Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday insisted there is “compelling” intelligence showing that assassinated Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was plotting imminent attacks on American forces in Iraq—but the White House can’t reveal that evidence to the public or members of Congress, even in a highly classified and secure setting. In two separate interviews Thursday […]
PENTAGON – Iran has fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles into at least two Iraqi airbases that house U.S. troops, the Pentagon says. VOA correspondent Carla Babb broke the story late Tuesday when she was told the al-Asad airbase was hit by rocket fire. The Pentagon later said the Irbil airbase was also […]
People gathered in Tehran on Monday to mourn top general Qassem Soleimani, as his replacement vowed to take revenge for the U.S. airstrike that killed him, and U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit Iranian cultural site if Iran does retaliate. “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our […]
U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States will not leave Iraq unless it is paid back for a U.S. air base it built there. Trump was reacting to Sunday’s Iraqi parliament resolution urging the government to expel 5,200 American troops. Trump told reporters on Air Force One Sunday night that the U.S. has […]