{"id":5476,"date":"2024-01-05T15:13:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T21:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2024-01-06T07:51:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T13:51:22","slug":"5476","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/01\/05\/5476\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2024\/01\/05\/iran-makes-ominous-sign-revenge-is-coming-for-kerman-attack\">\u201cRevenge is coming for Kerman attack? Iran takes ominous step,\u201d<\/a> Israel Hayom, 1-5-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran hoisted Friday a red flag on top of the main mosque in Qom, the country&#8217;s religious center, a sign of looming retaliation for the bombings at the memorial of Qassem Soleimani that killed at least 84 and for which ISIS claimed responsibility. The waving of the flag was broadcast on the country&#8217;s main media channels as a symbol of the regime&#8217;s intention to avenge the blasts. The last time the flag was displayed in such a way was in 2019 after the assassination of Soleimani. Tehran then attacked the Al-Asad Airbase US military base in western Iraq.\u201d\u00a0 Here, the Islamic State has declared responsibility.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newarab.com\/news\/us-says-carried-out-iraq-attack-pro-iran-commander\">\u201cUS says carried out Iraq strike, killed pro-Iran commander,\u201d<\/a> New Arab, 1-5-24.\u00a0 This article explains the difficulty Iraq has in being next to Iran but wanting to partner with the U.S. also.\u00a0 And for the U.S., after 100 attacks, it makes sense to finally act in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of ISIS taking responsibility, the head of the IRGC still blamed the U.S. and Israel for the Soleimani remembrance attack.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/rjr9mdh00t\">\u201cIran Guards Corps commander accuses US, Israel of orchestrating Soleimani memorial attack,\u201d<\/a> YNet, 1-5-24.<\/p>\n<p>You go, Jordan!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2436506\/middle-east\">\u201cJordan strikes Iran-linked drug dealers in Syria,\u201d<\/a> Arab News, 1-5-24.\u00a0 Drugs and weapons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Latest-Energy-News\/World-News\/Iran-Withholds-Oil-Deliveries-As-It-Seeks-Higher-Prices-from-China.html\">\u201cIran Withholds Oil Deliveries As It Seeks Higher Prices from China,\u201d<\/a> OilPrice.com, 1-5-24.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202401050537\">\u201cIranian Hijab Rebels Whipped, Given Jail Term,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 1-5-24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRevenge is coming for Kerman attack? Iran takes ominous step,\u201d Israel Hayom, 1-5-24.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran hoisted Friday a red flag on top of the main mosque in Qom, the country&#8217;s religious center, a sign of looming retaliation for the bombings at the memorial of Qassem Soleimani that killed at least 84 and for which ISIS claimed responsibility. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2024\/01\/05\/5476\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5476"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5510,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5476\/revisions\/5510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}