Al-Shaheed Monument

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Al-Shaheed Monument , also known as the Martyr's Memorial, is a monument in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iraq-Iran war.The Monument was opened in 1983, and was designed by the Iraqi architect Saman Kamal and the Iraqi sculptor and artist Ismail Fatah Al Turk.During the 1970s and 1980s, Saddam Hussein's government spent a lot of money on new monuments, which included the al-Shaheed Monument.

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Martyr Monument en Irak

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The Arc of Triumph (قوس النصر‎ )- The Crossed Sabers in Baghdad, Iraq (Green Zone)

The Arc of Triumph; (Arabic: قوس النصر‎; qaūs al-naṣr), also called the Swords of Qādisīyah، and Hands of Victory in some Western sources, are a pair of triumphal arches in central Baghdad, Iraq. Each arch consists of a pair of hands holding crossed swords. The two arches mark the entrances to a parade-ground constructed to commemorate then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's declaration of victory over Iran in the Iran-Iraq war (though the war was considered by many to have ended in stalemate). The arches were opened to the public on August 8, 1989. It is one of Baghdad's sights and monuments.

In 1986 (two years before the war's end) the government of Iraq began the construction of a festival and parade ground in Zawra Park, near the extensive presidential complex in the center of Baghdad. Known as Grand Festivities Square, it comprised a large parade ground, an extensive review pavilion, and the two arches. The official name of the arches, the Swords of Qādisiyyah, is an allusion to the historical Battle of al-Qādisiyyah.

Iraq's leading sculptor, Adil Kamil, won the commission to design and execute the construction of the arches, which were based on a concept sketch made by president Saddam Hussein. The design consists of a pair of massive hands emerging from the ground, each holding a 140 foot (43 m) long sword. A small flagpole rises from the point where the swords meet, at a point about 130 feet (40 m) above the ground. Kamil used photographs and plaster casts of Saddam's forearms to model for the design of the hands. When Kamil died in 1987, with the monument incomplete, his position was assumed by fellow artist Mohammed Ghani Hikmat. Ghani personally took an impression of one of Saddam's thumbs, and the resulting fingerprint was added to the mold for one of the arches' thumbs.
The arches were made by an international consortium led by the German foundry H+H Metalform. The blades of the stainless steel swords weigh 24 tons each. Cast in Iraq, they are partly composed of metal from guns and tanks of Iraqi soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq war. The hands and arms of the monument are cast in bronze, cast in the United Kingdom at the Morris Singer Foundry. The arms rest on concrete plinths, the form of which make the arms appear to burst up out of the ground. Each plinth holds 2,500 helmets of, what Saddam claimed, Iranian soldiers killed during the war, and are held in nets which spill the helmets on to the ground beneath.
On the day the monument was dedicated in 1990, Saddam rode under the arch astride a white horse. It has been suggested this was an allusion to the slain Shiite martyr Hussein, killed in Karbala in AD 680. The martyr Hussein's death caused the rift between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.
The site was also home to the Museum of Gifts to the President and a performing arts center. The museum was located on the ground floor of the grand reviewing pavilion where Saddam was known to review the Republican Guard while firing a weapon in the air. The museum contained ordinary items donated by Iraqis during his rule. Items included cheap plastic ornaments and drawings donated by Iraqi children.
The Grand Festivities Square also contained a large reflecting pool. The surrounding grassy areas hosted Iraqis during military parades. Adding to the festive appeal of the grounds were three refreshments booths that sold ice cream, cold beverages, and candy.
Samir al-Kalil's book Monument: Art, Vulgarity, and Responsibility in Iraq[4] describes the Arc of Triumph and Saddam's programme of producing lavish monument celebrating his reign.
The monument was not destroyed during the 1991 Gulf War, though General Norman Schwarzkopf wanted to.[5] The arches remain standing in what is now the International Zone of Baghdad. The hands are hollow and many troops and other coalition visitors have climbed up into them in order to protrude from the point at which the swords meet the hands, generally to have souvenir pictures taken.
[edit]Controversy

In February 2007, it was reported that the new Iraqi government had organized the Committee for Removing Symbols of the Saddam Era and that the Arc of triumph monument had begun to be dismantled, which drew protests from Iraqi and preservationist groups.
The demolition began on Tuesday, February 20, 2007. At that time, 10-foot (3.0 m) chunks had been cut out of the bronze monument. Numerous Iraqi bystanders and coalition troops were seen taking helmets and bits of the monument away as souvenirs. The decision to remove the monument, made by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, was challenged by U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, who blocked the demolition on February 21.
The government of Iraq reversed its earlier plans to demolition the monument. Restoration efforts were launched in 2011.

In February 2011, Iraqi authorities began the restoration of the monument as a sign of reconciliation.

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WRAP Memorial for Gulf war victims, Papal envoy, inspections

Baghdad
1. Pan across cemetery for victims of al-Amiriya shelter bombing
2. Statue in front of memorial
3. Banner reading Who are the terrorists - Martyrs of al-Aamiriya? or the murderers in Washington in English
4. Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi vice-president, walking into ceremony
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice-President:
But the evil American administration is still beating the drums of war, and is casting doubt on the inspections, and continues to declare it has information that Iraq still has weapons of mass destruction. All this has been proven to be untrue in every instance.
6. Monument clock showing time shelter was hit

Baghdad
7. Wide shot Martyrs Monument
8. Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, Izzat Ibrahim, saluting
9. Wide shot senior Iraqi officials saluting
10. Ibrahim laying wreath on Martyr's Monument

Baghdad
11. Papal Envoy Roger Etchegarray and Iraqi Ministry of Endowments Deputy Minister Ahmed Saleh
12. Picture of Saddam Hussein
13. Etchegarray receiving gift from Saleh
14. Envoy leaving
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Roger Etchegarray, Papal Envoy:
In particular we have faith in peace, a faith found throughout Iraq. If rapprochement is possible between peoples of faith, the Pope believes rapprochement is possible between nations and there is still a chance for peace in Iraq.
16. Media
17. Various of Etchegarray leaving

Baghdad
18. UN vehicles entering Al-Amal Gas Factory
19. Various men loading fuel into tanker truck
20. Tanker
21. Factory facilities
22. UN vehicles leaving facility

90 kilometres (55 miles) west of Baghdad
23. UN vehicles entering Saddam Munitions Factory
24. Long shot of UN inspectors inside
25. UN helicopter overhead
26. UN vehicles leaving complex

STORYLINE:

Senior Iraqi officials attended ceremonies on Sunday to commemorate the victims of an Allied bombing raid during the 1991 Gulf War.

Hundreds of civilians, mostly women and children, died when Allied warplanes bombed what they believed to be an Iraqi command and control centre in Baghdad 12 years ago.

The Iraqis said the building was a bomb shelter, providing safety to civilians under threat of Allied air attack.

The al-Amiriya bombing resulted in the highest civilian casualty in one attack during the 1991 Gulf War - 403 people were killed.

At the remains of the shelter, now a memorial, Iraqi Vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan denounced the U.S. for the bombing and said the current administration's hands are stained with Iraqi blood.

Although the anniversary of the bombing is February 13th, ceremonies were postponed until Sunday to accommodate celebrations to mark the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Izzat Ibrahim, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, attended a different ceremony at the Martyr's Monument in Baghdad on Sunday, and laid a wreath in memory of the victims.

Other top Iraqi officials - from both the government and the military - also attended the early morning ceremony, as well as representatives from Iraq's small diplomatic corps.

Meanwhile Papal Envoy Roger Etchegarray met with Iraqi officials at the Ministry of Endowments, which deals with religious affairs in Iraq declaring afterwards peace is still possible in Iraqi.

The envoy was due to return to Rome on Sunday night after delivering a private message from Pope John Paul ll to Saddam Hussein.

Etchegarray's visit included meetings with top Catholic Church officials, as well as other Christian and Muslim denominations.

Weapons inspections continued on Sunday.

On the northern outskirts of Baghdad, UN inspectors visited the Al-Amal Gas refining facility, a facility were they had previously placed monitoring devices.





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WRAP Adds wake, US military bite on burial of Saddam's sons

Tikrit, Iraq, 2 August 2003 (++MUTE++)
1. Wide of the burial site, Odai, Qusai and Mustafa Hussein (Qusai's son) graves
2. Various close-ups of the three graves
3. Various of mourners paying respects and crying
4. Various of mourners praying
5. Mourner (with cap) approaches grave with a banknote with Saddam's image and glues it with mud to the grave
6. Mourner (with cap) praying in front of a mosque
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Iraqi mourner:
It's a very sad day for us. The majority of people from Al Oudja (where Saddam was born) are very upset. They didn't inform us about the funeral and they restricted it to the maximum of 20 people and for us this is not acceptable. Nobody told us.
8. Cutaway shot of mourners praying in front of the grave (++MUTE++)
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Iraqi mourner:
These three for us are considered as martyrs, they are heroes and as heroes, they are not being honoured the way they deserve. As an Iraqi citizen from this moment I would offer my soul to Qusai, Odai, Mustafa and Saddam, and not only me but so many people would do the same. You will see what's going to happen to the Americans after the way they treated our heroes.

Tikrit, Iraq, 2 August 2003:
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Steve Russel, Fourth Infantry Division:
We know that the Iraqi Red Crescent received the remains of Odai and Qusai Hussein. They picked them up at an airfield and then they transported them to a cemetery in a village south of Tikrit.
11. Wide of the burial site
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Colonel Steve Russel, Fourth Infantry Division:
We received no orders to provide escort, we received no orders to be present over the funeral detail or officiate over anything. We did observe from a distance what was going on, but we participated in none of it. It was handled by the Iraqi people, with some sheiks and family involved.

Tikrit, Iraq, 2 August 2003:
13. Various of Saddam Hussein's tribesmen sitting in a room for the mourners' wake

FILE
Baghdad, Iraq, 25 July 2003:
14. Wide of the two bodies in the mortuary
15. Close up of Qusai's face
16. Cutaway of legs
17. Close up of Odai's face
18. Wide of the room, cameraman filming

FILE
Baghdad - 19 Jan 2003
19. Iraqi TV images of Saddam with two officials
20. Mid shot of Iraqi official with Qusai in middle and Odai on his right
21. Cutaway of other officials
22. Zoom out of Odai and Qusai seated

Baghdad - date unknown
18. Iraqi TV material of meeting between Saddam Hussein, his sons, Odai and Qusai and military officers

Unidentified location and date:
19. Qusai holding a gun
20. Qusai's eldest son firing from pistol
21. Zoom out of Qusai firing a gun

STORYLINE:

Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai were given martyrs' burials in the family cemetery in their hometown of Tikrit on Saturday morning, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society and the U.S. military said.

Leaders of Saddam Hussein's tribe buried the bodies, wrapped in Iraqi flags in a sign the family considered them to be martyrs.

Later, they gathered to mourn Saddam Hussein's elder sons, Odai and Qusai, and a grandson, 14-year-old Mustafa Hussein, Qusai's son, also believed killed in a fierce gun battle with U.S. troops July 22 in Mosul.

Lt. Col. Steve Russell from the 4th Infantry Division which is based in Tikrit, told AP that the army flew the bodies into an airfield just north of Tikrit, and sent them in ambulances to the cemetery. About 20 cars passed through an already established military checkpoint to reach the burial ground.

Russell said that soldiers observed proceedings from a distance, but did not approach the ceremony he described as uneventful. There were no outbursts of violence reported in the city.









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The Iraqi Martyrs of 2010 (GRAPHIC)

45 Catholics who were murdered in a church at Baghdad in 2010 by terrorists and are on the road to canonisation. Holy martyrs pray for us!

ABU MAHDI Al MUHANDIS, KAMANDA WA MAJESHI YA IRAQ ALIYEUAWA PAMOJA NA QASEM SOLEIMAN

Ni katika Shambulio la aliloshambuliwa Meja Jenerali wa Iran Qasem Soleiman karibu na Uwanja wa Ndege wa Baghdad.

God is Great Long live our nation Long live Iraq Saddam Hussein

Itunes : Google Play : Spotify : Deezer : Yandex Music : Amazon : Trap Mix by V.F.M.style - Sentence (ARVB STYLE) V.F.M.style Official: Follow us on facebook: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on VK: عاشت أمتنا.... وعاشت الانسانية بأمن وسلام حيثما أنصفت وأعدلت... الله أكبر وعاش شعبنا المجاهد العظيم.... عاش العراق.... عاش العراق.... وعاشت فلسطين وعاش الجهاد والمجاهدون.... الله أكبر The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition. The invasion regime toppled the government of Saddam Hussein. However, the conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government. An estimated 151,000 to 600,000 or more Iraqis were killed in the first 3–4 years of conflict. The United States officially withdrew from the country in 2011 but became re-involved in 2014 at the head of a new coalition; the insurgency and many dimensions of the civil armed conflict continue. صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي الذي ينتمي إلى عشيرة البيجات (28 أبريل 1937– 30 ديسمبر 2006) رابع رئيس لجمهورية العراق في الفترة ما بين عام 1979م وحتى 9 أبريل عام 2003م , وخامس حاكم جمهوري للجمهورية العراقية. ونائب رئيس الجمهورية العراقية بين 1975 و1979. سطع نجمه إبان الانقلاب الذي قام به حزب البعث - ثورة 17 تموز 1968 - والذي دعى لتبني الأفكار القومية العربية والتحضر الاقتصادي والاشتراكية. ولعب صدام دوراً رئيسياً في انقلاب عام 1968 والذي وضعه في هرم السلطة كنائب للرئيس اللواء أحمد حسن البكر وأمسك صدام بزمام الأمور في القطاعات الحكومية والقوات المسلحة المتصارعتين في الوقت الذي اعتبرت فيه العديد من المنظمات قادرة على الإطاحة بالحكومة. وقد نمى الاقتصاد العراقي بشكل سريع في السبعينات نتيجة سياسة تطوير ممنهجه للعراق بالإضافة للموارد الناتجة عن الطفرة الكبيرة في أسعار النفط في ذلك الوقت. وصل صدام إلى رأس السلطة في العراق حيث أصبح رئيساً للعراق عام 1979 م بعد أن قام بحملة لتصفية معارضيه وخصومه في داخل حزب البعث وفي عام 1980 دخل صدام حرباً مع إيران استمرت 8 سنوات من 22 سبتمبر عام 1980م حتى 8 أغسطس عام 1988.وقبل أن تمر الذكرى الثانية لانتهاء الحرب مع إيران غزا صدام الكويت في 2 أغسطس عام 1990. والتي أدت إلى نشوب حرب الخليج الثانية عام 1991م. ظل العراق بعدها محاصراً دولياً حتى عام 2003 حيث احتلت القوات الأمريكية كامل أراضي الجمهورية العراقية بحجة امتلاك العراق لأسلحة الدمار الشامل ووجود عناصر لتنظيم القاعدة تعمل من داخل العراق. قبض عليه في 13 ديسمبر عام 2003م في عملية سميت بالفجر الأحمر.. تم بعدها محاكمته بسبب الجرائم التي اتهم بها وتم تنفيذ حكم الإعدام عليه في 30 ديسيمبر عام 2006 م. Saddam was hanged on the first day of Eid ul-Adha, 30 December 2006, despite his wish to be shot (which he felt would be more dignified). The execution was carried out at Camp Justice, an Iraqi army base in Kadhimiya, a neighborhood of northeast Baghdad. Saddam's lawyers released his last letter. The following includes several excerpts: To the great nation, to the people of our country, and humanity, Dear faithful people, I say goodbye to you, but I will be with the merciful God who helps those who take refuge in him and who will never disappoint any faithful, honest believer ... God is Great ... God is great ... Long live our nation ... Long live our great struggling people ... Long live Iraq, long live Iraq ... Long live Palestine ... Long live jihad and the mujahedeen. Saddam Hussein President and Commander in Chief of the Iraqi Mujahed Armed Forces

WRAP Memorial for Gulf war victims, Papal envoy, inspections

Baghdad
1. Pan across cemetery for victims of al-Amiriya shelter bombing
2. Statue in front of memorial
3. Banner reading Who are the terrorists - Martyrs of al-Aamiriya? or the murderers in Washington in English
4. Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi vice-president, walking into ceremony
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi Vice-President:
But the evil American administration is still beating the drums of war, and is casting doubt on the inspections, and continues to declare it has information that Iraq still has weapons of mass destruction. All this has been proven to be untrue in every instance.
6. Monument clock showing time shelter was hit

Baghdad
7. Wide shot Martyrs Monument
8. Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, Izzat Ibrahim, saluting
9. Wide shot senior Iraqi officials saluting
10. Ibrahim laying wreath on Martyr's Monument

Baghdad
11. Papal Envoy Roger Etchegarray and Iraqi Ministry of Endowments Deputy Minister Ahmed Saleh
12. Picture of Saddam Hussein
13. Etchegarray receiving gift from Saleh
14. Envoy leaving
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Roger Etchegarray, Papal Envoy:
In particular we have faith in peace, a faith found throughout Iraq. If rapprochement is possible between peoples of faith, the Pope believes rapprochement is possible between nations and there is still a chance for peace in Iraq.
16. Media
17. Various of Etchegarray leaving

Baghdad
18. UN vehicles entering Al-Amal Gas Factory
19. Various men loading fuel into tanker truck
20. Tanker
21. Factory facilities
22. UN vehicles leaving facility

90 kilometres (55 miles) west of Baghdad
23. UN vehicles entering Saddam Munitions Factory
24. Long shot of UN inspectors inside
25. UN helicopter overhead
26. UN vehicles leaving complex

STORYLINE:

Senior Iraqi officials attended ceremonies on Sunday to commemorate the victims of an Allied bombing raid during the 1991 Gulf War.

Hundreds of civilians, mostly women and children, died when Allied warplanes bombed what they believed to be an Iraqi command and control centre in Baghdad 12 years ago.

The Iraqis said the building was a bomb shelter, providing safety to civilians under threat of Allied air attack.

The al-Amiriya bombing resulted in the highest civilian casualty in one attack during the 1991 Gulf War - 403 people were killed.

At the remains of the shelter, now a memorial, Iraqi Vice-president Taha Yassin Ramadan denounced the U.S. for the bombing and said the current administration's hands are stained with Iraqi blood.

Although the anniversary of the bombing is February 13th, ceremonies were postponed until Sunday to accommodate celebrations to mark the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Izzat Ibrahim, Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, attended a different ceremony at the Martyr's Monument in Baghdad on Sunday, and laid a wreath in memory of the victims.

Other top Iraqi officials - from both the government and the military - also attended the early morning ceremony, as well as representatives from Iraq's small diplomatic corps.

Meanwhile Papal Envoy Roger Etchegarray met with Iraqi officials at the Ministry of Endowments, which deals with religious affairs in Iraq declaring afterwards peace is still possible in Iraqi.

The envoy was due to return to Rome on Sunday night after delivering a private message from Pope John Paul ll to Saddam Hussein.

Etchegarray's visit included meetings with top Catholic Church officials, as well as other Christian and Muslim denominations.

Weapons inspections continued on Sunday.

On the northern outskirts of Baghdad, UN inspectors visited the Al-Amal Gas refining facility, a facility were they had previously placed monitoring devices.





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Messages Of Peace From Baghdad's Martys' Monument

Young activists remember those that have paid the ultimate price for Iraq, but spreading messages of peace at the Monument to the Martyrs in Baghdad.

Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis wishing destruction of Riyad Not Israel

Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis who was killed along with #QasemSoleimani speaking in Farsi, saying:
Before I die, I wish to see the destruction of Riyadh & #Saudi Arabia, not #Israel
Iran is not fighting against Israels, its only killing muslims.

Iran IRGC Quds saved Baghdad from falling to ISIL, Iraq MP حاج قاسم جلوی سقوط بغداد را گرفت

نماینده مجلس عراق ایران سپاه قدس حاج قاسم سلیمانی جلوی سقوط بغداد را گرفت

Iran IRGC Quds General Haj Qassem Suleimani saved Baghdad from falling to ISIL hands : Iraq MP

Tehran (AFP) - An Iraqi Shiite militia leader and lawmaker has credited Tehran and a powerful Iranian general with saving the Baghdad government during last summer's offensive by Islamic State group militants.
Hadi al-Ameri, a former minister who commands the Badr militia, said support from Iran and General Qassem Suleimani had been crucial after Iraqi government forces collapsed in the face of the IS assault.
If it were not for the cooperation of the Islamic republic of Iran and General Suleimani, we would not today have a government headed by Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad, Ameri told a memorial service south of Tehran Monday for an Iranian officer killed in Iraq last month.
It would not have existed, he said of the Iraqi government, according to the Isna and Fars news agencies.
The memorial was for Iranian Revolutionary Guards Major General Hamid Taghavi, killed by IS fighters in the Iraqi city of Samarra last month.
Suleimani, the commander of Iran's Quds Force -- the foreign wing of the Revolutionary Guards -- was also present at the memorial.
The general, who reportedly landed in Baghdad hours after IS overran the Iraqi city of Mosul in June and led the anti-jihadist counter-attack, has become the public face of Iran's deep military involvement in Iraq.
Abadi took over as Iraq's prime minister after Nuri al-Maliki, a fellow Shiite with close ties to Tehran, reluctantly stood down following the IS surge into northern Iraq.
Iran moved swiftly by arming Iraqi Kurdish fighters and supporting Baghdad with military advisers. It has also provided training for Shiite militias in a counter-offensive against the Sunni extremist group.
But Tehran has consistently denied having troops on the ground and was never invited to join the US-led military coalition that is carrying out air strikes against IS in Syria and Iraq.
Predominantly Shiite Iran has a strong interest in defending Iraq, where IS's declared aim is to topple a regime dominated by Shiites, who are regarded by the jihadists as heretics.




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Hundreds joined the funeral processions of Iraqi journalists Ahmed Abdel Samad and Safaa Ghali, who worked as a freelance cameraman for Ruptly, in Basra on Saturday, after they were killed while covering protests in the city on Friday.

Yesterday we lost two friends and colleagues, media reporters Ahmed Abdel Samad and Safaa Ghali, who were taken by treachery, they were 50 metres away from the authorities of Al Basra [when killed], Husien Albasri, a mourner, said.

Martyr Ahmed Abdel Samad was the voice of the poor, he was the voice of truth the martyr was the defender of truth he was reporting truth with all its details, said another participant Ammar Razaq.

Samad and Ghali were shot dead by unknown gunmen in the southern Iraqi city on Friday while working for the Iraqi broadcaster Dijlah TV.

Ghali worked as a freelance cameraman for Ruptly in recent years and provided over 30 video reports published by the agency.

The unrest began in Iraq in October, amid anger over corruption and economic inequality. Over 400 protesters have been killed and thousands more injured during protests.

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تلفات انسانی آمریکایی ها در عین الاسد - U.S. casualties Ayn al-Asad airbase

حدود دو هفته از حمله موشکی سپاه پاسداران به پایگاه نظامی آمریکایی‌ها می‌گذرد
سردار حاجی زاده در گزارش خود گفت که هدف ایران گرفتن تلفات انسانی نبوده، گرچه این حمله تلفات هم داشته‌
حالا بعد از دو هفته از حمله موشکی سپاه پاسداران به پایگاه نظامی آمریکایی‌ها، آمار تلفات و مجروحان در حال انتشار است
هنوز هم بسیاری از خانواده‌های آمریکایی از فرزندان خود خبر ندارند
اگر قرار بود از آمریکایی‌ها تلفات نظامی گرفته شود چه اتفاقی رخ می‌داد؟
این تصاویر از فیلم‌های سینمایی استخراج شده است

On 8 January 2020, in a military operation code named Operation Martyr Soleimani (Persian: عملیات شهید سلیمانی‎), Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched numerous ballistic missiles at the Ayn al-Asad airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, Western Iraq, as well as another airbase in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, in response to the killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani by a United States drone strike.While the U.S. initially said that none of its service members were injured or killed in the attack,[the U.S. Department of Defense ultimately said that 34 service members were diagnosed and treated for traumatic brain injuries from the attack.