2y ago

White House says Iran 'actively facilitating' some attacks on US military bases

www.reuters.com

The White House on Monday said Iran was in some cases "actively facilitating" rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria, and President Biden has directed the Department of Defense to brace for more and respond appropriately.

White House spokesman John Kirby said there had been an uptick in such attacks over the last week, and especially over the last few days, but the U.S. would not allow its interests in the region to "go unchallenged."

He said the United States believed these groups were supported by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the Iranian government, which was also continuing to support the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups.

28 comments

Can we just not turn this into world war 3?
Please?
What's even the point? Just trade with your neighbors and don't fight with them.
- There is a strong likelihood that Israeli intelligence turned a blind eye to the 7 October attack to bury opposition to Netanyahu.
- Not sure what Europe is up to.
  Shitting their collective pants now that Russia has their sights on them.
  
  Europe is over there debating on spending 2% GDP on their military currently as the entire rest of the world is preparing for major potential conflict escalation.
- Sadly, this is what we all voted for.
Guys, no. Just no.
- Not even a little Iranian Navy, as a snack?
- What's the point of deploying a carrier group if you're not going to use it?
  It's just a waste of money otherwise!
Iranian navy sailors: now is an excellent time to consider retirement, just a bit of a hunch you see.
- Best I can offer is another withdrawal from Afghanistan tier retreat.
Maybe the US can give them some of their money back for every month they don't attack our bases.
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.
- Who knew John Bolton was into federated social media.
  
  Don't bash my Bolton. He may be a warmongering chickenhawk piece of shit, but at least he's one of the more enjoyable NatSec ghouls to watch and listen.
  Have you heard Mike Pompeo speak? JFC.
- Don't bomb iraaan, , iraaan
  /s
Why does the US have military bases in Syria? I thought Syria wasn't a US ally
- Why does U.S. has interests in the region and it is put into words like it is a normal thing? Is this still about the "we were intending to beat that Nazi guy 80 years ago before the Soviets did it before us, so we gotta still act up like we are the global police" thing or is it "some plane hit our towers 20 years ago so we gotta exact tenfolds of body count and untold amount of oil from the region" kinda interests?
- Definitely not an ally. They actually supported forces opposing the Syrian government in their recent civil war. They currently have a presence in primarily southern Syria near the Iraq border to help counter Islamic state (who at one point conquered much of Syria and Iraq, leading to Iraq needing assistance from the US in pushing them back). They probably enjoy having a presence putting them in between Iran and some of the Iranian backed groups like hezbollah out farther west too.
  
  So they're not allies but have a presence in Syria. Is Syria okay with this? Like, the sialmic state seems to be a problem for Syria. Has Syria asked for help?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The White House on Monday said Iran was in some cases "actively facilitating" rocket and drone attacks by Iranian-backed proxy groups on U.S. military bases in Iraq and Syria, and President Biden has directed the Department of Defense to brace for more and respond appropriately.
White House spokesman John Kirby said there had been an uptick in such attacks over the last week, and especially over the last few days, but the U.S. would not allow its interests in the region to "go unchallenged."
He said the United States believed these groups were supported by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the Iranian government, which was also continuing to support the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups.
"We are deeply concerned about the potential for any significant escalation of these attacks in the days ahead," Kirby said.
Biden has sent naval power to the Middle East in the past two weeks, including two aircraft carriers, other warships and about 2,000 Marines.
"We know Iran's goal is to maintain some level of deniability here, but we're not going to allow them to do that," Kirby said.
The original article contains 275 words, the summary contains 189 words. Saved 31%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

28 comments