Iran says it foiled ‘Israel-Arab’ plot to assassinate top military commander 40Shares Time of Israel Friday October 4, 2019 Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. (YouTube screenshot) Three arrested in plan that allegedly involved blowing up Qassem Soleimani during a memorial service for his father Iran thwarted what it described as an “Israel-Arab” plot to assassinate General Qassem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian media reported Thursday. The Guard’s intelligence chief, Hossein Taeb, told an annual conference of IRGC commanders that three people had been arrested in connection with the plan. Taeb said the plot had been worked on for a number of years and involved blowing up Soleimani at a memorial service for his father during the Muslim holy month of Muharram, which begin in early September, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The assassins planned to dig under a religious site associated with Soleimani’s father and set off an explosion under the building when he was inside, and then try to deflect blame so that it ignited an interfaction religious war. The assassins prepared some 500 kilograms to use for the bomb, Taeb revealed. He did not name any specific Arab country as being involved in the alleged plan. Israel has over the last few years intensified its outreach to Arab countries, especially in the Gulf, amid rising tensions with Iran, a common enemy. Clandestine relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia focus mainly on security issues, especially given the mutual enmity to Iran, is well-known. On Tuesday Soleimani claimed that Israeli aircraft targeted him and the leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut during the Second Lebanon War in 2006. He said that one night he, Nassrallah, and senior Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh left an operations center in Beirut during an Israeli bombardment and were tracked by drones, which they eventually managed to evade. Soleimani, who is responsible for armed Iranian activities outside the country’s borders, made the Tuesday comments during his first major interview, a lengthy one-on-one that was screened on Iranian television. Mughniyeh was later was assassinated in 2008 by a car bomb attributed to Israel and the CIA. Israel has increasingly been targeting Iranian-allied forces in the region in recent years, as Tehran has sought to establish a military foothold in war-ravaged Syria. Tensions have risen in the Persian Gulf since May last year when US President Donald Trump unilaterally abandoned a 2015 nuclear deal between major powers and Iran and began reimposing crippling sanctions in a campaign of “maximum pressure.” Iran has responded in recent months by reducing its own commitments under the deal and the US deployed military assets to the region. Things escalated further after attacks last month on Saudi oil facilities that halved the kingdom’s oil output. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the strikes but the US says it has concluded the attacks involved cruise missiles from Iran and amounted to “an act of war.” Saudi Arabia, which has been bogged down in a five-year war across its southern border in Yemen, has said Iran “unquestionably sponsored” the attacks. Iran has denied responsibility for the September 14 drone and cruise missile attack.

Ethiopia is not under amhara but it was under tigre. And the tigre were playing a double game with both Somalia and Somaliland. Mengistu derg did not fund SNM it gave training places but all the weapons SNM had were bought by the SNM with their own money the derg did not give us anything for free. But the region is changing yemen which was very anti somaliland is destroyed. Bashir of Sudan is gone and for the first time. Ethiopia is under oromo.

Dhaqaale Somaliland got its independence by force its recognition was mostly withheld from Arab states Egypt and Saudis. Eritrea got millions of dollars from Arabs to fight Ethiopia. Where as the SNM did it on their own. The Arabs were not on our side but on the side of afweyne. But today the Arabs have realised Somaliland is a reality and get be used against Ethiopia. Even afeweri is now in line with Ethiopia after 2018.

Kenya knows the region very well it knows Somaliland and Somalia are in deep conflict. I believe Kenya has allot of interest in a strong relationship between Kenya and Somaliland. The sea conflict is very important for Kenya let's see and wait for the verdict.

Easy with the personal insults Edna adan spoke well she didn't pick a side between kenya and Somalia she only pointed out that Somaliland is also in the same dispute with Somalia as Kenya is with Somalia. Your waters were sold to Kenya by your own politicians now we are only waiting what the verdict is. Don't blame Edna adan for your own shortcommings.

She is right the colonial bounderies are sacrosant and can't be changed. In the African continent or else it will be a mess. Kenya and Somaliland also have good relations.

As far as we are concern we left that failed state 3 decades ago. We remain firm to that principle and there is no one there to Challenge us. Anaga idin furnay oo deedna ugaandhees iyo xabashi ba idin dumaalay By the way ma goosanayno wixinu isku darsanay banu la noqonay

How can some one do that to such an innocent young girl freaking pedofiles. Death penalty should be done

We are good people and welcoming but we always put our country first for decades we were trapped in a ill conceived union. We have nothing in particular against reer Mogadishu. Its just politics we can't agree on.

Clan federalism is not the law of the land farmaajo and his crew are opposed to it the majority of reer Mogadishu are opposed to it. The only clan that pushes clan federalism are the pirates and to some extent the low iq big footed community in kismayo. When there is a national referendum on the constitution from raskambooni to ras caseer. Than it's the law of the land.

If the oromo succeeding to build their separate church it means oromo are changing Ethiopia. For centuries the shewan oromo and amhara shewan dominated Ethiopia politics through that church. It's very interesting what's happening in Ethiopia. Waxa laga yaaba inay kala furfurto Itoobiya.

A child in Addis Ababa is surely closer in terms of distance to Somaliland. It was faisal ali waraabe statement and when asked he said the following I meant Ethiopia and Somaliland are closer to each other. In terms of trade economy and Somalilanders live on both sides of the border . The same way Kenya and Somalia are close to each other in terms of trade and all of that. Having said that faisal ali waraabe represents only what 20 percent of Somalilanders.

No Somalilander hates Mogadishu because its a city full of Muslims and Somalis. What we do hate is their politics their dishonestly. And frankly they are liability to our interest in the horn of Africa. There are so many koonfurians who live in Somaliland and live among somalilanders. So there is no problem there.

He made point though its rude but it's truth how many people died the past few months assassinations or shabaab killings.

The amhara feel cornered expect more riots in gonder bahirdar Addis Ababa . Its jawars plan to divide the 2 churches. Into an oromo one and amhara one. Jawar is the most hateful fellow towards amharas and their church. This is actually for the tigreans. I think the honeymoon is about to be over.

I agree with you apophis on this matter its a serious problem. The money is worthless if you don't invest in your people and kids.

It's not like we expect something from the cheese fellow. We know his history as a junior diplomat at the faqash regime in the 1980s in the United States. And I don't think any one in Somaliland is interested in talks with Somalia so albaabkaasina wu so xidhmay

Another 15 year old kid was killed in London stabbed. Where is it going wrong in the community.

The goal is the UN and we will get there eventually but we are part of the commenwealth of nations. Every African state and even the EU and UK acknowledged this.

I don't need to wish reality speaks for its self no rebels in the west of Somaliland. There wasn't even an incident in the awdal regions for almost 22 years since the eelbardaale conflict . Somaliland got only stronger and stronger politically and its social cohesion is even stronger today than it was before.

You would wish for problems in somaliland but it wil not happen will only get stronger and stronger. No matter what the pirates and the other koonfurians say.

I saw the Saudi foreign minister speak the situation in the middle East is intense. But I don't think Saudi Arabia is stupid enough to start a war with Iran. It will ruin their country beyond repair. In other news galbeedi your prime minister wedjigi bu madoobeystey. Allot of backclash for him as he awaits elections.

The awdal Community in Somaliland are not fighting against their nation nor government. As most koonfurians always wish. Iyaga landta cidwalba kajecel. As galbeedi said its reer dila and some of them feel dissatisfied mostly politicians. Its not the people the president toured the galbeed regions of somaliland just recently.There is no problem in Somaliland. Dooraashada uun halo diyaar garoobo. Just bet on the right horse next time.

Wasn't ali mahdi a warlord what do people expect from him 3 decades later

This is very emberessing somaliland govt should capture this deserted soldier and execute him for high treason