selected by Shanahan to serve as chief of staff last January. He continued in the post even when Esper took the job in July. He has an extensive work history in the private sector; he was working for Morgan Stanley before enlisting in the Army after 9/11, per DefenseNews, and was a partner at McKinsey & Company before signing up with the federal government in 2017.

In a statement to DefenseNews, Esper said Chewning would be returning to private work. "In an incredibly demanding job, Eric has been a source of calm and tireless work," Esper said. "We wish him all the best."

The timing of Chewning's departure will raise some eyebrows as it comes after a weekend that raised tensions in the Middle East to the highest they've been in years. President Trump's decision last week to order the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top military leader and considered by some to be the second-most powerful man in that country, rejuvenated antipathy toward the U.S. in the region and led to Iran vowing retaliation.

Since the deadly strike, which took place early Friday morning local time in Iraq, there has been a series of repercussions. The Iraqi parliament voted to expel all foreign troops, a move that led Trump to threaten sanctions that will "make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame." Meanwhile, Iran has vowed "severe revenge" against the U.S., and as American troops abroad fortify their positions and brace for possible attacks, it has led to the suspension of anti-ISIS efforts from the American-led coalition in Iraq and Syria — a move experts worry could allow the terrorist group to regain its positions, especially if combined with a potential U.S. expulsion from Iraq.

Iran also announced it will no longer comply with the remaining limits on its nuclear power imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal, negotiated under President Barack Obama. Noted Iran hawk John Bolton, who left his position as national security adviser in the Trump administration last year, celebrated the announcement even as some experts worried about the likely loss of intelligence surrounding Iran's uranium enrichment progress.

Trump, for his part, has tweeted abundantly as the situation grows increasingly volatile, saying that the military has targeted 52 Iranian sites, including some that are important to "Iranian culture," for possible counterattacks. He also issued a bizarre declaration Sunday that his "media posts" would "serve as notification to the United States Congress" that should Iran attack the U.S., America "will quickly and fully strike back, and perhaps in a disproportionate manner."

Donald J. Trump
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@realDonaldTrump
These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required.

University of Alabama law professor Joyce Alene noted that "reporting" around Chewning's departure "says he's ready to go back to private sector and not to read too much into this."

"But," she noted, "the timing is still quite interesting. I'd want out of that chain of command before an illegal order was given."

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careytommy37:
*TRUMP KILLS IRAN’S MOST OVERRATED WARRIOR*
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Suleimani pushed his country to build an empire, but drove it into the ground instead.
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By Thomas L. Friedman, Columnist, New York Times (January 03, 2020)
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One day they may name a street after President Trump in Tehran. Why? Because Trump just ordered the assassination of possibly the dumbest man in Iran and the most overrated strategist in the Middle East: Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani.
Think of the miscalculations this guy made. In 2015, the United States and the major European powers agreed to lift virtually all their sanctions on Iran, many dating back to 1979, in return for Iran halting its nuclear weapons program for a mere 15 years, but still maintaining the right to have a peaceful nuclear program. It was a great deal for Iran. Its economy grew by over 12 percent the next year. And what did Suleimani do with that windfall?

He and Iran’s supreme leader launched an aggressive regional imperial project that made Iran and its proxies the de facto controlling power in Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad and Sana. This freaked out U.S. allies in the Sunni Arab world and Israel — and they pressed the Trump administration to respond. Trump himself was eager to tear up any treaty forged by President Obama, so he exited the nuclear deal and imposed oil sanctions on Iran that have now shrunk the Iranian economy by almost 10 percent and sent unemployment over 16 percent.

All that for the pleasure of saying that Tehran can call the shots in Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad and Sana. What exactly was second prize?

With the Tehran regime severely deprived of funds, the ayatollahs had to raise gasoline prices at home, triggering massive domestic protests. That required a harsh crackdown by Iran’s clerics against their own people that left thousands jailed and killed, further weakening the legitimacy of the regime.
Then Mr. “Military Genius” Suleimani decided that, having propped up the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and helping to kill 500,000 Syrians in the process, he would overreach again and try to put direct pressure on Israel. He would do this by trying to transfer precision-guided rockets from Iran to Iranian proxy forces in Lebanon and Syria.

Alas, Suleimani discovered that fighting Israel — specifically, its combined air force, special forces, intelligence and cyber — is not like fighting the Nusra front or the Islamic State. The Israelis hit back hard, sending a whole bunch of Iranians home from Syria in caskets and hammering their proxies as far away as Western Iraq.
Indeed, Israeli intelligence had so penetrated Suleimani’s Quds Force and its proxies that Suleimani would land a plane with precision munitions in Syria at 5 p.m., and the Israeli air force would blow it up by 5:30 p.m. Suleimani’s men were like fish in a barrel. If Iran had a free press and a real parliament, he would have been fired for colossal mismanagement.

But it gets better, or actually worse, for Suleimani. Many of his obituaries say that he led the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq, in tacit alliance with America. Well, that’s true. But what they omit is that Suleimani’s, and Iran’s, overreaching in Iraq helped to produce the Islamic State in the first place.

It was Suleimani and his Quds Force pals who pushed Iraq’s Shiite prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, to push Sunnis out of the Iraqi government and army, stop paying salaries to Sunni soldiers, kill and arrest large numbers of peaceful Sunni protesters and generally turn Iraq into a Shiite-dominated sectarian state. The Islamic State was the counterreaction.

Finally, it was Suleimani’s project of making Iran the imperial power in the Middle East that turned Iran into the most hated power in the Middle East for many of the young, rising pro-democracy forces — both Sunnis and Shiites — in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

As the Iranian-American scholar Ray Takeyh pointed out in a wise essay in Politico, in recent years “Soleimani began expanding Iran’s imperial frontiers. For the first time in its history, Iran became a true regional power, stretching its influence from the banks of the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf. Soleimani understood that Persians would not be willing to die in distant battlefields for the sake of Arabs, so he focused on recruiting Arabs and Afghans as an auxiliary force. He often boasted that he could create a militia in little time and deploy it against Iran’s various enemies.”

It was precisely those Suleimani proxies — Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq, and the Houthis in Yemen — that created pro-Iranian Shiite states-within-states in all of these countries. And it was precisely these states-within-states that helped to prevent any of these countries from cohering, fostered massive corruption and kept these countries from developing infrastructure — schools, roads, electricity.
And therefore it was Suleimani and his proxies — his “kingmakers” in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq — who increasingly came to be seen, and hated, as imperial powers in the region, even more so than Trump’s America. This triggered popular, authentic, bottom-up democracy movements in Lebanon and Iraq that involved Sunnis and Shiites locking arms together to demand noncorrupt, nonsectarian democratic governance.

On Nov. 27, Iraqi Shiites — yes, Iraqi Shiites — burned down the Iranian consulate in Najaf, Iraq, removing the Iranian flag from the building and putting an Iraqi flag in its place. That was after Iraqi Shiites, in September 2018, set the Iranian consulate in Basra ablaze, shouting condemnations of Iran’s interference in Iraqi politics.
The whole “protest” against the United States Embassy compound in Baghdad last week was almost certainly a Suleimani-staged operation to make it look as if Iraqis wanted America out when in fact it was the other way around. The protesters were paid pro-Iranian militiamen. No one in Baghdad was fooled by this.

In a way, it’s what got Suleimani killed. He so wanted to cover his failures in Iraq he decided to start provoking the Americans there by shelling their forces, hoping they would overreact, kill Iraqis and turn them against the United States. Trump, rather than taking the bait, killed Suleimani instead.

I have no idea whether this was wise or what will be the long-term implications. But here are two things I do know about the Middle East.
First, often in the Middle East the opposite of “bad” is not “good.” The opposite of bad often turns out to be “disorder.” Just because you take out a really bad actor like Suleimani doesn’t mean a good actor, or a good change in policy, comes in his wake. Suleimani is part of a system called the Islamic Revolution in Iran. That revolution has managed to use oil money and violence to stay in power since 1979 — and that is Iran’s tragedy, a tragedy that the death of one Iranian general will not change.
Today’s Iran is the heir to a great civilization and the home of an enormously talented people and significant culture. Wherever Iranians go in the world today, they thrive as scientists, doctors, artists, writers and filmmakers — except in the Islamic Republic of Iran, whose most famous exports are suicide bombing, cyberterrorism and proxy militia leaders. The very fact that Suleimani was probably the most famous Iranian in the region speaks to the utter emptiness of this regime, and how it has wasted the lives of two generations of Iranians by looking for dignity in all the wrong places and in all the wrong ways.

The other thing I know is that in the Middle East all important politics happens the morning after the morning after.
Yes, in the coming days there will be noisy protests in Iran, the burning of American flags and much crying for the “martyr.” The morning after the morning after? There will be a thousand quiet conversations inside Iran that won’t get reported. They will be about the travesty that is their own government and how it has squandered so much of Iran’s wealth and talent on an imperial project that has made Iran hated in the Middle East.
And yes, the morning after, America’s Sunni Arab allies will quietly celebrate Suleimani’s death, but we must never forget that it is the dysfunction of many of the Sunni Arab regimes — their lack of freedom, modern education and women’s empowerment — that made them so weak that Iran was able to take them over from the inside with its proxies.
I write these lines while flying over New Zealand, where the smoke from forest fires 2,500 miles away over eastern Australia can be seen and felt. Mother Nature doesn’t know Suleimani’s name, but everyone in the Arab world is going to know her name. Because the Middle East, particularly Iran, is becoming an environmental disaster area — running out of water, with rising desertification and overpopulation. If governments there don’t stop fighting and come together to build resilience against climate change — rather than celebrating self-promoting military frauds who conquer failed states and make them fail even more — they’re all doomed.

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It's nonesense like this that is making the Anglozionist wannabe followers see th reality but still double down.

Just one sense to counter all the nonesense written above.

When that Mushroom brain John Mccain died of too much Mushroom in his brain, watch the video bellow and tell me how many people came out in their thousands like the video bellow ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YilnUk4Rdao

Watch the video above again.

Turns out the General's death is equal to that of any most popular whatever the Anglozionist empire has got 20 times if not more.

For this reason, no need to read all the nonesense you have written above.

More recent video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqHWR2zqSqI

The dramatic move to expel US troops followed nearly two weeks of violence and escalations which culminated in the US assassination of a senior Iranian military commander on Iraqi soil.

Iraq’s parliament was convened for an extraordinary session on Sunday, voting to terminate the operation of the US-led coalition against Daesh (ISIS),* and passing a resolution demanding the withdrawal of all foreign military personnel stationed in the country, including an estimated 5,000 US troops. Here’s what the move means in practice:

US troops were originally withdrawn from Iraq in late 2011, in accordance with the 2008 status of forces agreement and ‘Strategic Framework Pact’, signed over eight years after the 2003 US invasion of the country. Prior to the withdrawal, US troop numbers reached 170,000 in 2007. A large contingent of US Marines and some 4,000-5,000 private security contractors stayed behind at the massive US Embassy in Baghdad, as well as the consulates in the cities of Basra, Mosul and Kirkuk.

US troops began returning to Iraq starting in 2014, after Daesh began capturing wide swathes of northern and western Iraq. Initially, Washington limited its involvement to aerial operations (intelligence gathering, bombing), and the deployment of small numbers of troops and advisors to assist Iraqi security forces. The Obama administration beefed up troop numbers to hundreds, and then several thousand, as the conflict continued, with over 5,500 personnel deployed by mid-2016. US troops engaged in multiple operations, although most of the fighting on the ground was left to the Iraq’s security forces, including the Baghdad-allied Shia militias which received support from Iran.

http://ooduarere.com/news-from-nigeria/world-news/iraqi-lawmakers-approve/

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OZAOEKPE:
Bye bye Islam child

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Get out of the post joo omo ode osi.

Backward brain that thinks everything is along mere manmade religious line.

Religion is false ok

Open your brains and use it for once.
All these kids that should be s*cking their mum breast are on nairaland.

OZAOEKPE:
I said Muslims, I no call your name

Then not all muslims are angry in that regard.
Everyone with common sense left must surely be mad.

Do you want to compare and contrast ?

Late Gen. Soleimani Vs Cleric El-Zakzaky?

Late Gen. Soleimani: Is dead, hero died in a coward airstrike by the global terrorist, U.S.A

Cleric El-Zakzaky: Is still alive but locked up by Naija Gov.

The two are incomparables..

Turns out Naija gov. still got more brains than the global terrorist..

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OZAOEKPE:
Muslims all over the world they vex, see as them they cry for Shi'a way their government for naija they condemn

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OMG! In 2020 gregorian year, someone is still thinking like omo eran ?

Where the post originally came from is an Orthodox Christian blog.
https://thesaker.is/coming-soon-a-new-deck-of-cards/

Myself that posted it dont believe in any religion or foreign ideologies (Christianity or islam), but a proud traditionist, ORISA.

What is needed is to be human and apply the use of common sense if you(other who think like you) still have some left.

U.S finally turned to a Terrorist state officially.

robosky02:
As President Donald Trump becomes the third president to be impeached in U.S history



8. If the Senate acquits Trump now that the House of Reps has impeached him, what does that mean? If acquitted in Senate, Trump remains in office, just as former president Bill Clinton did over 20 years ago, to serve out the remainder of his tenure. In Trump's case, he is also free to re-contest the presidency in 2020 if he survives Senate trial. However, no matter what happens at the Senate, Donald Trump has entered the history books as one of the impeached presidents of the United States of America. He has for company Bill Clinton (December 19, 1998) and Andrew Johnson (February 24, 1868). Ice Cube net worth in 2019 will wow you All of Trump's travails started with what he claims is a perfect phone conversation to Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky. The Senate will decide his fate.

Trump will also enter the history book of the first president in 50 years that did not start a new war. Does it matter as long as he can re-contest next election and that Democrats impeachment is only a demo.. Only in the book.

Those Democrats are just acting like kids. OMG !! They really need to grow up or grow some balls.

VVP is always on point.

Artist: Moyo Okediji
Title: Ẹ̀RÌNDÍNLÓGÚN
Date: 2017

http://ooduarere.com/art/erindinlogun/

illitrate:
Kai, waiting for someone to blame the jews.

Do not challenge who you cannot beat. he got served.

Know the difference between jews and zionism. It's not hard to differenciate..

An example in Nigeria would be Arewa(The north) Vs Boko Haram.

The worst part is Zionisism is far worse than Boko haram(Which is only a baby ideology also backed by its parenthood,Zionism).

Would you now say all Hausas, Fulanis, Nupe are Boko Haram ?
Pls get it..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhzfsU8lN8M

This is why he is no longer President. The U.S Imperialists can not tolerate the truth and being called out on their hypocrisy! Well done #EvoMorales

http://ooduarere.com/news-from-nigeria/world-news/listen-morales-un-overthrown/

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Jman24:
The Israeli embassy has shut down diplomatic operations in Abuja from Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019.

The embassy had via its social media page announced that the closure was due to decision of the Israeli Ministry of Finance to breach the understandings that were agreed upon. The embassy said the agreement was signed by the Director General of the Ministry of Finance on July 21, 2019 and to apply a one-sided procedure that alters protocol that has been in place for several decades.

“We are forced to close the diplomatic mission; no consular services will be provided and no one will be allowed to enter the Embassy and Consulate.
“Israeli diplomats are committed at all times to strive to enhance Israel’s strength and resilience.
Unfortunately, the decision of the Ministry of Finance does not leave us any choice, but to take the above-mentioned action.
“Since the vital interests of the State of Israel have been harmed, we hope that this crisis will be resolved as soon as possible,”


The Israeli Embassy in Nigeria is a window to Israel-Nigeria relations and the promotion of diplomatic ties between both countries. Israel, a small country approximately the size of Niger State is the only Jewish country globally with population of nine million people of whom Jews comprise around 80 per cent.




http://www.pcbgist.com/2019/11/israeli-embassy-shut-down-diplomatic.html?m=1

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Who is going to that dead stolen land.. I hope this crazies wont kill Buhari (The same way they collided with their saudi partner in crime to kill Yardua) since he has decided to dine with their enemy in reality (Russia) to complete ajaokuta.

Pls remove the breaking from there. Isreal is not worth reporting as breaking news. I dont even know who is going there from Nigeria. The most racist stolen land on planet Earth. It's not even Naija thing to go to that stolen land. Except those who love deceiving themselves kissing walls. Nonesene

kemicalreaction:
I couldn't believe my ears when I heard it, I had to watch it mutiple times just to be sure of what I heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNha3nabZeI

Cc Zoharariel, Appleyard, Scully95, Dermmy

You can imagine, see his face when he was saying it.. 'Training IS Forces'. Some on this thread would be claiming they hate Obama but like Trump.
Is there any ideological difference between the two of them ?

May be but to a limit. Trump lost the war against the axis of evil and has no choice exept to keep on telling lies so he can be voted in again. He will win the crookie dems(Axis of pure evil) again.

Another thing is I dont believe anything that comes out of U.S about killing any of their terrorist for that matter. They tried that crazy too with their Shekarau. Naija too killed that Shekarau couple of times. AL bagdadi died 5 times now on my radar.. He will soon show up again if not already dead since Russian airstrike (Russia also reported his airstrike killed Al bagdadi on my radar).

I believe Russian more. TRUMP story is just stupid. 'He killed himself with bomb vest he was wearing with his family' .. So his body is mutilated... ANyone remembr the lies they tld about Bin laden during OBAMA.. Bin Laden's body was thrown to Shark to eat. .. (OMG.. This ppl think everyone is just as stup*d as them)..

Repeasting the same thing every now and then like they are replaying the same track or lines.

Who is this Oba Alado Awaye who said Ifa came from Saudi Arabia to Ota ? Any Attempt to devalue our cherished heritage must fail.

CTPlayer:
John Kerry does not work for the US Government anymore. US forces were mainly advisory, working with Kurds to kill ISIS.
US military has not engaged in the Syrian war. Maybe Obama/Hillary thought Assad "has to go" but they didn't do much about it.
[s]Seems Trump could care less who is in charge of Syria, same for 99.99% of Americans.[/s]

What are you saying ? Everyone knows the clan Obama his Killary Killton plus John Kerry crew represent and the same Trump also did represent this clan but not as much that those other ones. The same reason they hate Trump which also failed from rescuing the U.S state from this clan. He failed woefully.

So Donald Trump did not send 103 Tomahawk missile to Syria which completely failed too ? They were advisory with a base in Syria ?? The biggest joke ever.. Where are you getting all this fakesnews from ?

There is still a Base in Syria as we speak nt the Abandoned one in Manbij which was Encircled already by the Assad Forces.. Ok, let me just remind you of reality in Syria.

Just say it as it it.. A base in Syria is complete chest beating and arrogant way of breaking the rules and Norms guiding every nation irrespective of what ever pretext like ISIS which was created by the same clan. OMG Said they did'nt do much about it by arming anything they could arm and supporting their ISIS crazy together with their White Helmet crooks. (FREE SYRIAN ARMY) LOL>..

No one is a kid here.
Accept it, Plan A Failed, Plan B failed.. Divide, conquer and rule also failed.

Now pack ya load and go. or else what happened in manbij will repeat itself again and again until you re left with no option except to pack n go.

Simple.

CTPlayer:
USA has no business fighting in the Syrian war or with Turkey (a NATO member). Turkey's move into Syria is on them.
The troops the USA had in Syria was largely advisory and there only to kill ISIS. Also the USA has no legal permission to be
in Syria.

Huh!
You dont break the rules just because you want to enforce the rule.
U.S.A failed its second phase of its agenda (ASSAD mUST go).

JOhn Kerry revealed they will proceed to second phase which is to split Syria into parts. (SDF)
Now that has also failed, what next
Pls nah..
THE ISIS were killed by Russian-Syrian arab army.
The same ISIS are also embeded in Turkish backed troops.
Now that U.S troops is leavig the area.. Turkey should get ready to face Syrian AA and SDF.. SDF got not choice except to rejoin SYria..
Assad wins either ways

Washington Dumps Its Kurdish Proxies (temporary Puppets) As Ankara And Damascus Step In

By Aram Mirzaei

Even though I have my doubts over whether Washington will actually withdraw from Syria fully, it seems as if their Kurdish proxies in northern Syria have been left to defend for themselves against the ongoing Turkish offensive. I can’t say I’m surprised since Washington has done this to their Kurdish “partners” many times before, yet the Kurdish leadership across Iraq and Syria have failed to learn from history yet again.

Once more, the Kurdish leadership have been proven to have put their faith in the wrong allies. When Moscow stepped into the Syrian war four years ago, Moscow gave the YPG the same offer that Assad had given before: reconcile with Damascus and join forces against terrorism. They refused. Moscow tried again by offering them to set up a consulate in Moscow, inviting them to peace talks in Astana and offering them safety from Turkish attacks, if they agreed to a deal with Damascus, one that respects Syria’s territorial integrity. Moscow even offered talks on a guarantee for future Kurdish participation in Syrian politics. They refused once again, with a spokesperson for the YPG explaining that Washington does not allow them to talk to Moscow. Such was the nature of the US-Kurdish “alliance”.

When the so called “Islamic State” terrorist group was about to collapse in 2017, the US backed “Syrian Democratic Forces”, of which YPG is part of, was quick to grab as much land as possible. Then came the threats against Damascus and the Syrian Army, to back off from entering the eastern shores of the Euphrates. Fortunately, Moscow, Tehran and Damascus saw Washington’s moves early on as they managed to capture the imperative city of Albukamal, located exactly at the Syrian-Iraqi border, before Washington could. In capturing this city, Damascus and Baghdad have been able to re-open the Tehran-Damascus highway stretching from Iran, through Iraq and into Syria, connecting the three countries and enabling the transportation of supplies from Iran to Syria.

The SDF managed to secure many of Syria’s oil fields in their push to capture the eastern parts of the Deir Ezzor province. Having grabbed such a large part of Syria, the Kurdish leadership felt safe with US forces backing them against Damascus.

This stance didn’t seem to change when Turkish forces together with their proxy jihadists launched the Afrin offensive. US forces did nothing to protect their Kurdish vassals from harm as Turkish forces easily captured the entire Afrin Canton within weeks. The Kurdish leadership was offered a deal with Damascus in which control over the Afrin area would be handed over to the Syrian Army before Turkish forces could capture it. Alas this suggestion was refused by the stubborn Kurdish leadership who would rather let Ankara and the Jihadists capture that area.

So 18 months later, the US has seemingly withdrawn and abandoned the Kurdish-led militias to fend for themselves against Ankara and a hostile Damascus. Not so surprising considering Washington’s track record. The Turkish Army and its proxies launched their offensive on Wednesday and quickly announced gains that same day. Since then, several towns along with the border city of Tal Abyad have fallen into Turkish hands as reports have emerged that imprisoned ISIS militants have escaped from their prisons as a result of Turkish bombardments of several prisons in the Hasakah province.

The offensive has caught an enormous amount of media attention, as the Kurds have for long been the Western Media darlings, capturing many people’s hearts with footage of young armed women battling the perverted terrorist forces of the “Islamic State”.

Washington and the European vassals have all howled and voiced their “concerns” over Turkey’s offensive. Some have called for resolutions and embargoes on Turkey for “violating international law” and “endangering the region”. What a joke! Look at the people expressing their “concern”: Hillary Clinton, Lindsey Graham and Nikki Haley. These are some of the people that are concerned that Turkey is “endangering the region”.

Now when Twitter is being filled with videos of executed Kurdish fighters, these people recognize the same “FSA” militants that they used to cheer for to execute Syrian soldiers, for what they are, barbarian scum.

Just a few days after the commencement of the offensive, Kurdish officials began contemplating the idea of turning to Moscow and Damascus for help, but not before asking Washington one last time to confirm their betrayal. SDF General Mazloum Kobani openly indicated in an interview with CNN that dealing with Moscow and Damascus is an option if the US fails to protect the Kurds from Turkey. “I need to know if you are capable of protecting my people, of stopping these bombs falling on us or not. I need to know, because if you’re not, I need to make a deal with Russia and the regime now and invite their planes to protect this region”, Kobani said.

What a sad statement. He needs a receipt of Washington’s betrayal, as if it was a surprise when he and his colleagues have been warned for years about Washington’s treacherous nature. Reports have previously suggested the amassing of Syrian Army forces near Manbij in the Aleppo province, with the aim of entering and taking over the area. The same has been said about Hasakah and Qamishli in the northeastern parts of the country. If true, then this would create a situation similar to the one two years ago when the Islamic State was collapsing. As mentioned before, back in 2017, as the Islamic State was collapsing, the SAA and the US-backed SDF were racing to capture as much territory as possible. This resulted in the Euphrates turning into a demarcation line between SAA and SDF controlled territory, a line that has been in place since 2017. Now, it seems as if a new race is on, as the Syrian Army is racing against time, with the jihadists rapidly advancing and are inching closer to Raqqa city.

If the Kurdish militias are willing to cooperate, then Damascus must be harsh in its demands. The Kurdish militias must hand over their weapons and the territory they’re occupying if they want to have any chance of surviving the Turkish-led onslaught. But they need to act quickly, time is running out for the Kurdish militiamen.

Will the Kurds choose poorly again?
http://ooduarere.com/news-from-nigeria/world-news/washington-kurdish-proxies-temporary-puppets/

illitrate:
That means Israel can now comfortably destroy that s300 since it ain't Russian no more. Just ordered my popcorn.

Who is Israel ? S-300 that sees what is flying in the whole of Israel.. How can you even kill what sees you first ?

May be with mass drone attack, the one Anglozionist temporary puppets( ISIS,FREE Syrian Army,Alkeada terrorist..) have used over the past months against Khmeimim Air Base but the Syrian-Russian airbase was able to neutralize all..

Think about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgMyrh069Cs

On September 19, the Syrian Air Defense Forces shot down an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the town of Aqraba, south of Damascus. Pro-government sources claim that the intercepted UAV was likely operated by Israel.

On August 25, two Hezbollah members were killed by Israeli strikes in the same area. These strikes and the incident with Israeli drones in Beirut led to a local escalation between Hezbollah and the Israeli military at the Lebanese-Israeli contact line on September 1. Since then and until September 19, the situation around Damascus and in southern Lebanon have remained relatively calm.

The al-Qaeda-affiliated militant coalition Wa Harid al-Muminin announced that its forces had shelled positions of the Syrian Army near the area of al-Mashari’a. In a separate development, Idlib militants shelled the Abu al-Duhur humanitarian corridor with mortars in an attempt to prevent civilians from leaving the militant-held area.

On September 18, the joint Russia-Syria Coordination Center on Refugee Repatriation announced that work to resettle refugees from the Rukban camp the US-controlled zone of al-Tanf will begin late on September 27. During the last two years, the camp was in a constant state of humanitarian crisis due to the lack of aid, clean water and food. Nonetheless, the US-led coalition and coalition-backed militants sabotaged previous attempts to evacuate civilians from it.

Russia has given Syria a green light to use the S-300 missile defense system against Israeli targets, according to reports in Russian media citing own sources. Reports claim that the Syrian military received permission to use its air defense systems in response to Israeli actions. However, in this case the Syrian side would bear full responsibility for such a move.

Since the start of the week, positions of Iranian-backed forces near al-Bukamal have come under at least two aerial attacks that are commonly attributed by Israel. Some mainstream media speculated that the September 18 strike may have been delivered by the Saudi Air Force. However, this version was immediately denounced by Saudi Arabia itself
http://ooduarere.com/news-from-nigeria/world-news/syrian-war-report-september-2/

https://ooduarere.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sadistical.jpg

I would understand if it was a commercial firm that made this decision.
But for an elected public official, this is arrogance and self worship on a grand scale.

It shows the mindset of the ones in charge of Nigeria.


1. You’re a servant to these People. They voted you in. And you have a legal responsibility to serve them.

2. That’s because the money you are paid for ‘constituency funds’ comes from the public till for ALL the residents of that constituency. It is not your money. You are not fucking doing them a SINGLE favour. In a country where the legal system works, you’d be begging them to collect so you can reconcile the accounts.

3. You fail woefully in the reasoning and logic department. The youths who have turned down the transformer would represent less than 3% of that community. So your intention is to punish the toddlers, babies, disabled, infirm, old age pensioners (OAPs) and the hardworking adults of that community.

So how are you a leader?

Even the errant youths could be talked to. They have become what they are because of government failure over time. Why don’t you schedule a political clinic and go talk to the whole community?

Next election comes, you will bribe the same youths to engage in brigandage and crime just to secure votes as you all do.

You’re not a monarch. You’re a servant to these people.

And sincerely, your level of thinking is not different from theirs.

Shambles

Jazzey Bay
http://ooduarere.com/politics/bad-pr-pure-arrogance-and-self-worship-on-a-grand-scale/

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) abandoned their military facility at Avivim in Upper Galilee, which had been targeted by Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile strike. According to a released video, IDF troops left behind at least 2 pieces of military equipment and multiple personal possessions, including ammunition.

The escalation at the Lebanese-Israeli contact line happened on September 1 after IDF shelled unidentified targets at Shebaa Farms. After the incident, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a de-facto victory saying that Israel “acted with a combination of decisiveness and sagacity” and its forces achieved all of their “goals”. However, at the first look, the abandoned facility does not seem to be a sign of the victory. Probably, this was a tactical retreat.

On September 3, FoxNews and ImageSat Intl. came with a new report on Iranian presence in Syria. According to the report citing “multiple Western intelligence sources” and showing satellite imagery, Iran has established a new military base near al-Bukamal and “has plans to house thousands of troops at the location”. The report came with a common speculation that the supposed base could be use to house Iranian precision-guided missiles.

The situation at the Syrian-Iraqi border has been for a long time a part of the fearmongering campaign by mainstream media that started after the US-led coalition appeared to be unable to separate Syria and Iraq by capturing the border area employing its proxies. The main point of this campaign is that Iran will use the established ground link to supply its allies in Syria and Lebanon with weapons and equipment.

In Syria, forces of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (that are the core of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces) shelled positions of Turkish-backed armed groups near Azaz and Mari. Pro-Turkish forces responded with a series of limited artillery strikes.

The situation at the contact line between the Syrian Army and militants in southern Idlib remains calm.

Hezbollah, allegedly, posted a picture of Netanyahu taken through his office window. The captions for the image say: “Don’t test our capabilities…”

A photo of Netanyahu is, allegedly, taken in Israel from a quadcopter drone.


https://dxczjjuegupb.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/israel-netanyahu-hezbollah.jpg

slimfit1:
Soon they will turn on our Oba's small, small.

I tire.. They still have the mentality of the colonial masters. Very Ignoramice set of animals in uniform. This Soldier should be dismissed if the right button is pressed. This is total nonesense. He has no right whatsoever to beat any civilian except if a terrorist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xO4tluOQ3o
What right does this unknown soldier has by beating a civilian let alone a masquerade ? Soldiers should be in front wars but not maltreating those they are supposed to be protecting. Can anyone imagine, a private of the Oodua generalissimo beating a masquerade ? They are symbols of the spirit (Irunmole).

He was reacting to Trump’s all-caps tweet addressed to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in which he threatened the Islamic Republic with actions “the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.”

The tweet came after President Rouhani warned the US against its hostile approach against Iran, saying Washington should know that peace with Iran will be the mother of all peace while war with the country will be the mother of all wars.

[b]“It is beneath the dignity of our president to respond to you. I, as a soldier, respond to you,” [/b]Soleimani further said.

You already did all you could!

The senior general further reminded the United States of its failures in its invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

“What was it that you could do over the past 20 years but you didn’t? You came to Afghanistan with scores of tanks and personnel carriers and hundreds of advanced helicopters and committed crimes there. What the hell could you do between 2001 and 2018 with 110,000 troops? You are today begging Taliban for talks,” Major General Soleimani said.

The Iranian commander added, “Afghanistan was a poor country, what the hell could you do in this country that you are currently threatening us?”

“You arrogantly attacked Iraq with 160,000 troops and multiple times [military equipment] compared to what you used in Afghanistan, but what happened? Ask your then commander who was the person that he sent to me and asked ‘Is it possible for you to give us time [and] use your influence so that our soldiers would not be attacked by the Iraqi fighters in these few months until we exit this country?’ Have you forgotten that you provided adult diapers for your soldiers in tanks? Despite that you are currently threatening the great country of Iran? With what background do you threaten [us] ?”

“We are near you, where you can’t even imagine. We are the nation of martyrdom, we are the nation of Imam Hossein, you better ask. Come; we are ready. We are the man of this arena. You know that this war would mean annihilation of all your means. You may begin the war, but it is us who will end it,” he said.

In Yemen, Soleimani said, the US-backed coalition of Saudi Arabia and its allies has been incapable of making any gains against the country’s Houthi Ansarullah movement, which is both running state affairs and defending the nation against the Riyadh-led aggression.

“A mere organization is standing against you in Yemen, but it has emerged victorious in the face of the most advanced of your military equipment. What have you achieved over the past four years? You stripped the Red Sea – which used to be a safe sea – of security. You brought under fire Saudi Arabia and [its capital] Riyadh – which had not seen a single rocket fired at them for 100 years.”

The senior general further warned Trump against insulting the Iranian nation and president.

“Trump! You must not threaten our nation and must not insult our president… You must know what you are talking about; ask your predecessors and take advantage of their experiences,” General Soleimani emphasized.

The senior military official also censured the US for supporting the most hated anti-Iran terror group, called the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO), saying Washington failed to achieve anything by doing so.

The commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force said, “the US had some grandeur in the past [and] when its fleet moved out, a nation fell apart. Have you now become attached to the Monafeqeen, who have been thrown in the trash bin of Iran’s history? You have become attached to a vagrant woman, and show her in all [your news] networks; is your hope pinned on this? Is this all your power? You are aware of our power in the region and capability for [launching] asymmetrical war?”

**Iranian General replies Trump

By Blake Archer Williams for Ooduarere via The Saker Blog
Greetings from Tehran, the “Capital of the free world” (E. Michael Jones).
A few days ago, Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst, had a brief post on Colonel Patrick Lang’s weblog, Sic Semper Tyrannis. Here’s the link:
https://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2019/07/will-donald-trump-kill-his-presidency-over-iran-by-larry-c-johnson.html#comments

He gave four possible options, and invited the commenters to add others of their own. The whole post and the comments which followed were absolutely pathetic in terms of the depth of analysis, including this mind-blowing comment by the Turcopolier himself: “The strait would not stay closed long, but there would be considerable economic damage while it is.”

I mean, are these people nuts?? Let me put it this way:
The [sand] niggers have burned down the plantation, OK? The plantation is no more. It is an ex-Plantation.
And the niggers have built their own supersonic Noor ground to sea and ground to ground missiles; we have built ballistic missiles with ranges of up to 2000 km and winged cruise missiles with a range of 2500, all with high precision (low CEP) impacts. Our latest generation of drones are on the leading edge of the technology. Trust me. (We are always in the 90+ percentile if not actually winning the medals in the Olympics for mathematics, physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, information technology, etc.) If the first ballistic missile or Noor cruise missile fails to take out the control tower of the Abraham Lincoln (and fail they won’t), we will use the multiple warhead option on the ballistic missiles, and “carpet bomb” the runway so that it will be useless. Just a rubber duck sitting in our pond, with its 5,000+ sailors constantly under fire until they raise the white flag of surrender and wait to be taken hostage.
The niggers have exercised strategic patience for a very long time (four decades). It would be nice to have a few more years just to be sure, but we are ready. We are thirsting for relief from the false new worldly order (novus ordo seclorum falsus) as declared in the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican in 1965 and in the Centesimus Annus encyclical issued by Pope John Paul II in 1991, which emphasized the surrender to usury (“capitalism, properly understood”).

Let us game this. Trumpf is talking about the use of nuclear weapons. He is itching for it. But only after he gets re-elected. What are Iran’s options? The Iranian “Samson Option” is simple: Fire a few Noor missiles at the deep-water supertanker docking ports of Ra’s Tanura (Saudi Arabia), Fujairah, and Dubai’s Jebel Ali port, “the largest man-made deep-water harbor in the world that is also the U.S. Navy’s busiest port of call outside of America.” It would take at least six months to rebuild the ruins, IF the sand-niggers allow the reconstruction to take place, during which time no supertankers will be able to dock anywhere in the Persian Gulf to fill their huge bellies with that yummy crude. What that would do to the world economy, you would have to ask my friend, Pepe Escobar, who knows a thing or two about derivatives and over-extension more generally. What is Trumpf going to do now that he has crashed Wall Street worse than 1929? I.e. the final crash which Pax Americana (as wagged by the Pax Judaica tail, of course) will not recover from. I.e. finally putting the Crash of September 2008 precipitated by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy out of its misery. Take a dive from the top of Trumpf Tower, that’s what. The American equivalent of Seppuku, not having the “guts” for the real thing, or not being able to “make the cut” – you decide.

The pathetic talk on Sic Semper Tyrannis is that we would be able to hit some of the Saudi oil and tank infrastructure. For example, one of the commenters (Jack) says, “The real question is how badly could they damage Gulf oil production infrastructure and how long would it take to rebuild?” Why would we want to destroy what is [ultimately] ours?? Why not provide machine guns to the 2 million oppressed Shi’a in Qatif; you know, the niggers who run the Ra’s Tanura refinery and port… Roll in a couple of armored Divisions, given them the Uzi and Kalashnikov high copies (and maybe some magic Houthi sandals with which to wage war), and leave the tanks there for them to defend Qatīf with. (We would have their backs on the Persian Gulf side). Why not take as many of the 10,000 soldiers at the un-defendable Bagram base in Afghanistan hostage, as well as the 5,000 or so sailors of the Fifth Fleet stationed in Bahrain? (With the fall of Qatīf, Bahrain would also fall back into Iranian suzerainty.) Why not bomb the control centers and runways of all the airfields the US would want to use to take out our radar installations out in the first few weeks (so that they can then send in their Depends™ -wearing pilots to take out our nuclear sites). And for what? Like that is going to achieve anything other than bring about further national unity and cohesion. But like I said, there would be no “few weeks” once Iran implements the first three days of its gameplan.

Why not take out Dimona and the Haifa Port Chemical Terminal and the Ben-Gurion Airport control tower? Why not make Israel a no-fly zone, so that the dual passport holders can make their way back to Europe and New York, which is where they came from in the first place? Not for the military aircraft, but for commercial aircraft: Anything taking off or landing in Ben-Gurion will be shot down by domestic analogues of the S-300’s; you know, the same good fireworks brought to you by the same folk who destroyed the so-called “stealth” Triton drone at four o’clock in the morning. (Help me out here… we’re just gaming this, ok?). And as for the Persian Gulf (not “the Gulf”, stupid); someone rightly characterized it as the Hotel California for whatever martial vessel which dares enter it. And for those who are not old enough to know: “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave!”

So these are the options as we see them. First the Emirates (half of whose keffiyeh wearing “sheiks” are ethnically Iranian and Persian speaking anyway), and Qatīf (and of course Jīzān and the southern parts of Asīr back to the Yemenese, where they have always belonged historically). And then on to the Hejaz and the haramayn: Mecca and Medina, driving the Wahhabeast heretics back under the rocks of Najrān, from under which they crawled with the aid of British arms and financing back in the middle of the 18th century. Yes, Russia isn’t too happy about the possibility of Iranian control over such a large geopolitical jugular vein, but hey, it’s geographical determinism; they’ll get used to it. They will be getting Germany and France and the European sub-continent’s integration into the Eurasia “world continent” (McKinder?). And better the oil in the hands of the rational Shi’a than the crazy-as-a-loon American cowboys. And the ‘Sea Power’ pirates, Perfidious Albion and Uncle $cam will have to scamper back home with their rat-tails between their rat legs, followed by all their takfiri scum “rats” (Ghaddāfī), who will be deported to London and New York, God grant!

The phase of strategic patience is over. We are now in the phase of Eye for an Eye Escalation. But do not think that this phase will have the longevity of the last one. It is on a high-sprung spring-loaded trigger, after which all bets are off. This is the way we see it. How do you see it, Pray tell? Do you see it as we see it? As Colonel Lang sees it? Or somewhere in between? I eagerly await to see your perspectives in your comments.

Blake Archer Williams has asked me to add this article under his analysis because it illustrates the points he just made. He also added the following important caveat to this translation:
The translation of the subtitles is not the best. Particularly, General Soleimani’s very first sentence, which is very important, has not been rendered well. Where it says, “There is no need for armed forces, I am your foe, the Qods Force is your foe.” It should read as follows:
“There is no need for the [regular] Iranian Armed Forces [to get involved in order to resolve the conflict between us] ; I am [a sufficient] adversary for you; the Qods Force is [sufficient enough] of a foe for [the likes of] you.”
Also, at 1:37, where the good general says, “You start this war, but the end of it, we will decide.” Should read:
“You [may] start this war, but [know that in such an event] , it is we who will draw (tarsīm) [the political map] of how it will end [literally: “of its end”)] .
And as you know, my friend, General Soleimani is not given to hyperbole and lies, as is the unfortunate habit of US politicians and now generals too.
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Here is the article in question:
PressTV reports
Major General Soleimani sharply reacts to Trump’s recent military threat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqxfMAvi9AM

Iran’s Major General Qassem Soleimani has sharply reacted to the recent “cabaret owner-style” military threat by US President Donald Trump against the Islamic Republic, saying he takes the position to respond “as a soldier” since it is beneath the dignity of Iran’s president to do so.

Addressing Trump, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said, “You threaten us with an action that is ‘unprecedented’ in the world. This is cabaret-style rhetoric. Only a cabaret owner talks to the world this way.”