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Shortly after the early Friday attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 22 fighters from Iraq's state-sponsored Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force were killed.
The strike was in retaliation for three recent missile attacks on installations used by US and coalition forces in Iraq.
Those were believed launched by Iran-backed militias that operate under the umbrella of Hashed al-Shaabi.
"This was really designed to do two things: to remove that compound from their utilization of it as an entry control point from Syria into Iraq," Pentagon front man John Kirby said.
| And did this accomplish that? |
"And, two, to send a very strong signal that we're not going to tolerate attacks on our people and our Iraqi partners."
| Uh huh. I’m sure Iran is very impressed with one death and two injuries among the cannon fodder. |
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