– US Destroys 3 Militant Bases In Iraq After Multiple Americans Wounded In Christmas Day Attacks:
The US has retaliated after at least three troops were wounded, with at least one critical, amid the recent stepped up spate of attacks by ‘Iran-backed’ militias in Iraq and Syria. There have been over one hundred of these since mid-October related to the Gaza War, but the US has struggled to established deterrence. Instead, Americans remain in harm’s way amid an ongoing occupation.
“US military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on three facilities used by Kataeb Hezbollah and affiliated groups in Iraq,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had announced in a Christmas Day statement.
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