You knew this was going to happen. It's now routine after an Israeli airstrike on Iran: the United States, along with several other nations, conducts numerous operations to defend Israel. No, we're not deploying ground forces, but we are shooting down Iranian drones. Our assistance paints a target on the backs of American forces in the region. And Tehran reprotedyl tried to take their shot this weekend. Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq was targeted by three Iranian drones (via Fox 5 San Diego):
Three drones were shot down earlier today approaching U.S. Forces at Al-Asad Airbase in Western Iraq, with the drones believed to have likely been launched by Iranian-backed paramilitary groups in Iraq in response to the United States supporting Israel. pic.twitter.com/fChiPCmYiK
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Three drones were launched toward a base housing U.S. forces in Iraq following Israel’s strikes on Iran, a U.S. military official and a second U.S. official said Saturday.
Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
The drones were shot down, the officials said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack on Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq.
A network of powerful Iran-backed militias in Iraq has remained mostly quiet amid the escalating Israel-Iran conflict. In the past, the militias had periodically attacked U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for Washington’s support for Israel in its war against the Iran-allied Hamas militant group in Gaza.
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We can expect more attacks of this nature to continue. However, Iran’s war-making capabilities have been severely curtailed, as the core of the nation’s political and military leadership has been killed in a series of devastating Israeli airstrikes that began last Thursday.
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