Attack that killed 2 U.S. troops was 'likely' Iran-backed militia group, top general says

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The U.S. is moving air and ballistic missile defense systems into Iraq to protect against a potential Iranian attack following the escalation in January

The rocket attack that killed two American service members in northern Iraq late Wednesday was “most likely” carried out by an Iran-backed Shia militia group, the general in charge of U.S. forces in the Middle East told senators on Thursday.

, McKenzie told the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Following the attack, reports emerged of airstrikes on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps positions on Abu Kamal near the border between Iraq and Syria. However, the U.S. official said those strikes were not conducted by the United States. It is possible the Israeli military carried out the strikes.

 

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