A satellite image (above) of the Ain Al Assad Airbase after Iran's missile attack showing the damage caused to the site after Iran launched ballistic missiles
Daily Mail: Iran warned the U.S. via a European embassy of missile attack so troops had THREE HOURS to prepare - and Tehran made sure American satellites could detect their plans, report claims
* U.S. officials say they had three hours warning of the Iranian missile strikes
* They say Iran tipped the U.S. off about attacks via a European embassy
* The officials say the Iranians also ensured their plans were easily detectable to the U.S. via satellites and eavesdropping
* An official said the hours-long warning enabled a U.S. military officer to visit one of the bases in Iraq and warn them of when and where the missiles would strike
* The top U.S. military officer had said earlier on Wednesday that Iran's missile attack intended to kill U.S. personnel at Iraq's al-Asad airbase
* Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was 'standing down'
The United States had three hours warning of the missile strikes after Iran tipped them off via a European embassy and ensured their plans of an attack were easily detectable, U.S. officials claim.
The Iranians prepared for the missile strikes on two Iraqi airbases housing American troops by intentionally making sure U.S. intelligence could detect the plans via satellites and eavesdropping, the officials told TIME magazine.
Intelligence managed to pick up the threat of strikes about three hours before they actually took place, according to the U.S. officials.
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Update: Did Iran deliberately avoid US casualties in ‘revenge strike’? (SCMP/Tribune)
WNU Editor: The Pentagon has a different point of view .... Pentagon says Iran DID try to kill US troops in missile strikes despite claims Tehran deliberately avoided human targets after there were no casualties (Daily Mail).
Update: Images show chaos on US base as Iranian missiles explode (see below).
5 comments:
I was at an airbase. It looked like a no-shit warzone There were sandbagged walls 6 feet high. A week before Before I arrived there two people were killed by mortars. I don't see how. The center of the compound between the tents and building looked like a hedgerow maze except made of sand bags. Sleeping quarters were tents The side protection was excellent. The protection on top was excellent also. It was made of one thick layer of heavy duty canvas. Within a few hours of arriving we were shelled again.
Now it was just mortars that cause this havoc. A 500 hundred pound warhead is going to flatten a few sandbag walls. Maybe several. Unless protection improved those warheads had the ability to kill if they hit or hit near a shelter.
The Iranians meant to kill.
The Iranian "warning" was a leak? Allah not willing? Virgins not happy? Someone leaked to stymie moo-lahs.
war but no crusade go to hell all of you with guns
And there is his bs claim on early claim. He can thank the Iraqis and Swiss
Wnu what happened to your initial report of dud missiles and nothing done? That's proven false.
Maybe your uncle Intel was RussInSocal
You went from a rabid Leftist troll or poster to Joe Blowes, Crusader, et al territory.
Your posts are simply so stupid as to be beyond ridiculous and not even funny or entertaining.
I have seen a lot of trolls in action at many sites and you, antitroll, are due for retirement. It is not like you have zero effect or are ineffective. You have the exact opposite effect of that which you intend!
So from my POV keep it up and do not retire!
:)
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