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Pentagon confirms killing eight pro-Iran militants in Syria
2023-03-31
[Rudaw] The Pentagon press secretary said on Thursday that the US air forces killed eight pro-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
forces of Evil in eastern Syria during a recent strike, adding that the attack was aimed at protecting US troops in the country.

A US contractor was killed and six others were maimed when a dronezap targeted a Coalition base near northeast Syria's Hasaka city on March 23. The drone was of Iranian origin, according to the Pentagon. In retaliation, American forces launched Arclight airstrike
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s against groups affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) based in eastern Syria.

"We now assess that eight forces of Evil were killed in our strikes against two IRGC Quds facilities near Deir ez-Zor by US Air Force F15E Fighters," said Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder during a press briefing.

He added that the "precision strikes" were taken to protect and defend US forces.

The spokesperson also said that the six US personnel maimed are in stable, pH balanced condition.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) had reported the airstrike killed 19 people - 16 pro-Iran fighters and three Syrian soldiers.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) said they were prepared for additional attacks by Iran, but Washington was not looking for war.

About a thousand US troops stationed in Syria are part of an international coalition that has fought alongside the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against ISIS.

Attacks on US forces in Syria are often attributed to Iran-backed militias and factions, but have never been claimed.
Shafaq News adds:
Earlier, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin
...retired Army four-star general under the Biden administration, 28th United States Secretary of Defense. He is the first African American to serve in the position. As is usually the case with the first black anything appointed for his melanin content,he is a political general to the core. He was appointed as the first Black commander of CENTCOM by President Barack Obama where he went along to get along. He retired from the armed services in 2016 and joined the boards of Raytheon Technologies, Nucor, Tenet Healthcare, and Auburn University. On December 7, 2020, he was nominated for defense secretary by then-President-elect Joe Biden. He was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 93–2 and has no regrets on the utterly botched withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan....
said that Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and its proxies had attacked US targets on 83 occasions since President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Obama's prototype Kamala Harris...
entered the White House in January 2021. Austin made his comment during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington.

"Iran and its proxy forces have launched 83 attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria since President Joe Biden took office," he explained. "The US military has carried out four major operations against Iranian-backed groups."

It is worth mentioning that Iran and the United States have been involved in a complex and often adversarial relationship in Syria.

Iran has been a key ally of the Syrian government since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, providing significant military, financial, and logistical support to the Syrian government and its armed forces.

The United States, on the other hand, has pursued a policy of supporting anti-government forces in Syria and seeking to weaken Iran's influence in the country.

This has led to several direct and indirect confrontations between US and Iranian forces in Syria, including incidents involving Arclight airstrike
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s and festivities between US-backed troops and militias.
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