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Iran says Islamic State kills Iranian General near Aleppo

Oct 9, 2015 3:22 pm By Robert Spencer

Can the Islamic State jihadis stand up even to Iran and Russia? Hamedani was “a top Iranian military commander who played a crucial role in Tehran’s efforts to defend the Syrian regime.”

Hossein Hamedani

“Iranian General Killed in Syria,” by Sam Dagher, Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2015:

BEIRUT—A top Iranian military commander who played a crucial role in Tehran’s efforts to defend the Syrian regime was killed in the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Iran’s state media said Friday.

Brig. Gen. Hossein Hamedani died at the hands of “Daesh terrorists” on Thursday while conducting advisory duties, Iranian state media said, quoting a statement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC.

Although the statement used the Arab acronym for the extremist group Islamic State to describe those responsible for Gen. Hamedani’s death, the circumstances of his demise weren’t disclosed. The Iranian government, like the Syrian regime, tends to use “Daesh” and “terrorists” as catchall terms for all opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.

Gen. Hamedani, a longtime commander in the elite military unit of the IRGC, is believed to have directly overseen the organization of pro-Assad forces into groups such as the Popular Committees, which were later folded into the so-called National Defense Force.

These local militias are now estimated to number anywhere between 150,000 and 190,000 people. They are mainly members of Mr. Assad’s Shiite Muslim-linked Alawite sect, while some belong to Syria’s own small Shiite community. The majority of those fighting Mr. Assad are Sunni.

Before he was dispatched to Syria to provide know-how and training to the Assad regime, Gen. Hamedani was a commander in the IRGC’s elite military unit that led crackdowns on Iranian protesters in 2009.

Aleppo has emerged as a fierce battleground between forces loyal to Mr. Assad and those fighting to depose him.

The city is roughly divided in half, with the regime and its allies holding several western neighborhoods and most Islamist rebel groups backed by Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia controlling the rest. Aleppo’s suburbs are contested by these two sides, as well as by Islamic State, which dominates the northern and eastern outskirts of the city….

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  1. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Oct 9, 2015 at 4:04 pm

    The Iranian government, like the Syrian regime, tends to use “Daesh” and “terrorists” as catchall terms for all opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.

    What, Syria and Persia won’t call it the New Caliphate cuz they’re skeert? Bashar depends on largesse from Russia, which is teetering on bankruptcy. Caliph Ibrahim gets more money from shipping oil through Turkey than Bashar gets from his weak ass oil and gas fields.

    Thankfully, Prez Barack Hussein and Sec’y War Coward released $150 billion to the Persians so that funding of Bashar can continue even if the world’s 2nd richest man, Vlad, has his country go broke. That is because the world’s richest man, the Supreme Leader Ali, won’t ever see his country go broke cuz it has seemingly limitless oil & gas.

  2. Angemon says

    Oct 9, 2015 at 4:36 pm

    Although the statement used the Arab acronym for the extremist group Islamic State to describe those responsible for Gen. Hamedani’s death, the circumstances of his demise weren’t disclosed.

    I suspect that if had died a soldier’s death we’d be treated to all the lavish details.

  3. Oliver says

    Oct 9, 2015 at 7:05 pm

    Now, Iran should bomb every terrorist groups (including their allies, Hezbollah) and kill all of their top people- and as many of their ‘soldiers’ aka terrorists-as they can.

    Then the terrorists can kill Hezbollah and Iranians, and on and on- and make the world a better place.

    • David says

      Oct 9, 2015 at 8:23 pm

      Who says there is never any good news from the region.

      • Bantheburka says

        Oct 10, 2015 at 6:54 pm

        Good day for us all! there is a G-D. i hope he died a painful death. piece of shit!

  4. Avenger says

    Oct 11, 2015 at 1:33 am

    Our own General Petraeus wouldn’t make a pimple on this Iranian General’s ass.

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