Iraq says Iran notified it of an overnight attack that targeted US troops in the country.

“We got an official verbal message from the Islamic Republic of Iran that the Iranian response to the assassination of martyr Qassem Soleimani has started or will start shortly after and that the strike will be limited to sites where the US Army is in Iraq without specifying the sites,” a military spokesman for Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Abdel-Mahdi adds.

So far, there have been no reports about casualties among the Iraqi forces or the coalition troops stationed in Iraq, according to the official.

Abdel-Mahdi, who is also Iraq’s general army commander, has been holding talks aimed at de-escalation and avoiding an “open war” that would “primarily” harm Iraq and the region, the spokesman said in a statement, carried by Iraq’s state news agency INA.

“We call on everyone to exercise self-restraint, give precedence to the language of logic, abide by international charters and respect the state of Iraq,” he added.

Recall that Iran carried out a ballistic missile attack on airbases housing US forces in Iraq early on Tuesday, in retaliation for the US killing of General Qasem Soleimani.

More than a dozen missiles launched from Iran struck two air bases in Irbil and Al Asad, west of Baghdad.

It is unclear if there have been any casualties.

The initial response from Washington has been muted.

President Trump tweeted that all was well and said that casualties and damage were being assessed.

Two Iraqi bases housing US and coalition troops were targeted, one at Al Asad and one in Irbil, at about 02:00 local time on Wednesday (22:30 GMT on Tuesday).

It came just hours after the burial of Soleimani, who controlled Iran’s proxy forces across the Middle East.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said the attack was “a slap in the face” for the U.S.
Echoing him, President Hassan Rouhani said Iran’s “final answer” to Soleimani’s assassination would be to “kick all U.S. forces out of the region”.

Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said Iran warned him that an attack was imminent and only areas with U.S. troops would be targeted.

There were no reports of Iraqi casualties, he said.

Just hours after the missile strikes a Ukrainian airliner crashed in Iran shortly after take-off.

There is no evidence that the two incidents are linked.

Several airlines have announced they are avoiding both Iranian and Iraqi airspace amid the rising tension.

https://punchng.com/iran-notified-us-of-missile-attack-on-us-troops-base-iraq/



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ipob chest beaters how market?

Hmmmmm.
Things are getting out of hand

Thats how revelations is coming to pass

It now makes sense why no one was killed in the attack. Definitely a US loyalist must have leaked the message and the bases were evacuated as a result before the attack

Of course

pipe down guys...Iran intentionally didnt want to hurt us personnel.

This will turn to a all out war...cuz Americans dont take the death of their citizens lightly...

no time for chest beating...IRAN did well there...I am not a fan Iran...I am a trump supporter...

I hope Trump accept this peaceful gesture from Iran...

And i will start respecting Iran starting from today...

Someone said shiite people are more peaceful than sunnis...IRAN is proving it to me

falopey:
It now makes sense why no one was killed in the attack. Definitely a US loyalist must have leaked the message and the bases were evacuated as a result before the attack

I thought as much too.

falopey:
It now makes sense why no one was killed in the attack. Definitely a US loyalist must have leaked the message and the bases were evacuated as a result before the attack

It wasn't even a matter of leak. Iran warned Iraq so that Iraq can warn USA. Its the same strategy trump used when he wanted to bomb Syria and needed to be sure he wasn't going to kill a Russian operative by mistake.
An hour before the attack US army warned Russia. Russia in turn warned Syria. In the end all the missiles fired by US didn't kill one person.

It's a cheap response from Iran. Why do they make their attack known before attacking? They are really afraid of killing a US citizen