PHOTOS: Aftermath of Iranian ballistic missile attack on US-Iraqi base

January 14, 2020

Washington Examiner:

As American forces work to clean up the base in Iraq that was attacked by Iranian ballistic missile strikes, photos were released that show the extent of the damage.

Although no troops were killed or seriously wounded, the missiles that were launched by Iran at Ain al Asad base Wednesday resulted in destroyed buildings, impact craters, and burned-out facilities.

The attack came as a direct retaliation from Iran after the United States killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in a Baghdad drone strike. Iran lobbed more than a dozen short-range ballistic missiles at Al Asad and a base in Irbil, Iraq, that houses American troops.

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