Of course he will not be extradited, but it will be interesting to see how the Biden Administration reacts. We still have troops in Iraq and for now they are considered an ally.


OPEC’s Second-Largest Oil Producer Issues Arrest Warrant For Donald Trump

https://oilprice.com/Latest-En...-Arrest-Warrant.html

The Iraqi supreme court has issued an arrest warrant for former U.S. President Donald Trump for the assassination on Iraqi soil of Iran’s Quds Force commander, Qasem Soleimani, IraqiNews reports, citing a Baghdad news agency.

The warrant was issued on Thursday in connection both with the killing of Soleimani and of another Iraqi militia leader, chief of staff of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq–both of whom were killed in a drone strike in January 2020 near the Baghdad airport.

That assassination operation led to Iranian strikes on the Aia Al-Assad U.S. base in Iraq.

The arrest warrant charges Trump with premeditated murder. While the warrant is clearly symbolic, a conviction of this nature carries the death penalty.

The court said the investigation into the killings was still ongoing, AP reported.

Citing Baghdad Today news agency, IraqiNews quoted Supreme Judicial Council head Faiq Zaidban as calling on Baghdad to hold Trump “accountable for this heinous crime”.

At the same time, in November, Iraq’s parliamentary speaker confirmed that hundreds–and possibly thousands–of people had been kidnapped and killed by Iran-backed militias from 2014 to 2016.

Iraq, the second-largest oil producer in OPEC, is caught between rivals Iran and the United States, while Iran’s influence has grown exponentially since the toppling of Saddam Hussein following the 2003 U.S. invasion.

In October, ending a long-running stalemate, Iraq’s parliament named a new pro-Iranian prime minister and pro-Iranian parties now dominate, having sidelined Shi’ite rival Moqtada al Sadr, who had been paralyzing the government with anti-Iranian protests.

The PMF figure assassinated in a Trump-ordered military operation represented the head of an umbrella group that brought together pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, which enjoyed government support as a loosely defined element of the Iraqi armed forces.

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We still have troops in Iraq and for now they are considered an ally.

Operative word is for now .
This won't end well for them.

I guess he better stay out of Bahgdad.

What a load of horseshit. I guess Iran controls Iraq now. I wonder how much military assets president Asshole will abandon this time?

Good luck with that.

Come and get him

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In October, ending a long-running stalemate, Iraq’s parliament named a new pro-Iranian prime minister and pro-Iranian parties now dominate, having sidelined Shi’ite rival Moqtada al Sadr, who had been paralyzing the government with anti-Iranian protests.
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Always remember never, like ever, is a long time.

I never thought al Sadr would do anything that might cause me to have anything other than the strongest desire for his eventual denouement, yet here he has.

Hey! 'tada!! Bro!!! Keep fucking the Iranians.

It is clear who is pulling the strings. We have owed Iran a carpet bombing attack since 1979. The number of American troops killed and wounded in Iraq under tutelage of IRGC is infuriating.

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
We have owed Iran a carpet bombing attack since 1979.

There's hundreds of reasons we owe Iran a quality bitch slapping.

pfffft, that's nothin'. Trump has the death sentence on twelve systems.

So, what’s the correct response to this?

The real one was to strip every child from his parents, and educate them in boarding schools in English and religious freedom.

But, for some reason, DC keeps wanting to “integrate” Arab culture into the modern world.

If we drone strike everyone who voted to convict/brought the case, we are agreeing that it’s not a legitimate government.

As long as we are stuck with Turkey as “part of NATO” (bit bizarre as they’re no longer a democracy), we can’t just out the Kurds in charge.

Or he’ll, maybe we do. Fairly certain the Kurds would be better Allie’s than the Turks.

Shall we initiate murder charges against all world leaders who's charges have killed Americans? Is that the path we want to take here?

Or is this just another elaborate ploy to try and further diminish Trump?

What a joke. The Middle East is a playground for scum and villainy.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
pfffft, that's nothin'. Trump has the death sentence on twelve systems.

Oh, I love a good Star Wars joke.