Yankee Imperialism’s War of Aggression on Iran – Day 5
Featured image: US Consulate in Dubai on fire. Source: Yahoo
Yankee imperialism and its lackey Israel continue their war of aggression against Iran. On the 5th day of this heinous imperialist aggression, several civilian and military targets have been attacked all over Iran, however Iran keeps defending itself by many means, including retaliatory strikes on US military bases in the region, and have dealt several blows to the military infrastructure of the aggressors.
Yankee imperialism and Israel have struck several targets in its attack on Iran, striking Tehran and Qom, hitting both civilian and military targets. According to Tasnim news agency, Iran’s death toll is now at 1,045 people murdered.
According to claims by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson, Iranian strikes “forced the retreat of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier from Iranian coastal waters”. IRGC also claims that “650 American troops were killed or wounded”, and that an American destroyer was also allegedly targeted and struck.
IRGC announced that several defensive military operations have been carried out, among them an attack on US infantry forces in Dubai, in which they claim that “160 US infantry” were eliminated. The US Consulate in the same city was struck by an Iranian drone which caused a fire.
A drone has targeted a US military base in Bahrain:
In Qatar, a US military base was struck by a retaliatory attack from Iran.
IRGC reports that ground forces have entered the battlefield in a simultaneous operation alongside a launch of of 230 attack drones, as well as carrying out heavy retaliation strikes within Israel, targeting “the heart and north of the occupied territories […] Among the targets were infrastructure in the strategic area ‘Ben Bara’ and military targets spread in ‘Petah Tikva.’
Israel reinforced its northern forces and redeployed the 146th Division along the Lebanese border, and have carried out further attacks on Beiruts Dahiya district in Lebanon:
A rally was called for on 2ndof March by Anti-imperialist Front – Ecuador. Activists expressed solidarity with Iran, Palestine and Venezuela and AIL flags were observed in the demonstration
In Istanbul, Turkey, a demonstration was carried out in Kadıköy, where among others, Partizan and the NATO and Imperialist War Opposition Alliance participated. Speeches denouncing the imperialist aggression were held by several organizations and individuals.
You can read excerpts from the speeches in the report from Avrupa Haber:
In Zurich, US imperialist and Israeli attacks against Iran were protested. The demonstration also called for support for the people of Iran, Palestine, and Lebanon.
Following the Yankee imperialist aggression against Iran, the BDS Movement País Valencià, Al-Yudur, the University Network Against the Occupation of Palestine, and other popular organizations called for a demonstration in front of the US Consulate in the city of Valencia on Monday, March 2. Over one hundred people participated, and an AIL banner was observed in the demonstration. During the demonstration, slogans denouncing Yankee imperialism and supporting “the sovereignty of the people and nation of Iran” were heard.
Comrade Alex of the Ligue de la Jeunesse Révolutionnaire (LJR) held a speech during rally in support of Iran against imperialist aggression in Paris:
Just 24 hours after the attack on Iran, anti-imperialist activists in Bergen, Norway, mobilized a demonstration against Yankee imperialism and Israel’s attack, and in support of the people’s struggle in Iran. Several organizations participated, among them Kampkomiteen and Bergen4Palestine. AIL flags were seen during the demonstration and Kampkomiteen participated with a banner reading “US imperialism out of Iran! Support the people’s struggle in Iran!”
