The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Friday, in the opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan last weekend, according the the U.S. military and officials.
President Joe Biden and other top U.S. leaders had been warning for days that America would strike back at the militias, and they made it clear it wouldn’t be just one hit but a “tiered response” over time.
“This afternoon, at my direction, U.S. military forces struck targets at facilities in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack U.S. forces,” Biden said in a statement. “Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing.”
The massive barrage of strikes by manned and unmanned aircraft hit more than 85 targets at seven locations, including command and control headquarters, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites and other facilities that were connected to the militias or the IRGC’s Quds Force, the Guard’s expeditionary unit that handles Tehran’s relationship and arming of regional militias.
U.S. Central Command said the strikes used more than 125 precision munitions, and they were delivered by numerous aircraft, including long-range bombers flown from the United States. One official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the operation, said B-1 bombers were used.
The finding out phase has begun.
Why were they in Jordan in the first place? Also, how much you wanna bet the people being bombed had nothing to do with it, but the US had to show they’re doing something.
You finding out why you don’t have healthcare?
I mean, think about the sorry state of their democracy… in Russia you go to vote knpwing only one party can win, in the US you know only one of two quasi identical parties.
Only one of those parties wants me dead, but I guess if you view it from the perspective that minorities just don’t matter at all, I can see how you’d get confused.
I’d say that the fact that both parties want someone dead is the real problem - but what do I know about democracy, I’m just a poor european after all…
Most Europeans are also not particularly approving of trans folks tbqh. There’s a reason we emigrate to blue states across the ocean.
I dont see how it is related but good luck.
Do they have permission from the Iraqi government, which is after all supposed to be a friendly government? Or is this another case of sovereignty not mattering when it’s inconvenient for the US? (Won’t even bother asking about Syria.)
No Iraq officials condemned the attacks and accused the US of violating the countries sovereignty.
"These strikes constitute a violation of Iraqi sovereignty, an undermining of the efforts of the Iraqi government, and a threat that will drag Iraq and the region into undesirable consequences, the consequences of which will be dire for security and stability in Iraq and the region,” Yahya Rasool Iraqi commander in chief
Oh, please. This sounds like sovcit shit.
Mate, hate to break it to you - but sovcits have as legitimate a claim to the term ‘sovereignty’ as the US does to unsanctioned acts of war on foreign soil.
Let me guess, you don’t even know what the word “sovereignty” means.
Just what we need; a third, simultaneous, open war.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
President Joe Biden and other top U.S. leaders had been warning for days that America would strike back at the militias, and they made it clear it wouldn’t be just one hit but a “tiered response” over time.
Two Iraqi militia officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists said that three houses used as headquarters were targeted in al-Qaim, Iraq, including a weapons storage area.
The assault came came just hours after Biden and top defense leaders joined grieving families to watch as the remains of the three Army Reserve soldiers were returned to the U.S. at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
The U.S. strikes appeared to stop short of directly targeting Iran or senior leaders of the Revolutionary Guard Quds Force within its borders, as the U.S. tries to prevent the conflict from escalating even further.
And the Israeli military said its Arrow defense system intercepted a missile that approached the country from the Red Sea, raising suspicion it was launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
That drone attack, which also injured more than 40 service members — largely Army National Guard — was the first to result in U.S. combat deaths from the Iran-backed militias since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out.
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@Biden
Seriously the US is enough land. And Australia. And South Africa. And Israel. How big does the World Reich have to be before you are satisfied?
Go home. Not all Arabs need to die.
Edit: Oh yeah, there are several Germanic countries in Europe. Probably should add those as well.
Bomb Iranian oil fields.
Make gas cost $10 per gallon. Incentivize public transportation and fuel efficient vehicles, simultaneously crippling Iran.
What? The US gets its oil from…the US.
Not really, yes the US is a net exporter of oil; however, the refineries in the US can’t process the type of oil the US produces. So, America exports sour crude and imports sweet crude.
It’s a global market. The US exports oil. The price would go up.
