Posted on 01/20/2024 4:11:33 PM PST by McGruff
Several U.S. personnel were injured in a missile attack Saturday night by Iranian-backed rebels on Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, the Pentagon said.
At about 6:30 p.m. local time, multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were fired by Iranian-backed militants from western Iraq, U.S. Central Command said in a statement posted on social media.
The base's air defense systems intercepted "most of the missiles," but "others impacted the base," CENTCOM reported.
Multiple U.S. personnel were being evaluated for traumatic brain injuries, CENTCOM said, and at least one Iraqi soldier was also wounded. No further details were immediately provided.
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Thank God for our strong leadership.
Prayers for our Women and Men
The slow walk to all out war in the Middle East continues, it should go live about September or early October this year.
I thought I heard on Fox News via radio that some missiles where actually launched directly from Iran?
Two wars and the largest US embassy in the world. why are we still there? Let Iraq take care of itself, as well as South Korea, the Philipines, Germany, and on and on. Bring our soldies home and stop bleeding the US taxpayer.
There are currently 750 US military bases in 80 foreign nations. Why are we paying for their security? WHY???
https://www.thesoldiersproject.org/how-many-us-military-bases-are-there-in-the-world/#:~:text=How%20Many%20US%20Military%20Bases%20Are%20There%20in,of%20bases%20we%20were%20able%20to%20gather%3A%20
Iraq asks U.S. to make plans to withdraw forces NBC News, 10 January 2020Answer: to get shot at....US combat forces to leave Iraq by end of year BBC, 27th July 2021
Why Are American Troops Still in Iraq? NYTimes, 10 February 2022
Why US Troops Remain in Iraq 20 Years After 'Shock and Awe' US News,15 March 2023
Who? Houhti and the Blowfish? What? Why attack them? Just don’t buy their CD’s.
We aren’t paying for their security: we’re paying for our security.
Or would you rather wait until our enemies come here?
P.S. just a little bit likely that you didn’t spend a lot of time in uniform.
Nonsense, Eisenhower had you in mind.
So Iranian-backed militias are in Western Iraq (I guess from Syria) and the border is so poorly controlled that they are able to bring missile launchers across and fire at US bases ?
Joe wants to know what he was paying for with the $60 million he last sent? (Less 10%)
Get used to this and worse to come.
If we can’t protect our people there get them out of there.
why haven’t we nuked IRAN yet?????????....................
The Middle East is all in our faces now. Americans in theater are chum. This mess authored by the Oatmeal administration is going to lite off soon.
U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM
Iranian-backed Militants Attack Al-Assad Airbase, Iraq
At approximately 6:30 p.m. (Baghdad time) time Jan. 20, multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were launched by Iranian-backed militants in Western Iraq targeting al-Assad Airbase. Most of the missiles were intercepted by the base’s air defense systems while others impacted on the base. Damage assessments are ongoing. A number of U.S. personnel are undergoing evaluation for traumatic brain injuries. At least one Iraqi service member was wounded.
5:16 PM · Jan 20, 2024
If you can’t take the enemy launchers out, get our people out of there!
INTERVENTIONISM AND WEAKNESS ARE THE WORST OF ALL WORLDS.
So did Washington, IIRC, in his farewell address.
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