The president announced that no lives were lost in Iran's ballistic missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers, a strike that was in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Hours after Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. soldiers in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, President Trump on Wednesday sought to assure Americans that the United States was not on the brink of another war in the Middle East.
Trump suggested the U.S. would refrain from additional military action, saying that he would impose additional economic sanctions on Iran.Trump also criticized the 2015 Iran nuclear deal brokered by former President Barack Obama, which Trump withdrew from in 2017. There were multiple reports that U.S. officials had advance warning of the attack, allowing troops and other personnel to shelter in hardened bunkers. Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi said in a statement Wednesday that Iran sent Iraq a warning that an attack “had begun or would begin shortly” on unspecified U.S. military locations.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Tuesday’s missile strikes were in response to Soleimani’s killing.
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