US launches airstrikes in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for deadly drone attack
by Dan Sabbagh and Julian Borger from World news | The Guardian on (#6JBCB)
President says If you harm an American, we will respond' as US forces strike in what is expected to be first of multiple attacks
Joe Biden has warned if you harm an American, we will respond" as US forces attacked more than 80 targets in Iraq and Syria in a wide-ranging air assault on sites belonging to Iran-linked militias and Tehran's Revolutionary Guard.
The US president said the strikes had been launched in retaliation for the drone strike that killed three US troops in Jordan, adding: Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing."
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