Iranian Brigadier General Hamid Taqavi, a top leader in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, was killed today in the Iraqi city of Samarra, where he was advising Iraqi troops in the battle with ISIS over the city.
The Iranian Defense Ministry confirmed Gen. Taqavi’s death, and reported that several other people were wounded in a hail of sniper fire in the area. The Defense Ministry termed it a “glorious end to a long valuable service” to the Iranian military.
Samarra is a particularly important city in the battle with ISIS north of Baghdad. The city is predominantly Sunni, but holds some of the holiest sites in Shi’ite Islam. The city attracts large numbers of Shi’ite pilgrims, and the shrines have lured Shi’ite militias, with Iranian backing, to defend the them from an ISIS takeover.
Iran has sent a number of military leaders to Iraq to advise them in the ISIS war, though the exact scope of this is not well known. So far, no one has taken credit for the death of the general.
Gee, I wonder who could be behind this? Who like killing Iranians any chance they get? Hint: not IS but their friends. That no one has claimed credit for this kind of gives it away.
Killed by IS-rael….IS does it again!
Snipers — Empire builders weapon of choice
Quite possible that the CIA did it, as their snipers are the very best at this sort of leadership destruction. For example our CIA coup d’état in Ukraine, when 200 protesters and police were wasted by snipers, the President fled for his life and next day they had a fascist democracy.
For our Empire builders have as their highest priority in the Middle-East, an Iran that is so bankrupted by sanctions that it can no longer prevent terrorist Israel from exploding bombs and maximizing profit in the trading of Western war materials for Middle-East oil.
That's the way cowards wage war in this brave new world.
First of all, try coming to an understanding that there is no cowards way in war. Combatants use whatever means is at their disposal. Wasn't that made abundantly clear on 911? And I would just add, that not even those who have the machines and technology to bomb innocent civilians from 30,000' are cowards.
…my understanding was that exactly the coward's way is the easy way to make war. E.g., …However noble a guerrilla war's purpose might be, the amount of running involved is where 'smart' and 'cowardly' coexist peacefully… and, really, how could I possibly know that 9 year old doesn't mean to oust me from her country in a coffin? Better shift the entire risk onto her…then at least I'm the one still reproducing… …maybe even leading.
And in the face of any moral dilemma, cowards can always support someone else into fighting.
I s'pect your argument would be fairly sophisticated…since it's not at all self-apparent.