A Pentagon official has confirmed that the U.S. military just carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq and Syria.
The airstrikes were in retaliation to drone attacks on American personnel by the militia groups.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby stated on Sunday that the selected targets were weapons storage and operational facilities used by the militias.
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Each strike reportedly hit its intended target.
Kirby said that President Joe Biden, who authorized the strikes, “directed further military action to disrupt and deter” attacks on U.S. facilities and personnel in Iraq.
“We are in Iraq at the invitation of the Government of Iraq for the sole purpose of assisting the Iraqi Security Forces in their efforts to defeat ISIS,” he said. “The United States took necessary, appropriate, and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation – but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message.”
The Syrian state news agency, SANA, reported that a child and three other civilians were injured, but that has not been independently confirmed by NBC News.
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Sunday’s airstrikes mark the second time the Biden administration has launched similar attacks in and around Syria.
Iraq’s military issued a rare statement following the attack.
“We condemn the U.S. air attack that targeted a site on the Iraqi-Syrian border last night, which represents a blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty and national security in accordance with all international conventions,” a spokesperson for Iraq’s armed forces commander in chief stated.
“Iraq renews its refusal to be an arena for settling accounts, and clings to its right to sovereignty over its lands, and prevents it from being used as an arena for reactions and attacks.”
The Pentagon has said that the U.S. was acting in self-defense, and that the strikes were “necessary” to address the threat.
Why do we have to wait to get attacked before we go and bomb KNOWN weapon storage facilities? If we know the whereabouts of those facilities, get rid of them now!!! Be proactive, not reactive!!! C’mon, Joe. It’s time to suppress their ability to carry out attacks on US troops.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby stated on Sunday said:
“We are in Iraq at the invitation of the Government of Iraq for the sole purpose of assisting the Iraqi Security Forces in their efforts to defeat ISIS,” “The United States took necessary, appropriate, and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation – but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message.”
No, we really aren’t in Iraq at their invitation. We sort of had their arms pinned behind their back. It wasn’t that they didn’t NEED the help, but they didn’t and don’t want to admit it.. The Iraqui government hates us. ““We condemn the U.S. air attack that targeted a site on the Iraqi-Syrian border last night, which represents a blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty and national security in accordance with all international conventions,”
The US entered Iraq on the pretext of looking for “Weapons of Mass Destruction.” What we found was Saddam Hussain, the erstwhile sadistic dictator in a hidey-hole and no WMD’s. This was an excuse for finishing the prior war in which Bush the Elder focked-up badly and his sonny decided to avenge his daddy’s reputation. Instead, W just made things worse. The Iraqi’s say this is all about oil. Can you believe these ingrates? Well, yeah. Yes, I can. Oil is just about all Iraq has. Iraq has a population of 39,310,000 people, mostly muslim. The land is mostly desert. If you use the rule of thumb that one acre of farmland can support one person for a year, then Iraq can feed 13,538,800 of its people. Clearly, they have a problem. If they don’t sell their oil, they don’t have revenue enough to feed 2/3 of their population. Any group that claims they can do better than the current leadership will find adherents to their cause. Currently that is ISIS — resurgant again. But even those radicals pale in importance compared to Iraq’s neighbor. That would be Iran, which is almost 4 times bigger and would love to have Iraq as a buffer against the US. Of course Iran is struggling too, population-wise. They have enough arable land to feed 48,876,000 of their people, but that will leave another 34 million to starve. The mullahs want to sell their oil to get revenue to feed the people or they too will have to contend with more unrest. So, they blame the US for the sanctions — true — but they make believe that it is a religious thing. That way they don’t have to recognize the fact that their population is out of control compared to the size of their land. Amazing how they squandered the oodles of cash the SOB obaman gave them. Nasty, nasty. Really too bad, too. The Persian people were once a great nation. Then came islam, and they went to hell from there. Compare these fundamentals to Israel. It only has an area of 8,550 sq. mi, and a population of 9,053,000. Most of Israel is desert, which has been turned into farms. This makes a direct comparison difficult: Theoretically, Israel only has 968,544 acres of farmland. This would suggest that it cannot feed 89% of its population. But Israel exports brainpower and exotic produce in high demand in Europe, for example. So it receives enough foreign exchange to take care of its people, and then some (lots and lots of “then some.”). If and when Iraq and especially Iran give up their antagonism to non-muslims, they might learn from the US and especially Israel about how to actually provide for their nations’ people.
My heart is with Veterans, our families and friends who defend our constitutions granted and guaranteed freedom, Veterans of the USA Our veteran brothers sisters have paid with their lives, many are now dead and others are permanently disabled. Their is no stronger bond or honor that a civilian could ever understand, a bond that exists between the peoples in our armed forces and people of other countries who are in the throws of war fighting for freedom and democracy..
Ultimately we believe we are defending the freedom of the USA. Their are terrorist’s as we know whop despise our way of life, these people need to be killed and buried so they can go to hell.
In all regards our veterans need the best protection and defenses available while doing their duty.
Even if the commander in chief is a bit off and seemingly senile, I give him some credit for overriding congressional approval and attacking the terrorist scumbags asap.
God be with us all, protect us from our enemies and please install a miracle in our leadership and put someone legitimate without corruption and lies in his history, a leader that we can trust 100% 24/7 in the most powerful position in the world. That is second to God, for those without belief in any God I implore you to climb into the nearest foxhole and tell me different, because you will be calling Gods name many times and you will believe in God and giving support to our troops unconditionally.
Semper Fi do or die.
We lost over 4,,4343 soilders and still counting and over 30 thousand plus and still fighting
attacks at american bases located on the south border more killed over 30 thousand casuiltysduring the iraqy war and seriously so many wounded are in wheel chairs and many paraplegic did we wasit are men for freedom or was it just polititic no i think it was truly are freedom while many citizens back home ,
Not many people think that way but there ignorant to understand freedom the price to pay for freedom , and many do not understand i was stationed in iraq camp cedar , camp liberty ithen camp cedar and bagdad n the green zone bridge that takes you central city of baghdad in the green zone first bomb second year camp Arifajan in kuwait base eere women many , many were raped by
Saddam Hussein army the Iraqy stocks drop to nothing untill we killed everyone that was iraqy’s millitary , we are still in the city of kuwait very peaceful place to be no war .