US suspects Iran is behind increasingly sophisticated rocket attacks on US bases in Iraq

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The US government believes that Iran is behind a series of increasingly sophisticated rocket attacks on joint US-Iraq military facilities in Iraq, several US officials tell CNN

The US military strongly believes Iranian-backed groups inside Iraq are responsible according to a US official with direct knowledge of the recent incidents. There have been nine rocket attacks on or in the vicinity of Iraqi facilities that host US troops in the last five weeks with the most recent one taking place on Monday.

Another attack took place Thursday, with rockets landing near Balad Air Base.Intelligence agencies have tracked Iranian short-range ballistic missiles into Iraq, US official says"Iranian-backed militias are now shelling Iraqi bases with American and anti-ISIS Coalition forces on them -- Balad, al-Asad, et cetera," the US State Department's Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker told reporters Friday.

 

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Well what we do know as a fact is that a Saudi National for the Royal Airforce did indeed carry out a mass shooting at the US Naval Base...When was the last time Iran attacked US soil? America has been attacked on her home soil three times by Saudi Nationals; Iran ZERO..

Trump threw a brick at this bee hive that was complying and now the bees are angry...another reason trump needs to leave office his behavior and reckless decisions cost live and put America in grave danger.

How can we trust anything being told to us that might lead to war?

We have treasonous Obama and silent corrupt media for giving these terrorists 1B in cash and lifting sanctions to help Iran develop weapons to kill Americans!

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