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Iraqi Resistance targets US forces in Ain Al-Assad for the second time

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  • Source: Al Mayadeen + Agencies
  • 20 Oct 2023 01:12
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The Iraqi resistance claims responsibility for bombing US forces at the Ain al-Assad base with missiles.

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  • Iraqi Resistance targets US forces in Ain Al-Assad for the second time
    An aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain Al-Assad air base in the western Al-Anbar desert, Iraq, December 29, 2019. (AP)

On Thursday, the Iraqi Islamic Resistance claimed responsibility for targeting US forces at the Ain al-Assad base with missiles.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that drones targeted the Ain al-Assad base with missiles in western Iraq.

US Department of Defense spokesperson Patrick Ryder said that the Americans are  "investigating the recent attacks and the party behind them." He pointed out that an American contractor died of a heart attack while seeking refuge during yesterday's drone attack on the base. 

Commenting on the target, Firas Al-Yasser, a member of the Political Council of the Al-Nujaba Movement, told Al Mayadeen that the resistance, by targeting the US base, is implementing the united arenas doctrine.

Al-Yasser confirmed that the Islamic resistance in Iraq is preparing surprises against American interests and threatens escalation in Gaza.

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This targeting comes one day after sources in the Iraqi Islamic Resistance confirmed to Al Mayadeen that the Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for several operations targeting US forces located on Iraqi soil, threatening them with more.

The sources said that the Iraqi Islamic Resistance conducted "operations targeting US forces in Ain al-Assad and Harir in Iraqi Kurdistan."

In the same context, the Reuters news agency reported that the "US military thwarted an attack targeting its forces in Iraq early on Wednesday, intercepting two drones before they could strike," explaining that this indicates that the Iraqi Resistance factions have begun implementing their threats to target US interests in the country. This is against the backdrop of the United States' support for the Israeli occupation entity in its war on the Gaza Strip."

The agency explained, citing two US officials who informed about the attack, and who declined to specify the Iraqi party that the US suspected of carrying it out, that the attack was the first of its kind on US  forces in Iraq in more than a year.

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