US troops knew Al-Asad air base would be attacked and sheltered in bunkers, exclusive tour reveals

Most troops were either flown out of the base or sheltering in bunkers by 11:00 p.m. local time Tuesday -- shortly before the first of four volleys of missiles began at just after 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, officers said during the first tour by journalists of the air base. A bunker at Al-Asad air base where US personnel sheltered.The attack lasted around two hours, only targeting the US areas of the air base, which comprise around a quarter of the Iraqi base.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi previously said Iran sent Iraq an official verbal message that an attack"had begun or would begin shortly," on unspecified US military locations.An Arab diplomatic source also told CNN that Iraq gave advance warning to the US on"which bases would be hit" after Iranian officials passed on the information.Lieutenant Colonel Staci Colemsan said it was a"miracle" there were no casualties.The first strike hit at 1:34 a.m.

I told you, how can the US military die more than 80 this time. If it really dies so much, Trump can still sit still?

Bet

Hummm, funny how Fox had this news hours after the attacks. LYING again CNN.

Or the US was paid to kill that general and the attack in Iraq was just for show to sale it. I found it very odd that when the attack happened Trump showed restraint and didn't hit back. But the people in the US are too busy fighting each other to see anything else.

So you wanted them stay and get shot at or your trying to jeopardise their intelligence sources

Wow 53 comments. I've seen more likes and retweets on cat videos. CNN IS DEAD FAKE NEWS

Iran warn the Iraqi troops 5 hours before the attack... that's enough time for the entire base to go underground

This how wars should be fought. Then we will never have so much of misery

So we define imminent as two-and-a-half hours?

Wow.. are we a little late on this one? I mean. I heard this less than 12 hours after the 'attack'

Something don't add up with this.

🇧🇷 That said told me it's getting boring. Send the war reporters there to tell the real story that humanity does not yet know.

Dirty Harry: 'Do you feel lucky...for round 2?'

Note how CNN understands the definition of “imminent”

Kudos for correct usage of imminent. When a threat is imminent, those threatened take action. And yet, the four “threatened” mystery embassies did nothing. Hmmmm.

First - Old News Second - it sounds as if CNN Is upset that no one was harmed. It’s damn sad. 3rd - Why no tweets about the Iranians current protests chanting Solemani was a bad guy?

Why didn’t they destroy the missiles? Oh wait they couldn’t because their communication system and drones were hacked and they couldn’t see what was happening. 80death 200wounded. From now on US can literally put those Air Defense Patriots in his ass.

What about the planes that flew to Tel Aviv carrying After the attack?

Iran said, 'Yo imma bomb your base as retaliation but secure all your personnel so nobody gets hurt.'

Hey CNN, how about you cover the protests now occurring in Iran that are against the current regime.

I posted a tweet stating that as the attacks were happening. It's not rocket science. We are watching a movie TheGreatAwakeningWorldwide

Doesnt sound like a good start to WW3... our thoughts and prayers go out to main stream media

Intelligence

If they were aware, why they didn’t shoot down the rockets? Aircraft base with no protection?

arwaCNN are you not gonna say anything about the Iranian protests? About how the Iranian people are against their current regime?

arwaCNN Iran lucked out!!!

These CNN people are so islamophobic! Just because the Iranian government sentences Feminists and Gay people to death for being who they are and have paid top dollar to murder and kidnap American soldiers... does not make them terrorists!- Just kidding.

Keneth Roth Like the hypocrite and the bribe-taker from Source and Qatar, Idlib, especially burnt by Russian criminal anger, they killed people and burned the land. We have not heard of anything.

Good work to American military intelligence!

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