The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq said on its Telegram channel on Friday that it used a drone to attack US troops based at al-Asad air base in Anbar province.
The same group on Thursday grabbed credit for a drone attack against US troops based near Erbil International Airport. The Pentagon said the "unsuccessful" assault only caused material damage.
Pentagon front man Brigadier General Pat Ryder said during a press briefing late Thursday that US forces in Iraq and Syria had been attacked with suicide drones and rockets 16 times between October 17 and 26.
"We know that these are Iranian-backed militia groups that are supported by 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
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
and of course we hold Iran responsible for these groups," he said.
Hours later, the US carried out
...KABOOM!...
s against pro-Iran militia groups in eastern Syria in "response to a series of ongoing and mostly unsuccessful attacks" targeting American troops, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.