Posted on 01/07/2020 3:29:04 PM PST by rxsid
Iranian retaliation begins with missile attack on Iraqi airbase
By TZVI JOFFRE JANUARY 8, 2020 01:21
Initial reports stated that 9 rockets hit the Ain al-Assad airbase on Tuesday. The base hosts American soldiers.
Heavy missile attacks were carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq that hosts both Iraqi and US soldiers on Tuesday night. Nine missiles hit the airbase, according to Al-Hadath.
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Symbolic attack? US should not play into the concept of proportionality. Hit them hard and big.
Shit sounds like we’re at war. Pray for our troops and hope we win this quickly
And your point is?
Taking the embassy and the diplomats in 1979 was an act of war.
What follows really doesn't matter.
What's our strategy to end the war begun in 1979?
Initial report: Mass casualties among US occupation forces.
Attack still ongoing.
These are attacks from Iranian proxies, not flagged Iranian forces.
Otherwise there would be a lot more bang.
The Iranian Mullahs just couldn’t keep it in their pants. Now they are going to lose it...
Sounds like it’s time to erase Iran.
“...I would not want to be anywhere near the launch site of said rockets....”
You’re right..me either. Matter of fact, I wouldn’t want to be near any of the 52 Iranian targets that are already programmed in for destruction.
I do not want this to happen. But if it is in fact an Iranian attack then go ahead and get it over with quickly. Put them back to the Stone Age and leave town.
“If they are coming from inside Iran this would be an official act of war.”
Yet to be verified.
I don’t think Iran is either this bold, or this stupid.
Source for that please?
Cut the head off the snake.
Do it now, do it surgically.
Not a war, just a measured response.
Jennifer Griffin Fox news is there.
Hope all you want.
What's the warplan?
Iran's military displaying "heightened state of readiness," U.S. defense official saysA U.S. defense official called Iranian military movements "very troubling." Iran has not yet moved its ballistic missiles into firing position, but its military has increased its ability to move on short notice. There is "a wide range of activities of a heightened state of readiness … that indicate Iran is considering going forward with an attack, most likely against American forces," the official said.
Jerusalem Post.
Of course.
Bloomberg
@business
BREAKING: Iran says it has started an attack on an Iraq base hosting U.S. troops, state television reports https://trib.al/pdeZys3
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6:36 PM · Jan 7, 2020
Impeachment? What Impeachment?
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