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US REVENGE; Hits 85 Targets With 125 BOMBS in Iraq And Syria & MORE to Come

Pentagon launched devastating military operation in the Middle East on Friday
'If you harm an American, we will respond':

Biden warns militias in the Middle East and says the next strikes will be at a 'time and place of our choosing'. Two bombers flew from the U.S. to hit sites linked to Irans' Revolutionary Guard....

MailOnline 3 FEB 2024











Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia died





Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, was among three US soldiers killed in the drone strike





Specialist Breonna Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia






This was designed around the weather when we had our best opportunity related to the weather,' said Lt. Gen. Arthur Sims, director for operations for the Joint Staff at the Pentagon










President Joe Biden has 'addressed' the U.S. military strikes that pummeled militia targets inside Iraq and Syria – indicating more displays of military might were on the way.




'Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing,' President Joe Biden said in a written statement after the U.S. unleashed strikes on militia targets in Iraq and Syria





The president began by referencing his attendance at the dignified transfer ceremony for three U.S. troops killed in the drone attack in Jordan, then only briefly described the complex air assault the U.S. had orchestrated days later in response.

'Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing,' Biden said, in just the latest instance of language telegraphic a sustained response.

The White House sent out the statement while the president was at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, after attending the ceremony at Dover Air Force Base.

This past Sunday, three American soldiers were killed in Jordan by a drone launched by militant groups backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Earlier today, I attended the dignified return of these brave Americans at Dover Airforce Base, and I have spoken with each of their families,' Biden began.

'This afternoon, at my direction, U.S. military forces struck targets at facilities in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack U.S. forces,' he said.

Amid concerns about the expansion of a wider war and warnings by Tehran, Biden said that 'The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond.'


Lt. Gen. Arthur Sims, director for operations for the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, told reporters on a national security call Friday evening that the U.S. hit 85 targets, relying on B-1 aircraft sent from within the continental United States.

'This was designed around the weather when we had our best opportunity related to the weather.'











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