Iraqi resistance targets US forces, attacks Erbil base
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The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced the targeting of a US occupation base at Erbil airport using a drone.
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This undated file picture shows a view of al-Harir military base, north of Erbil. (Photo via Twitter)
On Thursday, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq declared targeting a US military base at Erbil Airport with a drone, confirming a direct hit.
The resistance confirmed that the strike was in response to the crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against the people of Gaza during the ongoing 48-day aggression.
Yesterday, Wednesday, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced targeting the US Harir base in northern Iraq with two separate drone strikes, confirming a direct hit.
Earlier this week, a recent surge in attacks on US occupation forces in the Middle East ignited growing concerns within the Defense Department and raised questions about the US strategy of maintaining its foothold in the region, as well as countering Resistance groups exerting their right to self-determination.
US officials voiced their dismay with the "incoherent" approach and limited attacks on the Resistance groups practically telling Washington to leave the region alone as US President Joe Biden authorized airstrike after airstrike that seemed to not to so much as to decrease the pace of Resistance operations, The Washington Post reported.
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The Resistance operations carried out in the face of the US occupation come in light of the latter unwaveringly supporting the Israeli occupation in its ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has killed over 12,000 Palestinian civilians, half of whom are children.
The regional unrest resulting from the US backing of the Israeli occupation and the subsequent Resistance operations carried out against said supporter has caused concerns within the Biden administration that the United States would not be able to maintain its forces and that its acts against the people of the region would cause the situation to escalate into an all-out regional conflict.
Thus far, Biden has greenlit three rounds of airstrikes, all concentrated in eastern Syria, the most recent of which was on November 12. The Pentagon claimed that the airstrikes destroyed weapon and ammunition warehouses, a command post, and a training facility, though they have failed to quell the ongoing Resistance operations.
The frequency of attacks on US troops, 61 as of November 17, raised alarms among the US administration, especially considering that there were approximately 80 similar incidents between January 2021 and March of this year.
