Iran attacks bases housing US troops Iran fired

Iran attacks bases housing US troops

Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases housing US troops overnight. “Between 1: 45 a. m. and 2: 45 a. m. , Iraq came under an attack of 22 missiles, ” the Iraqi military said in a statement. “All missiles struck coalition bases. ” US and Iraqi sources said there were no known casualties but there has been no official statement from the Pentagon or any US officials yet. Without providing any evidence to support their claim, Iranian media are reporting that “ 80 US military personnel have been killed” and more than “ 200 US military personnel were injured. ” The attack was retaliation by Iran after its top general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The Trump administration had sought to cast that strike as an attempt to deescalate tensions with Iran, but Tehran (the capital and government setting of Iran…similar to our Washington DC) has described it as an “act of war” and “state terrorism. ” President Donald Trump is expected to make an address sometime today. In a televised address, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, an elite wing of the Iranian military, said the attacks on Iraqi bases were “hard revenge” for the death of Soleimani. They said any country housing US troops could be subject to “hostile and aggressive acts” and called on American citizens to demand the government remove US troops from the region. It warned the US: “If you repeat your wickedness or take any additional movements or make additional aggression, we will respond with more painful and crushing responses. ”

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