Iran hits Iraqi military bases housing US troops

BARDARASH, IRAQ - JANUARY 08: The remains of ballistic missiles fired at a US airbase by the Iranian military on could be seen on the ground near the Ain al-Asad facility in Erbil, Iraq, on Wednesday (January 08), 2020. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that it targeted Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq, a facility jointly operated by U.S. and Iraqi forces, with "tens of missiles". "In Operation Martyr Soleimani in the early hours of Wednesday, tens of ground-to-ground missiles were fired at the U.S. base and successfully pounded Ain al-Asad Base," the IRGC said in an official statement. It said the shelling “is merely the beginning of a series of revenge attacks with no deadline for when it ends," it said. "We warn all allied countries of the U.S. that if attacks are launched from bases in their countries on Iran, they will be a target of military retaliation," it added. A second wave of missile attacks against American forces in Iraq has begun, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency announced. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on their Telegram channel that in the event that Iranian soil is bombed, they would launch a third wave of attacks to destroy Dubai and Haifa. Meanwhile, Iranian military sources claimed that at least 30 U.S. soldiers in Iraq had been wounded in the attacks. Tasnim also reported that Hezbollah has threatened to strike Israel if the U.S. retaliates against Iran, while Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi group, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), said they have launched their own retaliation attacks against U.S. bases. (Footage by Azad Mohammed Abdullah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
BARDARASH, IRAQ - JANUARY 08: The remains of ballistic missiles fired at a US airbase by the Iranian military on could be seen on the ground near the Ain al-Asad facility in Erbil, Iraq, on Wednesday (January 08), 2020. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday that it targeted Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq, a facility jointly operated by U.S. and Iraqi forces, with "tens of missiles". "In Operation Martyr Soleimani in the early hours of Wednesday, tens of ground-to-ground missiles were fired at the U.S. base and successfully pounded Ain al-Asad Base," the IRGC said in an official statement. It said the shelling “is merely the beginning of a series of revenge attacks with no deadline for when it ends," it said. "We warn all allied countries of the U.S. that if attacks are launched from bases in their countries on Iran, they will be a target of military retaliation," it added. A second wave of missile attacks against American forces in Iraq has begun, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency announced. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on their Telegram channel that in the event that Iranian soil is bombed, they would launch a third wave of attacks to destroy Dubai and Haifa. Meanwhile, Iranian military sources claimed that at least 30 U.S. soldiers in Iraq had been wounded in the attacks. Tasnim also reported that Hezbollah has threatened to strike Israel if the U.S. retaliates against Iran, while Iraq's Hashd al-Shaabi group, or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), said they have launched their own retaliation attacks against U.S. bases. (Footage by Azad Mohammed Abdullah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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