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Pentagon releases video of fighter jets dropping 2,000lb missiles on pro-Iran militia sites on the Syria border: Iraq calls for revenge and Tehran tells Biden he's taking the 'wrong path' after US airstrikes killed seven fighters
2021-06-29
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Details, photos, and videos of the attacks reported yesterday.
  • Strikes on two facilities in Syria in Albu Kamal in the Deir ez-Zor governorate and one in Iraq in the Al Qaim region in Anbar province were ordered by Biden Sunday
    ...both of which are frequent bombing targets for exactly this reason...
  • The operation by F-15 and F-16 jets on the border killed seven militia fighters

  • Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi said strikes 'violated sovereignty'

  • 'Iraq reiterates its refusal to be an arena for settling scores,' Kadhemi added

  • Iran warned the Biden administration was 'taking the wrong path' in the region

  • Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Biden was 'continuing the failed legacy' of the Trump administration

  • Biden-ordered airstrike risks flaring tensions between Tehran and Washington

  • They were ordered as talks over reviving the nuclear deal falter

  • The missions were ordered in response to drone strikes on US personnel
Related:
Albu Kamal: 2021-04-22 Iraqi Army to launch operations on the borders with Syria
Albu Kamal: 2021-04-19 Iranian Militias South of Syria's Aleppo Pressure Citizens to Leave Homes
Albu Kamal: 2021-02-12 Drone strike reported on pro-Iran militia arms shipment on Iraq-Syria border
Related:
Al Qaim: 2019-11-06 Al-Bukamal border crossing reopens between Syria and Iraq
Al Qaim: 2016-05-02 Anbar Antics
Al Qaim: 2015-12-17 US, allies launch 11 strikes in Iraq, six in Syria (n=17)
Posted by:Skidmark

#4  What's that, Lassie? Guided missiles? Oh, guided like missiles? No? What's that? You just heard "guided" and ran with it? Hey, Gramps, someones's dropping JDAMs or something on the old mine!
Posted by: Floque Fleting4635   2021-06-29 18:41  

#3  2000lb Missiles?

Guess that Bombs don't poll well.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-06-29 16:06  

#2  Don't worry. Biden just has to put on a show of being tough before he gives the Mad Mullahs more money and the Bomb.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-06-29 11:36  

#1  Tehran tells Biden he's taking the 'wrong path' after US airstrikes killed seven fighters

Sorry, you were trusting people who'd fcuk their own country, to stay on script?
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-06-29 05:06  

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