Joe Biden directs airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups after three US troops wounded in attack

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by Sudiksha Kochi and Tom Vanden Brook

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden directed airstrikes in Iraq after three United States service members were wounded by a one-way attack drone early Monday morning at the Erbil Air Base.

National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah and other affiliated groups took credit for the attack on Christmas Day. One of the U.S. troops suffered critical injuries.

President Joe Biden arrives at White House in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2023, as he returns from Wilmington, Delaware. © MANDEL NGAN, AFP via Getty Images

After Biden was briefed on the situation and injuries, he ordered the Department of Defense to arrange retaliation options. The president ultimately directed strikes against three locations used by Kataib Hezbollah and associated groups “focused specifically on unmanned aerial drone activities,” Watson said.

The response was carried out at approximately 4:45 a.m. in Iraq, nearly 12 hours after U.S. personnel were injured. Iraqi officials said the strikes killed one militant and injured 18.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a separate statement that the strikes were “intended to disrupt and degrade capabilities” of the groups responsible.

The airstrikes likely killed “a number of Kataib Hezbollah militants,” according to a statement from U.S. Central Command…

Joe Biden directs airstrikes against Iranian-backed groups after three US troops wounded in attack

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