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[blues]

Looks like the Iranians are trying to do themselves in...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A stampede broke out Tuesday at a funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 56 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as thousands thronged the procession, Iranian news reports said.

The stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, as the procession began, said Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran’s emergency medical services.

There was no information what set off the crush. Online videos showed people lying apparently lifeless, their faces covered by clothing. Emergency crews performed CPR on others as people wailed in the background, crying out to God.

[Totem Polar]

Iraq consulate in Detroit to accept condolences on behalf of Iranian general killed in US airstrike

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...-us-airstrike/

You can’t make this stuff up.

Super Telephoto lens, meet visitors. It’s a bonanza!

[blues]

You can’t make this stuff up.

Super Telephoto lens, meet visitors. It’s a bonanza!

Somewhere in the bowels of the Iraqi Consulate in Detroit...



"On January 3, 2020 some people did something..."

[Borderland]

Somewhere in the bowels of the Iraqi Consulate in Detroit...



"On January 3, 2020 some people did something..."

May your camel wreck you tent and foul your Couscous.

[NEPAKevin]

Looks like the Iranians are trying to do themselves in...

There was no information what set off the crush. ...

[Wondering Beard]

This was interesting.

Putin Now Needs a Plan B on Iran

[blues]

This was interesting.

Putin Now Needs a Plan B on Iran

Putin on the Risk.

[Wondering Beard]

Putin on the Risk.

Dressed up like a million dollar trooper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper
Super duper

[farscott]

I know this is necessary and I know it has happened before, but reading that it is necessary raises my blood pressure. https://taskandpurpose.com/arlington...-security-iran

Arlington National Cemetery is tightening its security protocols and warning visitors to report suspicious activity in the wake of a U.S. strike that killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds force.

In a series of tweets Friday afternoon, Arlington staff announced that the cemetery, located by the Pentagon and across the Potomac from Washington, D.C., is implementing 100% identification checks at all entrances.

"Effective immediately, all visitors 16 years and older (pedestrians, drivers and passengers) must present a valid state or government issued photo identification upon entering the cemetery," cemetery staff said in tweets. "Visitors include all funeral attendees, tourists, and personnel on official business."

Targeting and attacking a cemetery dedicated to those who gave their lives in the service of our country is so far outside of civilized behavior as to be unthinkable. And to think that some of the people who will need to provide ID are people who are there to bury their loved ones. And now they need to worry about someone targeting them and the remains of their loved ones.

[Baldanders]

So are we leaving Iraq?

Or not?

Even our own military seems confused about it.

If not, is it likely the Iraqi parliament will declare "just kidding?"