BREAKING: Three heavy explosions have hit the US consulate in Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdistan.

[Nevilledog]

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BREAKING: reports that missiles or rockets have hit the US consulate in Erbil

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#BREAKING Three heavy explosions have hit the US consulate in Erbil, the Iraqi Kurdistan.
3:16 PM · Mar 12, 2022

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Explosions also reported at a US base near the airport. Intense US aerial activity is now heard according to local reports.

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Intense video of explosions near the airport

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#erbil #explosion
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3:20 PM · Mar 12, 2022

[uponit7771]

1. Dark Legion is doing EVERYTHING it can to drag NATO into war ... EVERYTHING

[Nevilledog]

3. I agree

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Sky News is saying that 5 “long range” missiles targeted the US Consulate

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مراسلنا: استهداف مقر القنصلية الأميركية في #أربيل بـ 5 صواريخ بعيدة المدى
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All early indications are that some of the missiles were launched from Iranian territory, backed up by videos of missiles flying overhead in Iranian Kurdistan.
3:41 PM · Mar 12, 2022

[SheltieLover]

2. Also nearby US airbase from what I'm seeing on Twitter. "Balistic missiles"

Putrid, no doubt.





On edit: added US to subject.

[WarGamer]

7. *From Iranian airspace. Probably Republican Guard.

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-700707

The last time Israel hit Iran... Iran struck back at the US base.

[cilla4progress]

4. Not

On their Twitter?

[CrackityJones75]

6. Welcome to WWIII.

Fuck.

[WarGamer]

8. Could have seen this coming from a mile away...

[Renew Deal]

24. It's going to be a blast

[cilla4progress]

9. WTF

...

[WarGamer]

10. clearly Russian allies are sparking a match in the fireworks factory.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Putin escalating to distract US from Ukraine? To cover his invasion embarassment?

[WarGamer]

18. It's related, sure... but the Iranians did something similar a few weeks ago

Chaos works in Putin's favor.

[Irish_Dem]

19. OK. I feel for Biden right now.

He has kept a cool head throughout all of this.

[WarGamer]

20. definitely.

[Renew Deal]

25. Wonder is someone was paid off.

Because I doubt the Iranian government would authorize this. We’ll see

[Nevilledog]

11. Yikes

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[SheltieLover]

14. Yikes!

[TreasonousBastard]

12. Nothing is clear here. Iran has attacked us in Iraq before.

[Wingus Dingus]

17. True.

[AntiFascist]

13. WWWTF n/t

[blogslug]

16. I can't find any reports from Reuters, AP, BBC or any US news agencies

There is this:

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Lawk Ghafuri @LawkGhafuri
Head of @Kurdistan Foreign Media Relations | Building a #StrongerKurdistan | Doing boxing in free time

All news and reports regarding tonight’s incident in Erbil are still not confirmed and they are all only rumors. More details to be available shortly, as Erbil security forces are still investigating the incident.

5:35 PM · Mar 12, 2022·Twitter for iPhone

[Nevilledog]

21. ...

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[OAITW r.2.0]

23. That's a bit of good news....

Still, I hope our satellite technology can pinpoint the location and our human intel can expose the actors and their political implications of this attack.

[blogslug]

26. Don't get me wrong

I'm not saying it didn't happen. I was just a little surprised that the big news agencies hadn't done anything about it when I did my initial search.

Here's Reuters:

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/multiple-rockets-fall-erbil-northern-iraq-state-media-2022-03-12/

CAIRO, March 13 (Reuters) - Multiple rockets fell in Erbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on Sunday, the state news agency said quoting Erbil's governor.

"No victims or casualties after Erbil blasts," Saman Barzanji, health minister in Iraq's Kurdistan Province, was cited as saying by state television.

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Twitter: "Erbil is under fire... as if Kurds were not Iraqis".

[Nevilledog]

27. I knew what you meant....

I guess I follow accounts more clued into that stuff. Nothing, then everything....lol

[questionseverything]

28. You do an excellent job keeping us informed

[Nevilledog]

29. ...

[SheltieLover]

22. Kicking for visibility

[former9thward]

30. Iran claims responsibility.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-missile-attack-erbil-iraq-us-consulate-7a4ea6281fe6191a4e4b640c58c7fd49
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