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Statecraft, strategy, security|Russia,US,Mideast | Director @mgimo_iis | Associate Professor @mgimo | Ex @AlMonitor & @IEuniversity | Views mine.RT≠endorsement

Jan 7, 2020, 8 tweets

#BREAKING: Local sources report #Iran/ian missiles hit positions of #US forces in #Iraq

UPD: Multiple rockets are launched at Al-Asad airbase in #Iraq that is home to #US and Coalition forces and was visited by @realDonaldTrump,
sources suggest #Erbil under fire as well

#US Defense official:
It's a mass attack, all bases getting hit by [#Iran/ian] cruise missiles and short range ballistic missiles, not just Ain al-Assad, all across #Iraq

EXCLUSIVE:
Operation called:
#ShaheedSoleimani

Sources say #Iraq/i PMU now too attacking #US forces

First video footage of alleged #Iran/ian strikes on #US bases in #Iraq
rt.com/news/477676-ir…

#IRGC statement:
"We warn all allied countries of the #US that if #attacks are launched from bases in their countries on #Iran, they will be a target of military retaliation."

#Iran reportedly launches 'SECOND WAVE' of retaliation strikes against #US assets in #Iraq

BIG picture issue is that all of this fighting is happening when #Putin is in Istanbul where he arrived from #Syria. #Russia's top brass is also in the Mideast now.

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