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Iran’s Proxies Fire Back After U.S. Airstrikes
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/us/politics/us-airstrikes-iran.html
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“The United States does not seek conflict and has no intention nor desire to engage in further hostilities, but these Iranian-backed attacks against U.S. forces are unacceptable and must stop,” Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said in a statement after what he described as “self-defense” strikes.
The targets were arms and ammunition storage buildings that supplied the Iran-backed militias involved in the recent attacks against Americans, Pentagon officials said.
But with the near daily attacks against U.S. forces over the past 10 days — the Pentagon’s tally climbed to at least 19 by late Thursday — pressure had been mounting for a military response.
Iran, the official said, is believed to be wary of the Shiite militias taking the attacks so far that they drag Washington and Tehran into direct conflict.
The predawn U.S. retaliatory strikes on Friday came just hours after the Pentagon announced that 19 U.S. military members based at Al Asad in Iraq and the al-Tanf garrison in Syria had suffered traumatic brain injuries after rocket and drone attacks from Iran-backed militants last week.
Mr. Lister said the Revolutionary Guards Corps and its proxies used the area around al-Bukamal to move their forces, weapons and other supplies between Iraq and eastern Syria.
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