‘Strikes profitable, different choices mentioned’: Esper & Pompeo temporary Trump on ‘anti-Iran’ raids in Iraq & Syria

High nationwide safety advisers advised President Donald Trump that the air raids towards Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria had been a complete success – and briefed him on ‘different’ methods to punish Iran for the alleged assaults on US pursuits.

“We won’t stand for the Islamic Republic of Iran to take actions that put American women and men in jeopardy,” US State Secretary Mike Pompeo declared, standing beside Protection Secretary Mark Esper at a press occasion at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago membership.

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The Pentagon chief within the meantime mentioned the Sunday strikes had been profitable and that officers mentioned ‘different choices’ with Trump.

Earlier within the day, US F-15 fighter jets struck three Kataib Hezbollah targets at Qaim close to the Syrian border, and two in Syria. In response to the Shiite militia group, at the least 25 of their fighters had been killed and almost three dozens injured within the strikes. Washington blames the group for alleged “repeated assaults on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces.”

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Pompeo threatened Tehran earlier this month with a “decisive US response” ought to its sponsored militias proceed their assaults on US forces, though Iran’s involvement has not been conclusively confirmed. On Friday, as if on cue, the newest rocket assault on a base close to Kirkuk killed an American contractor and injured a number of US troops.

Dealing with the rising chance of proxy warfare between Washington and Tehran breaking out on his soil, Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi referred to as an emergency assembly of his safety council on Sunday evening.

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