Iran has shot a number of missiles into the United States
military base in Iraq, according to the AFP.
At least Iran fired 12 missiles into the base as revenge for
America's killing of a top Iranian general.
The Pentagon said it was still “working on initial battle
damage assessments” after “Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles
against US military and coalition forces in Iraq”.
“It is clear that these missiles were launched from Iran and
targeted at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US military and coalition
personnel at Al-Assad and Irbil,” the Pentagon said.
There were no immediate reports on casualties but the
Pentagon said it had been ready, after days of steadily mounting tension and
exchanges of threats of war.
“These bases have been on high alert due to indications that
the Iranian regime planned to attack our forces and interests in the region,” a
spokesman said.
Iranian state television reported an attack on one base
housing US personnel, saying it was in response to Friday’s killing in a US
drone strike of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, one of the most important
figures in the country’s government.
Also killed was a top Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis,
who was with Soleimani just outside Baghdad international airport when the US
drone struck.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that the Ain
al-Assad base was hit with dozens of missiles, warning that a US counter-attack
would be met with an even “more crushing response.”
In Washington, US President, Donald Trump, was “monitoring
the situation closely and consulting with his national security team,”
according to the White House.
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