[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
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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
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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.
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