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Iran missile attack on Iraqi airbase used by US

A member of Iran-backed Iraqi Shia militia stands guard next to placard carrying an obituary notice and the pictures of slain Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and the Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in front of a military base. – EPA pic, January 8, 2020.

IRAN fired “more than a dozen” ballistic missiles early today against two airbases in Iraq where US and coalition forces are based, the Pentagon said. “At approximately 5.30pm on January 7 , Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against US military and coalition forces in Iraq,” Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.

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