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The Pentagon launched hellfire bombings in Syria and Iraq on Friday, supposedly as retaliation against recent drone strikes by Iran that reportedly killed 3 American soldiers on Sunday.
BREAKING: U.S. launches strikes on Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria, its first retaliation for a drone attack that killed 3 American soldiers Sunday. https://t.co/TzVQ92V9o3
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 2, 2024
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that seven facilities were targeted that had been involved in initiating the attacks on U.S. soldiers. The targets included intelligence facilities, command and control ops, missiles, rockets and drone storage locations.
âOur response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing,â President Joe Biden said in a statement. âThe United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond.â
Kirby said that the strikes were âbased on a clear, irrefutable evidence they were connected to attacks on U.S personnel in the region.â He has refused to give any numbers of the people who were killed in the attacks.
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