Showing posts with label IRAN MILITARY ATTACK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IRAN MILITARY ATTACK. Show all posts

January 8, 2020




Trump says he will address the nation Wednesday and seeks to reassure Americans

Al Asad air base in western Iraq and at least one facility in Irbil were targeted. A Pentagon spokesman said that the military took appropriate measures in recent days to protect American personnel and was assessing damage to the bases.
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Contractor whose death Trump cites was a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Iraq

Nawres Hamid was killed late last month when authorities say an Iranian-backed militia fired rockets at a base near Kirkuk, Iraq.
 President Trump met with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)
President Trump met with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon. (Jabin Botsford/The Post)

White House stumbles in initial public response to Soleimani’s killing

A president who has taken pride in rejecting collaboration and institutional processes in favor of unilateral action and impulsivity is facing the most severe test of that approach.
Iraq says U.S. military letter was ‘clear’: American troops are leaving

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Pentagon raises number of troops that suffered brain injuries in Iran strike to 50

  • Trump downplayed injuries: ‘I heard they had headaches’