The Institute for the Study of War notes that PMP – a formal Iraqi security force – has been “infiltrated” by Iran and is used to “wield significant influence in Iraq”

US will respond to attacks targeting troops in a manner and place of our choosing hours after rocket attack leaves American personnel in Iraq injured

By News on the Net -- New York Post & The Vigilant Fox——Bio and Archives--August 5, 2024

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President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were briefed in the White House Situation Room on Monday after a suspected rocket attack against a military base in Iraq left a number of US personnel injured.

Biden, 81, said he discussed “developments in the Middle East” with his national security team, according to a post on his X account which did not acknowledge the latest attack on US troops in the region. ---More...

BREAKING: Two rockets hit the Al Assad airbase in Iraq, housing US troops.

The US military has approximately 2,500 troops in Iraq, and the last time a similar incident occurred, the US responded days later.

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