BREAKING: The Philippines representative for overseas Filipino workers just announced that there are 600 Filipinos working in US military bases in Iraq. President Duterte has announced that if any Filipinos have been hurt or killed in the Iranian attacks, they will side with U.S.— Benjamin McCay (@BenjaminMcCay) January 8, 2020
176 on board plane. 6 in crew.
This is Nawres Hamid. He is the American killed in the Dec. 27 attack in Iraq that spiked tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
He worked as an interpreter for U.S. forces. He was a dad and husband, born in Iraq and naturalized as a U.S. citizen.
RIP.https://t.co/eTobIMLkSd pic.twitter.com/sJG0bwjBpW— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) January 8, 2020