US military conducts airstrikes in Iraq in retaliation for rocket attack that killed 2 Americans

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NEW: The U.S. military conducted airstrikes in Iraq on Thursday in retaliation for a recent rocket attack that killed two American service members and one British service member and wounded 14 others, according to two U.S. officials.

"Yesterday's attack by Iranian-backed Shia militia groups consisted of multiple indirect fires that originated form a stationary platform and was clearly targeting coalition and partner forces on Camp Taji," Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters on Thursday."But let me be clear, the United States will not tolerate attacks against our people our interests or our allies.

A photo released by the government-affiliated Media Security Cell on March 12, 2020, shows a rocket-rigged truck launcher after a rocket attack on Camp Taji, a few miles north of Baghdad, in Rashidiya, Iraq. Iraq's military on Thursday said it opened an investigation into the rocket attack that hours earlier killed three servicemen, including two Americans, at an Iraqi base housing coalition forces that has been used as a training base for a number of years.

A photo released by the government-affiliated Media Security Cell on March 12, 2020, shows a rocket-rigged truck launcher after a rocket attack on Camp Taji, a few miles north of Baghdad, in Rashidiya, Iraq. Iraq's military on Thursday said it opened an investigation into the rocket attack that hours earlier killed three servicemen, including two Americans, at an Iraqi base housing coalition forces that has been used as a training base for a number of years.

"We have a good indication based on forensics where it was fired from, who did the firing, so on and so forth," Milley said. KH was found responsible for the December attack on a base in northern Iraq that killed an American contractor. That incident led the U.S. to take military retaliation against the group, carrying out airstrikes on several locations in Iraq and Syria.

 

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Just to be clear. We’ve been dropping chemical weapons on women and children for 30 years in Iraq so the Bush’s and Halliburton could become billionaires. We’re the monsters and terrorists. They’re trying to defend themselves.

American &British took part

This is what presidents do when they feel helpless

The guy who failed miserably to address COVID-19 is the commander in chief...

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realDonaldTrump needs a distraction.....

Great more endless war...thanks for being part of the propoganda machine ...independent journalists my ass!!

FACT IS:

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This is what happens when the world is distracted

Why is America in Iraq? They are uninvited invaders and should get out. Iraq Parliament already voted on this.

IraqWarCriminals2020 The most consequential vote of a generation still haunts Joe Biden

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