CHILLING THREATS

Sick Iraqi TV cartoon vid shows US military vehicles being blown up and American coffins being flown home

by · The Sun

AN ANIMATED video on Iraqi television depicting a giant fist destroying American military tanks and coffins being flown home appears to send a threatening message to the U.S. 

The chilling, minute-long video aired on Etejah TV on Monday, begins by showing rows of coffins wrapped in American flags inside a helicopter taking off in the desert.

The animated video shows U.S. military vehicles blown up by a giant fist that emerges from the groundCredit: Etejah TV

A message that translates to #expel_ the_occupation flashes. 

In another scene, a gigantic fist wrapped in flags of Iraq and the pro-Iran Hizbullah Brigades militia emerges from the ground and knocks out military vehicles with the American flag. 

Again, the #expel_ the_occupation caption is used. 

The video was further disseminated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)’s Iran Threat Monitor Project.

MEMRI describes itself as a “non-partisan, independent research institute providing research, analysis and translation of primary materials covering a wide range of issues including on terrorism and ideological trends in the Middle East.”

A notice at the end of the footage from MEMRI states: “These videos are provided as a public service to an international viewing audience to bridge the language gap and better educate and inform.”

The video shows rows of coffins with the American flag inside a helicopterCredit: Etejah TV

“Material about the states of terrorists and extremists is provided to alert the public to threats and in no way constitutes an endorsement of such activities,” the notice states. 

Etejah TV is apparently one of the most-watched television stations in Iraq.

The graphic content comes after Iraq earlier this year indicated it wanted American troops out of its soil. 

In January, the Iraqi parliament demanded the departure of American and other foreign troops as backlash mounted over the U.S. killing Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani, in a drone strike at Baghdad airport. 

President Donald Trump responded that if Iraq required American troops to leave, the Iraqi government would pay for a “very extraordinarily expensive” U.S. air base there, according to Reuters

“We will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever,” Trump said about Iraq.

“It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame.”

About 5,000 American troops were stationed in Iraq, primarily in an advisory role, as of January. 

Then-Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said that canceling help from military forces led by the U.S. “remains best for Iraq on principle and practically,” even though the country faces “internal and external difficulties.”  

Iraq’s new prime minister as of May, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, said on Tuesday he would not allow threats to Iran to come from Iraqi territory and conveyed that he did not want Iraq to serve as a battleground between Iran and the U.S.