Trump Threatens to
hit 52 ‘Important’ Iranian Targets if Iran Retaliates
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By JNS January 5, 2020 , 1:58 pm
“Men of Persia, Lud, and Put Were in your
army, Your fighting men; They hung shields and helmets in your midst, They lent
splendor to you” Ezekiel 27:10 (The Israel Bible™)
New York, NY – September 23, 2019: Donald Trump speaks as
Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo listen during UN global call to protect religious
freedom meeting at UN Headquarters (courtsey: Shutterstock)
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the
United States is targeting 52 “important” Iranian sites, representing the 52
U.S. hostages held hostage in Iran for 444 days in the 1979 Iran hostage
crisis, and will strike “very fast and very hard” if Tehran attacks the United
States or its assets.
His tweet came after senior Iranian Islamic Revolutionary
Guards commander Gholamali Abuhamzeh threatened on Saturday to attack U.S.
military vessels and “vital American targets,” as well as Israel.
“The Strait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a
large number of American destroyers and warships cross there… vital American
targets in the region have been identified by Iran since a long time ago,” said
Abuhamzeh according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency. “Some 35 U.S. targets in the
region, as well as Tel Aviv, are within our reach.”
The same day, Iranian hackers breached the U.S.
government’s Federal Depository Library Program website, which was taken
offline after being defaced with an image of Donald Trump being struck by a
fist bearing the IRGC logo.
The exchange of threats followed the assassination by the
United States of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq on Friday.
Soleimani’s remains arrived in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, Iran, from Iraq
on Sunday.
Thousands of mourners gathered in Ahvaz on Sunday,
chanting “Death to America.” Soleimani’s remains are expected to be flown to
Tehran for additional ceremonies on Sunday evening, before being buried on
Tuesday in Kerman.
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