*WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday carried out a strike in Iraq in self-defense, a U.S. official told Reuters, just hours after Israel struck Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and as tensions soar in the Middle East. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the strike was carried out because of a threat to U.S.-led coalition forces.*
EDIT: looks like the strike is being downplayed by the targets, shouldn’t be a huge escalation
Broad-Part9448 on
Who exactly did the US attack? Literally the Iraqi government or some group that’s hiding in Iraq?
“I think things are going well. Our role in Iraq will be … to be available to continue to train, to assist, to help, and to deal with ISIS – as it arrives. But we’re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission,”
The whole ‘it is time to focus on threats from today and not from 20 years ago.’ seems to have gone out the window.
NaiveChoiceMaker on
>The 150,000-strong Popular Mobilisation Forces, a state-sanctioned grouping of Iraqi paramilitaries, is dominated by heavily armed and battle-hardened groups loyal to Iran and with close ties to its Revolutionary Guards.
This, with Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, has the signs an escalating to a regional conflict. If not contained, China is going to laugh it’s way to the bank.
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*WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday carried out a strike in Iraq in self-defense, a U.S. official told Reuters, just hours after Israel struck Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and as tensions soar in the Middle East. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the strike was carried out because of a threat to U.S.-led coalition forces.*
EDIT: looks like the strike is being downplayed by the targets, shouldn’t be a huge escalation
Who exactly did the US attack? Literally the Iraqi government or some group that’s hiding in Iraq?
I wonder how this pairs with [Biden’s announcement in 2021 ](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/26/politics/joe-biden-iraq/index.html)
“I think things are going well. Our role in Iraq will be … to be available to continue to train, to assist, to help, and to deal with ISIS – as it arrives. But we’re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission,”
The whole ‘it is time to focus on threats from today and not from 20 years ago.’ seems to have gone out the window.
>The 150,000-strong Popular Mobilisation Forces, a state-sanctioned grouping of Iraqi paramilitaries, is dominated by heavily armed and battle-hardened groups loyal to Iran and with close ties to its Revolutionary Guards.
This, with Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, has the signs an escalating to a regional conflict. If not contained, China is going to laugh it’s way to the bank.