BREAKING: Airstrikes Underway Against Iranian-Backed Forces In Iraq

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Reports are coming in of airstrikes currently underway by American forces against Iranian-backed militia targets in Iraq…

Earlier in the day, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie told the Senate this morning: “The Iranian proxy group Kata’eb Hezbollah is the only group known to have previously conducted an indirect fire attack of this scale against U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq.” The major attack had utilized at least 15 Soviet-era rocket artillery and further left a dozen wounded.

McKenzie said the Iran-backed militias were to blame and that the US can identify the culprit with a “high degree of certainty”. 

#BreakingNews

Reports of multiple strikes across #Iran-backed groups' facilities in southern #Iraq including logistics and drone warehouses. More details to follow. Appears to be numerous aircraft dropping large amounts of munitions. #US #PMF

— Nafiseh Kohnavard (@nafisehkBBC) March 12, 2020

#BREAKING
-U.S. military confirming airstrikes
-Iraqi activists reporting warplanes flying over multiple provinces of Iraq, including Salahadin, Baghdad, Anbar, Babil, Karbala
-Video of Jurf Sakharpic.twitter.com/xCDZsR2DSL

— Heshmat Alavi (@HeshmatAlavi) March 12, 2020

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