Friday, February 14, 2020

The U.S. And Iran Are Now Involved In A Tit-For-Tat Confrontation

Iranian soldiers march during the Army Day parade in Tehran on April 17, 2015. (File photo: AFP)

Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor: Pentagon tit-for-tat with Iran goes on

The Pentagon announced that a rocket struck an Iraqi base housing American troops today and that US forces had intercepted a Yemen-bound dhow carrying Iranian-designed weapons days earlier, extending the ongoing military tit-for-tat with pro-Iranian forces.

A defense official told Al-Monitor that the K1 base in the oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk was hit by a Katyusha rocket at 8:45 p.m. local time today, causing no injuries.

The Iraqi media also reported today that troops found the launch pad and 11 rockets near the base, but had not tracked down the perpetrators. A rocket attack from Iranian-backed forces killed a US contractor at the base Dec. 27, sparking a cycle of violence that culminated in Iran’s Jan. 8 ballistic missile attack on Al-Assad airbase.

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WNU editor: This could easily get out of hand.

5 comments:

Bob Huntley said...

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Anonymous said...

Too bad Iran is at the end of the New Silk Road from China. Corona Virus will come down the road and infect all the 70 & 80 year old ayatollahs. Poor bastards.

Anonymous said...

Finally, Corona virus doing some good in this world!!

Mike Feldhake said...

This Tit-for-Tat may just be the low level war each side needs. No wants all out war, so I suspect this will last for years.

Ever since the end of the shooting phase of the Korean War, back in 57 (?), both sides have been trading fire.

Bob Huntley said...

Good point Mike. It is a letting off steam process, something you see in a lot of marriages that manage to not actually break up. Sometimes that is not so bad.