Hezbollah issues strong threat, says US troops in Middle East will return in coffins

Secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary party Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has threatened that troops of the United States in the Middle East would return home in coffins.

Nasrallah explained this was in retaliation for the assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani.

The Hezbollah leader stated that the reaction to the n killing of Soleimani was not only Iran’s responsibility but also that of the entire axis of resistance.

Speaking in Beirut, Lebanon yesterday, Nasrallah said: “When the coffins of American soldiers and officers begin to be transported to the United States, President Donald Trump and his administration will realize that they have really lost the region and will lose the elections.”

He stated that attacks on US military forces in the Middle East will be punishment for the crime, listing US bases, naval ships and military personnel.

“The targeted killing of General Soleimani and Muhandis is the beginning of a new era not for Iraq or Iran, but for the whole region.

“We are witness to a heinous crime whose perpetrators are well-known. US President Donald Trump said he had ordered the (drone) strike (on the airport in Baghdad, Iraq).

“More than three years into his presidency, Trump has failed to accomplish the goals he had defined at the beginning of his tenure. Previous US attempts to assassinate General Soleimani had ended in failure. All of Trump’s forms of pressure to subdue Iran have also failed to realize that goal.”

A US-backed airstrike had killed Qassem Soleimani, the head of the elite Quds Force and Revolutionary Guard General, at Baghdad International Airport in Iran.

Soleimani’s killing had generated series of report of a third world war likely to begin between the US and Iran.

It was reported that Trump had revealed that Soleimani was plotting to kill lots of American citizens but was caught in the process.

Also, Iran had threatened to attack the US White House, following warning of retaliation by Trump.

The threat was issued by Iranian MP, Abolfazl  Abutorabi during an open session of parliament in Tehran, Iran.