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
[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
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-06-29 |