19 April 2024 (23:51-UTC-07 Tango 06) 31 Farvardin 1403/10 Shawwal 1445/11 Wu-Chen 4722/19 апрель 2024 года
The former U.S. Forward Operating Base (FOB) Kalsu, or Contingency Operating Station (COS) Kalsu (also incorrectly referred to by the news media as Kalso, the base was named after First Lieutenant James Robert Kalsu) suffered massive explosions, the based was placed under Iraqi control in 2011, an Iraqi government sponsored militia shares the base with Iraqi military troops (many ‘western’ news sources also say Iran supports the same militia).
UNCONFIRMED: Sabreen News reports an explosion, the cause of which is unknown, at the Kalsu base, headquarters of the Babylon siege command pic.twitter.com/ucuR3ucryo
— Gator Nana (@GatorNanaJag) April 19, 2024
Arab news media is reporting at least 20 casualties, including civilians. A Popular Mobilization Force (PMF, aka Al-Hashd Al-Sha’bi, aka Popular Mobilization Units, aka Popular Mobilization Committee) militiaman was killed, six wounded.
IRAQ: Massive explosion in Kalsu military camp in Babil, strikes targeted pro-Iran PMF. At least one killed, Israel suspected pic.twitter.com/BhSK2HT7tA
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) April 19, 2024
So far, there is no mention of the attack by either Iraqi or Iranian news media. The Iraqi militia PMF claims they have launched a retaliatory drone attack on Israel. The United States controls the airspace over Iraq, yet U.S. officials essentially said ‘we see nothing, we know nothing’.
A Shite news outlet, called Sabreen News, said the supposed Israeli air-raid destroyed an Iraqi radar installation.
The official Communist Chinese news media reports the Iraqi base was attacked by drones, it also says the Iraqi PMF militia is investigating the cause of the explosions and will retaliate if it is determined that it was an attack and not an accident.
In February 2024, the Brookings Institute published an article stating that the PMF was Iran-ifying Iraq.
False Flag: DRONES SHOT DOWN, ISRAEL HAS NO COMMENT!