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Several more attacks against U.S. bases in Syria after alleged Iranian drone kills American contractor, drawing airstrikes
A U.S. service member was wounded in a series of new attacks Friday targeting U.S. bases in Syria following Thursday's fatal drone attack on a U.S. base, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News.
On Thursday, a U.S. contractor was killed — and five U.S. service members and a second U.S. contractor wounded — when a suspected Iranian drone hit a coalition base in Syria, according to U.S. officials.
Following that initial attack, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that U.S. Central Command forces retaliated with "precision airstrikes" against facilities in eastern Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard. The Defense Department said the intelligence community had determined the unmanned aerial vehicle used in the Thursday attack was of Iranian origin.
The U.S. official told CBS News that there were another three attacks Friday on U.S. military bases in Syria since the retaliatory U.S. airstrikes. A U.S. service member was wounded in one of those three attacks, the official said.
U.S. officials confirmed one of the three new attacks targeted an American base southeast of the Syrian province of Der el-Zour on Friday, saying there were "lots of rockets" fired, but no known U.S. casualties. Reports surfaced that a missile salvo had targeted a U.S. base near the Al-Omar oil field. The Reuters news agency and local media, including a pro-Iran outlet based in Lebanon, first reported the strike. Photos and reports on social media suggested at least one missile had missed the intended target, hitting homes in the region instead.......
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/syria-...led-iran-drone-attack-joe-biden-lloyd-austin/
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1. China flies a spy balloon over the US and gets away with in.
2. Russia shoots down our drones and we move our drone farther away from Crimea.
3. Iran fires multiple drones at US bases and kills an American.
What should America do to Iran? Should we just grin and bare it?
A U.S. service member was wounded in a series of new attacks Friday targeting U.S. bases in Syria following Thursday's fatal drone attack on a U.S. base, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News.
On Thursday, a U.S. contractor was killed — and five U.S. service members and a second U.S. contractor wounded — when a suspected Iranian drone hit a coalition base in Syria, according to U.S. officials.
Following that initial attack, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement that U.S. Central Command forces retaliated with "precision airstrikes" against facilities in eastern Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard. The Defense Department said the intelligence community had determined the unmanned aerial vehicle used in the Thursday attack was of Iranian origin.
The U.S. official told CBS News that there were another three attacks Friday on U.S. military bases in Syria since the retaliatory U.S. airstrikes. A U.S. service member was wounded in one of those three attacks, the official said.
U.S. officials confirmed one of the three new attacks targeted an American base southeast of the Syrian province of Der el-Zour on Friday, saying there were "lots of rockets" fired, but no known U.S. casualties. Reports surfaced that a missile salvo had targeted a U.S. base near the Al-Omar oil field. The Reuters news agency and local media, including a pro-Iran outlet based in Lebanon, first reported the strike. Photos and reports on social media suggested at least one missile had missed the intended target, hitting homes in the region instead.......
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/syria-...led-iran-drone-attack-joe-biden-lloyd-austin/
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1. China flies a spy balloon over the US and gets away with in.
2. Russia shoots down our drones and we move our drone farther away from Crimea.
3. Iran fires multiple drones at US bases and kills an American.
What should America do to Iran? Should we just grin and bare it?
