After the killing of Soleimani, the Pentagon is reticent to speak today. No briefings planned, and few details available about latest state of play.
No one so far willing or able to address the specifics about what Pompeo said about a plot against Americans being "imminent."
No one so far willing or able to address the specifics about what Pompeo said about a plot against Americans being "imminent."
Meanwhile, most of a battalion of paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division have arrived in Kuwait to bolster security in the region and a few thousand more in the same brigade are on prepare-to-deploy orders.
That said, the U.S. military does continue to release photographs from Baghdad with a pretty clear message that U.S. troops are prepared for an attack.
This image of a Marine with a sniper rifle on overwatch at the embassy today was just released.
This image of a Marine with a sniper rifle on overwatch at the embassy today was just released.
(Note: Deleted an earlier version of this tweet, which may have misidentified the sniper rifle variant. DOD's caption on the photo says it's an M110, but as vets point out, it doesn't look that's the case.
