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Esper Says US Military Remains 'Poised And Ready' After Iran's Airstrikes
2020-01-09
[SPUTNIKNEWS] US military facilities in Erbil and the Ayn al-Asad Air Base became targets on early Wednesday in what was dubbed as Operation Martyr Soleimani, an act of "Dire Revenge" conducted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds Force for the killing of Iran's top military figure Qassem Soleimani
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US Secretary of Defence Marc Esper said that the US military remains "poised and ready" following Iran's Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s that targeted US military bases in Iraq, Rooters reported on Wednesday.

Esper said that the damage in the Iranian missile attack was minor, the airstrikes hit tents, a parking lot and also a helicopter. Washington also confirmed earlier that no US personnel was injured in the attack.

At least 11 missiles impacted al Asad Air Base in western Iraq and at least one impacted the US military facilities in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to the Pentagon chief. On the whole, Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
launched 16 short-range ballistic missiles from at least three locations, Esper said.

US Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley also told Pentagon pool news hounds that Iran intended to kill American soldiers by attacking their bases in Iraq.

"I believe based on what I saw and what I know that they were intended to cause structural damage destroy vehicles and equipment and aircraft and to kill personnel. That's my own personal assessment", Milley said.
Posted by:Fred

#3  ...got to find those leaks.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-01-09 08:30  

#2  I suspect the Persians will pull in their horns for a while, perhaps several months, before they arrange for a "plausibly deniable" strike on US interests by one of their catspaws. Perhaps here, perhaps Israel, perhaps other places in the Mideast. But even though they speak Farsi, they know the meaning of hudna.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-01-09 07:33  

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Posted by: Chiger Speaking for Boskone3189   2020-01-09 06:45  

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