Iran Update - June 28
Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2021 10:01 am
MY TAKE: Don't expect Team Biden to make a deal with Iran anytime soon now.
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U.S. News & World Report: An Iranian-backed militia in Iraq pledged retaliation against the U.S. following President Joe Biden's decision to order airstrikes late Sunday against its drone bases – a move that has drawn concern from the commander in chief's allies at home over a perceived misuse of his authority.
The militia group known as Hashd Al-Shaabi claimed four Iraqi fighters died in the strike, carried out by an American F-16 and two F-15 fighter jets Sunday night. It pledged Monday morning in a statement delivered by Iranian state media that it would "avenge the blood of our righteous martyrs and wreak vengeance on the perpetrators of this heinous crime." It said it would target American aircraft and launch missiles against U.S. bases in Iraq – a threat matching prior acts of aggression in response to the Trump administration's decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in early 2020 that brought the U.S. and Iran to the brink of all-out war.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ir ... uxbndlbing
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The Washington Post
Iraq says U.S. airstrike on its soil breached international law
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ir ... uxbndlbing
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The American strikes were the latest escalation in tensions over recent revelations that Iranian-backed militias in Iraq had increasingly been using small, explosive-laden drones in late-night attacks on Iraqi bases, including those used by the C.I.A. and U.S. Special Operations units, according to American officials.
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U.S. News & World Report: An Iranian-backed militia in Iraq pledged retaliation against the U.S. following President Joe Biden's decision to order airstrikes late Sunday against its drone bases – a move that has drawn concern from the commander in chief's allies at home over a perceived misuse of his authority.
The militia group known as Hashd Al-Shaabi claimed four Iraqi fighters died in the strike, carried out by an American F-16 and two F-15 fighter jets Sunday night. It pledged Monday morning in a statement delivered by Iranian state media that it would "avenge the blood of our righteous martyrs and wreak vengeance on the perpetrators of this heinous crime." It said it would target American aircraft and launch missiles against U.S. bases in Iraq – a threat matching prior acts of aggression in response to the Trump administration's decision to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq in early 2020 that brought the U.S. and Iran to the brink of all-out war.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ir ... uxbndlbing
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The Washington Post
Iraq says U.S. airstrike on its soil breached international law
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ir ... uxbndlbing
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The American strikes were the latest escalation in tensions over recent revelations that Iranian-backed militias in Iraq had increasingly been using small, explosive-laden drones in late-night attacks on Iraqi bases, including those used by the C.I.A. and U.S. Special Operations units, according to American officials.