UPDATE: Trumps says no casualties reported in Iranian missile attack “…embraces peace with all who seek it”

Iran has carried out a ballistic missile attack on air bases housing US forces in Iraq, in retaliation for the US killing of General Qasem Soleimani.

According to the BBC, more than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and Al Asad, west of Baghdad.

The initial response from Washington was muted. President Trump tweeted that all was well and said casualties and damage were being assessed.

Early reports by the Iranian State Television claimed that as many as 80 “US Terrorists” may have been killed.

Trump in a live broadcast  Wednesday morning indicated that no American or Iraqi lives were lost due to precautions taken and an effective early warning system.

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8 Comments

  1. My little take
    January 8, 2020

    Dominica’s prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, should be a very worried, troubled, disturbed and scared person at this time because he knows he has mad Dominica little Teheran, with his CBI passports.

    • Sell Passports Sell
      January 8, 2020

      You probly in U.K or U.S because you didn’t want to carry one more fig on your head because the island was poor and broke. Admit it. CBI is here to stay, your boys have Nothing to replace it with…. well taking advantage of the marijuana legislation and making it work to our advantage of course. But that won’t generate enuff to sustain the economy either. So we definitely would benefit from having both side by side.

  2. Arabgo
    January 8, 2020

    Sooner rather than later the CIA will have a good look at Dominica’s CBI program and the recklessness it is administered by the do called PM of Dominica. Watch out Skerrit!

    • look joke
      January 9, 2020

      And what exactly do they have the authority to do? America has no bearing on what goes on in Dominica, we are not Puerto Rico or any of the other colonies they have.

  3. Who Knows?
    January 8, 2020

    In light of that it should also be stated here that during the Iran Air strike, a Ukrainian Boeing 737 jet flight from Iran also crashed killing all 176 passengers on board. What is not clear at this time is whether the air strikes or the on going war between Iran and the US had anything to do with the crash. It is things like this that should cause Dominicans to be very worried because of the many Iranians that have our passport, not forgetting one of PM Skerrit’s key friend was also an Iranian running from justice by the name of Alireza Monfared. Can you just imagine what would become of Dominica if any Iranian national with our Dominica Passport would do anything stupid Skerrit? I hope Skerrit and Francine call all those Iranians they sold our passport to and warn them not to do anything stupid

    • Eddy A
      January 8, 2020

      Iran should have waited till after the election in 2020 to do anything. This is all a ploy to nail trump’s reelection once the U.S is at war so he can keep the ku klutz Klan in power. Boris would not have gone after the general to get reelected.

  4. CBI Passport
    January 8, 2020

    How does this war between Iran and the US apply to Dominica? Well first thing first: I thank God Ross University has left Dominica because with all these Iranians with Dominica passport, who knows how Ross could be an easy target for the Iranians?
    But that does not mean Dominica is not a serious player or threat because of the many Iranians that invested in the kimpinski hotel of Skerrit. In fact when one takes a walk inside Portsmouth you see so many foreigners from the middle east and only Skerrit knows who they are and what they doing in Dominica. Right now before I board a plane to and from Dominica I have to look at the passengers on board and trust me, if I see anyone from the Middle East, I getting off that plane because I just cannot trust these new CBI citizens from Iran in particular that Skerrit gave our passports to

    • Gary
      January 8, 2020

      It could not be said better by Lao Tzu, quote, “To think you know when you do not is a disease,” so long for such nonsense you have written.

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