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
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”
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.
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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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