Huge Blast Rocks Iraq Base Used By Iran-Linked Militias
Fires are still going at the Kalso base in Babel, Iraq after what appears to be an airstrike. pic.twitter.com/ipyZ1CgUxg
— Steven Nabil (@thestevennabil) April 19, 2024
- Huge Blast Rocks Iraq Base Used By Iran-Linked Militias
by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
Reuters is reporting a “massive” blast at an Iraqi base used by Iran-linked militias south of Baghdad in the overnight hours (local). “A huge blast rocked a military base used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) to the south of Baghdad late on Friday,” army sources said to Reuters.
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Few other details have been given, but images are widely circulating online showing what indeed appears to be a very large-scale strike. A number of regional correspondents have been quick to identify it as an American military airstrike; however, given the events of the night prior (the ‘limited’ attack on Iran), others are speculating it was the Israelis behind it.
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On April 17, #Iraq's national security advisor Qasim Al Araji, a member of #IRGCterrorists-backed Badr Organization, said #Iran's regime's attack on #Israel on April 13 created "a new deterrent policy" in the region. And this is Israel's response to him tonight in Iraq: pic.twitter.com/u3T2bBMAL0
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) April 19, 2024
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