Iran has launched the retaliation and the risk of open war is becoming every time more concrete. In the night waves of missiles hit on the base of Ain Al Asad, one of the largest installations of the american in Iraq, and Erbil, the capital of iraqi Kurdistan where there are more than 600 Italian soldiers. The damage would be huge, but there is no reliable information. Shortly after, the tv of Tehran announced the start of the operation, “Soleimani martyr” in response to the killing of the general. The Guardians of the Revolution, the pasdaran of iran’s theocracy, the body from which they depend brigades, the Quds controlled precisely by Soleimani, stated that “the revenge will be fierce”. Even the Forces of popular mobilization, the militia of iraq’s pro-iranian targeted by the raid in the Usa, proclaimed the offensive a general against the american people.
The president, Donald Trump, was immediately informed and the Pentagon is living dramatic moments. The national security Council was meeting in less than an hour, in the presence of secretary of State Mike Pompeo and that of the Defense Mark Esper: we discuss a possible response against the government of Tehran.
