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Self-described anti-war activists in Chicago applauded after learning that Iran had launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday.
Iran launched a barrage of more than 300 missiles and drones at Israel in an apparent response to Israel’s alleged role in an airstrike that killed a senior Iranian official at the country’s embassy in the Syrian capital of Damascus last week.
On Saturday, a group of self-described anti-war activists gathered in Chicago as a man announced the news of the attack on Israel.
“Twelve days ago, Israel brazenly attacked an Iranian embassy compound in Syria, again violating international law… and Iran just responded about 30 minutes ago,” the man told the group, which responded with cheers. “They have sent, and this is directly from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, they have sent drones and missiles against specific targets in occupied Palestine, Israeli targets in occupied Palestine.
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“In addition, there are reports that drones have also been fired at Israel from Yemen and Iraq,” the man said.
Once again, the room erupted in cheers.
The man who spoke then called on the group to take action, saying that “this country and the world need us,” adding that the United States is going to “defend the criminal Israeli state.”
Attendees were heard booing the idea that the United States was going to get involved and defend Israel.
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“We have to assume that the United States is going to retaliate against Iran,” he said. “Our anti-war movement, all the anti-war communities here, and all the Palestine support coalitions here, must be ready, immediately, to take to the streets and stop the United States from expanding this war against Iran.”
In another video, one of the speakers is seen standing and smiling behind a podium as a crowd can be heard chanting: “Hands off Iran! Hands off Iran!”
Israel had been preparing for a possible retaliatory attack by Iran, claiming that approximately 99% of Iranian weapons fired at Israel had been intercepted by its sophisticated defense systems and military allies in the region.
Biden warned last week that an attack on Israel by Iran was possible over the weekend, giving the Islamic Republic a single message: “Don’t do it.”
Despite the president’s attempt to deter the Islamic Republic, Iran carried out its brazen attempt, which some Republicans blame on Biden’s “weakness.”
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