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JUST IN via @LizSly: The US military confirms an ongoing rocket attack on Al-Asad airbase in Iraq where US troops are based. It’s the airbase Trump said Iraq would have to pay for if US troops were expelled.
@LizSly BREAKING via @JenGriffinFNC: Senior US military source in Iraq: “Under missile attack from Iran. These are either cruise missiles or short range ballistic missiles. All over the country.”
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@LizSly @JenGriffinFNC BREAKING: At least 10 rockets hit al-Asad airbase in Iraq, which houses US forces, a Sunni commander of the paramilitary forces in a nearby town told CNN.

A commander in the nearby town of al-Baghdadi said that the shelling has stopped for now.
@LizSly @JenGriffinFNC US official confirms that ballistic missiles have been fired from *inside Iran* at multiple US military facilities in Iraq.
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Which cool heads? Trump's? Pompeo's? The same people who supported Trump's asinine decision to order the killing of Soleimani in the first place? There are no cool heads in the White House. No adults in the room.

Thanks for all your tireless reporting, @RichardEngel.
@RichardEngel Iran is saying they will stop if the US doesn't retaliate but nut jobs like Hannity, Lindsey Graham, and Liz Cheney [of course] are goading Trump into retaliating and Trump fears he'll look weak if doesn't.
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“... a highly unusual move against a foreign ally America spent almost 2 decades and hundreds of billions of dollars supporting.”

“You don’t typically use force against your allies. We're threatening to use extreme coercive policy tools against countries with whom we're allied.”
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🚨 #Iran has launched ballistic missiles at Iraqi air base housing US troops. The Iranian offensive has begun. #IranWar #Iran #Iraq
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The US military confirms an ongoing rocket attack on Al-Asad airbase where US troops are based. It’s the one Trump said Iraq would have to pay for if the US leaves.
At least six rockets so far tonight on Al-Asad airbase which hosts US troops in Iraq. Reports of an earlier attack on Taji were false - US military official
3. No confirmation that of the much higher figure of 30 rockets fired.
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Joyce Karam
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BREAKING: 6 Rockets hit joint US #Iraq Al Asad Base. US official confirms to @jackdetsch_ALM .

Same base that Trump & Pompeo visited in 2019. Very alarming development
Waiting to see if any casualties and who is responsible.

Last attack on Kirkuk base unleashed current escalation between US and Iran + Iraq militias.

If there are US casualties, this may mean further escalation
🚨 Al Asad base in Iraq coming under constant fire in Iraq. Houses US troops
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I'm an Iraqi American and I've seen a lot of miss-information and contradictory reporting on the #WorldWarThree situation unfolding in the middle east. Here is a thread on what is going on and why we need to de-escalate the situation.
I'm going to start with who Soleimani is in the middle east. In Iran, he is seen as a war hero, and highly ranked within the military. He was the leader of Hizbulah- a military group of people that was established in Iraq to fight Isis. (it's related to the Hizbula in Lebanon
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1: The key here is the reaction of the people.

Most Iraqis don't like the Iranians and the Iranian influence. The anti govt protests there were against a govt controlled by the Iranians and against the Iranians themselves. The PMUs were the ones using snipers to shoot protesters
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If conflict starts, It'll be a regional war including Israel, Hezboallah, etc
3: Let's not even talk about the price of oil if conflict starts. This is the oil hub of the world & doesn't matter is a country is self sufficient in oil or not. Oil follows an international price. So if the fireworks go in big scale, oil will skyrocket & the economy 👎
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