<p>The U.S. military unleashed an AC-130 gunship on an Iranian-backed terrorist group in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iraq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iraq</a> this week after the group fired a ballistic missile at U.S. and coalition forces stationed at Al-Asad Airbase.</p>
<p>&#8220;On 21 Nov. an AC-130 gunship engaged individuals responsible for launching a missile attack on U.S. and Coalition personnel at Al Assad Airbase, Iraq,&#8221; U.S. Central Command said in a statement. &#8220;The gunship maintained visual confirmation of the individuals from the time of the launch to the time of engagement. This strike resulted in several enemy casualties.&#8221;</p>
<p>The missile attack resulted in multiple U.S. personnel being injured at the facility, as well as damage to infrastructure at the base.</p>
<p>A pentagon spokesperson said that the gunship was able to respond so quickly because it was already in the air when the attack happened.</p>
<p>&#8220;We were able to identify the point of origin of these attacks because an AC-130 was up already in the area and therefore was able to respond,&#8221; the spokesperson said. &#8220;They were able to take action because they saw the militants. They were able to keep an eye on the movement of these militants as they moved into their vehicles and that&#8217;s why they were able to respond.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The U.S. did not specify which terrorist organization was behind the attack, only that it was backed by Iran.</p>
<p>U.S. forces throughout the region have been attacked at least 66 times in Iraq and Syria since October 17, ten days after Hamas launched an unprecedented terror attack against Israel, murdering 1,200 Israelis, wounding 5,300+, and kidnapping more than 240.</p>
<p>The AC-130 is one of the most feared aerial weapons in the U.S. arsenal as its equipped with a Precision Strike Package that includes a 30mm and 105mm cannon in addition to its Standoff Precision Guided Munitions, which includes GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, GBU-69 Small Glide Munitions, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, and AGM-176 Griffin missiles.</p>
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<p>The gunship, commonly referred to as &#8220;the angel of death,&#8221; has the ability to travel at up to 420 mph and circle targets for hours while providing highly accurate fire support to forces on the ground.</p>


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<p>Adding to a long list of gaffes, President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> appeared to confuse <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine">Ukraine</a> with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iraq">Iraq</a> on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Twice in two days, Biden, who is 80, talked about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia&#8217;s war in Ukraine</a> only to describe it as a war in Iraq, underscoring many Americans&#8217; concerns about the commander-in-chief&#8217;s mental acuity.</p>
<p>A reporter asked Biden on Wednesday morning to comment on the extent to which Russian President Vladimir Putin has been &#8220;weakened&#8221; by recent events following the brief <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wagner-leader-made-it-to-belarus-president-lukashenko-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wagner Group uprising</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to tell but he is clearly losing the war in Iraq, he&#8217;s losing the war at home and he has become a bit of a pariah around the world,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1674063508017913856" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden said</a>.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Q: &quot;To what extent has Vladimir Putin been weakened by recent events?&quot;</p>
<p>President Biden: &quot;It&#39;s hard to tell but he is clearly losing the war in Iraq, he&#39;s losing the war at home and he has become a bit of a pariah around the world.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/PZhYhdGDij">pic.twitter.com/PZhYhdGDij</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1674063508017913856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Biden made a similar verbal slip-up during a fundraiser in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/06/28/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as evidenced by the official White House transcript</a>, which crossed out &#8220;Iraq&#8221; and replaced it with &#8220;Ukraine&#8221; in brackets.</p>
<p>&#8220;If anybody told you — and my staff wasn’t so sure, either — that we&#8217;d be able to bring all of Europe together in the onslaught on Iraq and get NATO to be completely united, I think they would have told you it&#8217;s not likely,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;The one thing Putin counted on was being able to split NATO.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">here&#39;s the WH transcript from the 2nd fundraiser last night <a href="https://t.co/qNjBaBOm0N">pic.twitter.com/qNjBaBOm0N</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexThomp/status/1674082419241000961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>During the same remarks, Biden quickly corrected himself after mentioning China when he meant to say India.</p>
<p>&#8220;You probably saw my new best friend — the prime minister of a little country that’s now the largest in the world, China — I mean, excuse me, India. India is not looking for a permanent alliance, but they’re looking for some hedge against — in the region,&#8221; <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/06/27/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-chevy-chase-md/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said</a>.</p>
<p>Biden, who is known for regularly making gaffes and losing his train of thought while speaking, is facing increasing scrutiny as he seeks a second term in the White House.</p>
<p>A recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/polls-finds-rising-tide-of-voters-worried-biden-lacks-fitness-to-be-president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll from NBC News</a> found growing anxiety concerning <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden</a>&#8216;s fitness to serve, as more than two-thirds of registered voters — 68% — said they have moderate to major concerns about him &#8220;not having the necessary mental and physical health&#8221; to be president.</p>
<p>&#8220;The age and acuity question is THE central issue for Biden in this campaign,&#8221; said political commentator Chris Cillizza <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCillizza/status/1674092599710306305" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in response to the clip</a> of Biden talking about Putin losing a war in Iraq.</p>
<p>On Monday, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/latest-biden-blunder-raises-eyebrows-i-sold-a-lot-of-state-secrets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went viral</a> over an errant quip he made last week about profiting from the sale of state secrets, which in fact is a real concern for Republicans looking into Biden family <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-times-buries-the-lede-confirms-hunter-biden-probe-whistleblower-claims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">business dealings involving foreigners</a> from countries such as Ukraine and China.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I was just thanking the — anyway, I started off without you, and I sold a lot of state secrets and a lot of very important things that we shared,&#8221; Biden said on Friday during a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Big Tech CEOs.</p>
<p>Laughter ensued, and Biden followed by saying, &#8220;Now, all kidding aside&#8230;,&#8221; before he went on to talk about technology transforming the lives of people around the world, the official White House transcript shows.</p>
<p>Still, the comment prompted widespread mockery and criticism of the president on social media. “Joe Biden’s brain is going and he’s literally admitting his crimes out loud. Impeach Biden! It’s unreal and so insulting to America,” <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1673446541523136513" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).</p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Senate</a> voted on Wednesday to repeal the authorizations for the Iraq and Persian Gulf wars decades after they were instituted.</p>
<p>Eighteen Republicans joined all voting Democrats and independents in supporting the measure. The final tally was 66-30, with four members not voting, according to C-SPAN.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">66-30: Senate votes to repeal the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs against Iraq. The bipartisan bill by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN) now heads to the House. <a href="https://t.co/KEdbzh8iUW">pic.twitter.com/KEdbzh8iUW</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1641118068775567362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/316/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The bill</a> targets the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in 1991, which paved the way for military force in the Gulf War when George H.W. Bush was president, and the AUMF in 2002 that green-lit the 2003 invasion of Iraq when his son, George W. Bush, was president.</p>
<p>Before the legislation becomes law, it still needs approval from the Republican-controlled House and the president&#8217;s signature.</p>
<p>The White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/S316-SAP.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said this month</a> that President Joe Biden supports the repeal, noting that the authorization &#8220;would have no impact on current U.S. military operations and would support this Administration’s commitment to a strong and comprehensive relationship with our Iraqi partners.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN) <a href="https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-and-young-introduce-bill-to-repeal-1991_2002-aumfs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reintroduced the legislation</a> earlier this year. In a statement, they described the bill as part of an effort to &#8220;prevent the future misuse of the expired Gulf and Iraq War authorizations and strengthen Congressional oversight over war powers.&#8221;</p>
<p>The senators also stressed that repealing these authorities would not impact ongoing U.S. operations to counter ISIS.</p>
<p>Among those who opposed the repeal was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who did not vote on Wednesday. He <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-minority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-returns-home-after-treatment-for-fall-concussion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently returned home</a> after undergoing physical therapy at an inpatient center following a fall that caused a concussion and minor rib fracture.</p>
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<p>“I am opposed to Congress sunsetting any military force authorizations in the Middle East,&#8221; McConnell <a href="https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/while-senate-debates-aumf-iran-keeps-killing-and-wounding-americans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said in a statement</a>. &#8220;Our terrorist enemies aren’t sunsetting their war against us. And when we deploy our servicemembers in harm’s way, we need to supply them with all the support and legal authorities that we can.&#8221;</p>
<p>The <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCaplan/status/1641118068775567362" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press noted</a> that the war authorizations have rarely been used as the basis for any presidential action. Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s White House <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-cites-2002-iraq-war-measure-to-justify-killing-soleimani-11581711789" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited the 2002 authorization</a> to justify the drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force, near the Baghdad International Airport in 2020.</p>


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<p style="font-weight: 400;">After nearly 20 years in which members of the U.S. Army&#8217;s Delta Force had remained silent about the capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, retired Army Master Sergeant Kevin Holland spoke publicly of Hussein&#8217;s December 13, 2003, arrest.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11590235/Delta-Force-operator-breaks-silence-20-years-reveal-Saddam-Hussein-captured.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Speaking</a> with former Navy SEAL Jack Carr on his program “Danger Close,” Holland, who served on the U.S. Navy&#8217;s elite SEAL Team 6 and the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, countered a claim by an Iraqi interpreter that Hussein had been found in a room praying when he was caught.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“President Bush sends his regards,” Holland recalled the soldiers who found Hussein saying. He delineated how the soldiers received intelligence regarding Hussein’s hideout on a small farm. “We had some human intel that showed us exactly where it was at,” Holland stated.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“They had a big Styrofoam plug, you know, that they would put in there and then cover it with leaves and dirt, sand, and it had a pipe for air – we had noticed it when we cleared it. Just dug it away, pulled it up, and sand fell in. &#8230; And in goes a banger,” Holland said of the grenade that was thrown inside.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“We had lights on our guns, when you looked in it, you could tell – you could see bricks, you know, where they bricked it up,” he remembered. “We know it’s something. And the guys says he’s in there.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">After the unsuccessful attempt to get a frightened dog to enter the underground den, Holland said, “We start hearing somebody talk in Arabic, and the interpreter starts talking back. And it’s like, someone’s coming — the voice is getting closer, you can tell. The sound, it’s getting closer. &#8230; hands come out of the hole, and then a big bushy head of hair. &#8216;We grab him and jerk him out, and it’s like, &#8216;That&#8217;s him.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">After yanking Hussein out of the eight-foot-deep hole, Holland said, the soldiers saw Hussein had a gun, prompting a “Big Texan” to hit him in the mouth and knock him down. “We had to make sure that he couldn’t get to that gun,” Holland noted, adding that the “fully automatic Glock- 15” is now owned by former U.S. President George W. Bush.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“He just said he was the president of Iraq and that he’s ready to negotiate, and he said that in English. And we’re like, ‘That time’s passed, brother,’” Holland said.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“You could feel he was just an evil guy,&#8217; Holland said of the Iraqi dictator, who murdered tens of thousands of Iraqis. “He had this presence about him that was very unnerving.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">American troops secretly reported finding thousands of chemical warheads, shells, and aviation bombs in Iraq, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in 2014. Many of the chemical munitions found contained potent mustard agent or residual sarin, The Times noted.</p>


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‘President Bush Sends His Regards’: After Nearly 20 Years, Soldier Speaks Of Saddam Hussein’s Capture

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<p>An aid worker and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> native was murdered in the streets of Baghdad, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iraq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iraq</a>, in front of his family earlier this week.</p>
<p>Stephen Troell, a 45-year-old husband and father of four, was killed Monday night by a group of terrorists while driving in Iraq&#8217;s capital city with his wife and one of his children. Troell&#8217;s car was <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-american-aid-worker-murdered-baghdad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> cut off by another car before assailants in a third vehicle shot and killed him. His wife and child were unharmed in the attack, according to police.</p>
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<p lang="ar" dir="rtl">قديش حبينا الزيارة على بغداد!!! كنز العراق هو الشعب. <a href="https://t.co/ehBx3zPdDW">pic.twitter.com/ehBx3zPdDW</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Stephen Troell (@stephentroell) <a href="https://twitter.com/stephentroell/status/1006159467434659840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 11, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Iraqi authorities initially believed the shooting was a part of a failed kidnapping attempt on Troell, but later ruled that theory out, The Associated Press reported. A group unknown to officials claimed responsibility for the killing, saying it was retaliation for a 2020 U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and another military commander.</p>
<p>Troell taught English at a language center in one of Baghdad’s dilapidated neighborhoods where he also served. The aid worker&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/stephentroell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter feed</a> was filled with photos of his family, statements of his devotion to God, and posts about his desire to reach out to those he felt he&#8217;d been called to serve in the Middle East.</p>
<p>In 2017, 16 years after radical Islamic terrorists killed thousands of Americans on September 11, 2001, Troell <a href="https://twitter.com/stephentroell/status/907277549738381312" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>, &#8220;It was 16 years ago today that my life forever changed and God began to take me on a wonderful journey to learn to love my &#8216;enemies.'&#8221;</p>
<p>Clarence Sexton, president and founder of the The Crown College where Troell <a href="https://www.wate.com/news/tennessee/tennessee-native-identified-as-teacher-killed-in-baghdad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">graduated</a> around 20 years ago, posted a statement from Troell’s family Wednesday after reports of his death.</p>
<p>“On Monday, November 7, 2022, Stephen Troell met his Savior face to face. Jocelyn, the girls, and little Stephen are currently safe and will return to the U.S. in the next few days,” the statement read.</p>
<p>“Stephen often quoted the words of two Moravian young men who gave their lives for the cause. We echo them again: &#8216;May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering,'&#8221; the statement concluded.</p>
<p>Sexton directed people to a donation page for the family set up by The Crown College.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stephen Troell was a great man. He gave his life to helping the Iraqi people. He leaves a wife and four beautiful children. If you would like to help his family, you may make your tax-deductible donation at <a href="https://t.co/P1p2aVVRdF">https://t.co/P1p2aVVRdF</a> for the Stephen Troell Family. <a href="https://t.co/CrPwDe5lez">pic.twitter.com/CrPwDe5lez</a></p>
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<p>President <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> appeared to claim during a Wednesday speech in Colorado that his late son Beau Biden died in combat.</p>
<p>Biden was speaking near the popular skiing destination city of Vail, Colorado — where he went to designate Camp Hale as a national monument — and he segued from a story about World War II to a reference to his son, who he claimed had &#8220;lost his life in Iraq.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">President <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> incorrectly said his late son Beau &quot;lost his life in Iraq.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/oZ9GRyRjcI">https://t.co/oZ9GRyRjcI</a> <a href="https://t.co/8OvjbQgUaT">pic.twitter.com/8OvjbQgUaT</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href="https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1580315228918513664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Biden pivoted from a story about how soldiers who trained at Camp Hale had learned to ski and to scale rock formations — skills they would ultimately use defeating the Nazis in Europe — to a mention of his late son Beau.</p>
<p>&#8220;American soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division scaled that 1800-foot cliff at night, caught the Germans by surprise, captured key positions, and broke through the German defense line at a pivotal point in the war,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;Just imagine, and I say this as a father of a man who won the Bronze Star, the conspicuous service medal, and lost his life in Iraq. Imagine the courage, the daring, and the genuine sacrifice — the genuine sacrifice they all made.&#8221;</p>
<p>President Biden&#8217;s son <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-marks-son-beaus-death-with-grave-visit-remarks-military-families-2021-05-30/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Beau</a> joined the Delaware National Guard in 2003, and served in the Judge Advocate General&#8217;s (JAG) Corps, deploying to Iraq for a year in 2008. He passed away in 2015 after a battle with glioblastoma — the same kind of brain tumor that the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ) was battling when he passed away in August of 2018.</p>
<p>President Biden <a href="https://abc7news.com/veterans-day-2021-biden-speech-today-burn-pits-iraq-military/11224070/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has speculated</a> in the past that toxins arising from burn pits — which are used to incinerate waste in forward operating areas — may have played a role in causing his son&#8217;s cancer.</p>
<p>&#8220;Because of his exposure to burn pits — in my view, I can’t prove it yet, he came back with stage four glioblastoma. Eighteen months he lived, knowing he was going to die,&#8221; Biden said in a 2019 speech.</p>
<p>In 2021, the Biden administration announced a plan to better understand and treat service members whose health conditions may be related to working in toxic environments. &#8220;Anybody who was anywhere near those burn pits, that&#8217;s all they have to show and they get covered, they get all their health care covered,&#8221; Biden said.</p>


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<p>The Biden administration admitted on Thursday that an American citizen was killed by an apparent Iran-backed attack on Iraq’s Kurdistan region.</p>
<p>The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iranian-missile-strikes-kill-american-citizen-state-department-confirms/">noted</a> that reports surfaced Wednesday claiming that an American had been killed after the rocket attack by &#8220;Iran-backed militants sponsored by the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).&#8221;</p>
<p>A regional news organization identified the American citizen that was reportedly killed, but the State Department did not confirm the person&#8217;s identity, according to the Free Beacon.</p>
<p>A reporter <a href="https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-september-29-2022/">asked</a> Vedant Patel, the State Department&#8217;s principal deputy spokesperson, about the rocket attacking during a press briefing over the phone on Thursday.</p>
<p>&#8220;Regarding the possible fatalities in Iraqi Kurdistan due to the Iranian missile attacks, do you have any updates – have there – do you know of any Americans having been among those killed?&#8221; the reporter asked. &#8220;Because we have gotten information on at least one individual, U.S. citizen.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;First and foremost as it relates to the attacks, I want to reiterate that we condemn Iran’s violations of Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,&#8221; Patel responded. &#8220;And the genesis of your question – we can confirm that a U.S. citizen was killed as a result of a rocket attack in the Iraqi Kurdistan region yesterday, but due to privacy considerations I don’t have any further comments to provide.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>RELATED:</strong> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jake-sullivan-dodges-question-whether-iran-protests-will-jeopardize-nuclear-deal">Jake Sullivan Dodges Question Whether Iran Protests Will Jeopardize Nuclear Deal</a></p>


Iran attack

Biden Administration Confirms U.S. Citizen Killed In Iran-Backed Attack On Iraq

Biden Administration Confirms U.S. Citizen Killed In Iran-Backed Attacked On Iraq

<p style="font-weight: 400;">Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro sharply criticized President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>’s coddling of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran">Iran</a> vis-à-vis the Iran nuclear deal while warning of the rapidly deteriorating situation in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iraq">Iraq</a>, noting that Biden’s policies toward Iran will turn Iraq into a “full-scale Iranian proxy.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">On Tuesday, Shapiro began by showing footage of American helicopters evacuating the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Then he turned to a report in the <a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-715772">Jerusalem Post</a> that outlined the apparent deal Biden is willing to make with the largest state sponsor of terrorism on the planet, Iran’s despotic and theocratic government.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Shapiro pointed out Biden’s desperation to make a deal with a government that sees the deal as a hudna, a temporary stopgap maneuver as part of a long-term plan to develop nuclear weapons and upgrade their military weaponry.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Joe Biden is going to give all of that to them,” Shapiro declared. “What’s happening in Iraq, in order to understand that, you have to understand what Joe Biden is doing in Iran right now; he&#8217;s attempting to basically surrender to Iran.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Shapiro quoted the Post’s report that asserted various steps likely inherent in the nuclear deal, including the U.S. removing all secondary sanctions on Iran and agreed-upon terrorist designations, the U.S. lifting the conventional arms embargo on Iran 165 days into the deal, limitations on advanced centrifuges research and development starting to expire in 2024 and the “SnapBack sanctions” mechanism, which would permit reimplementation of sanctions if Iran violates the deal, expiring in 2025.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“So I noticed that the calendar now says it is 2022, so in other words limitations on advanced centrifuges disappear under this deal,” Shapiro noted. “In 2025 all the snapback sanctions disappear. In 2026, the limitations on using centrifuges, including advanced ones, begin to expire. By 2030, the Iran deal expires entirely.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“This means that that Iran has the capacity to take in as much money as it could possibly want for everything,” Shapiro said. “And what the United States and its allies received in return is effectively nothing, effectively zero things because time continues to march forward and Iran continues to march forward. This is just madness.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Shapiro pointed out that Iran’s Shiite government would delight in dominating the Shia majority in Iraq. In early August, <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/05/muqtada-al-sadr-iraq-protests-iran-ayatollah-khomeini/">Foreign Policy</a> noted of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the bloc with the largest number of seats in Iraq’s parliament, “His chief inspiration is perhaps Iran’s founder and most famous supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“What we are watching right now is a slow-motion collapse in Iraq that is going to eventually make it into a full-scale Iranian proxy,” Shapiro warned. “It&#8217;s already sort of a quasi-Iranian proxy; it would be a full-scale Iranian proxy.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Meanwhile, Joe Biden is going to continue subsidizing the Iranian government to build up its arsenal in Iraq, in Syria, in Lebanon, in Yemen,” he warned. “It&#8217;s unbelievable what he&#8217;s doing in the Middle East. I mean, he&#8217;s generating war in the Middle East single-handedly right now through his Iranian deal.”</p>
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Ben Shapiro Transcript 2

‘He’s Generating War In The Middle East’: Ben Shapiro Warns Biden Making Iraq An Iranian Proxy

Ben Shapiro

Iran Nuclear Deal

<p>Protesters breached <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iraq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iraq&#8217;s</a> presidential palace on Monday after an influential <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/islam" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shiite</a> cleric announced his resignation from politics.</p>
<p>A video released on Monday appeared to show U.S. Embassy employees in Baghdad being evacuated by military helicopter.</p>
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<p>John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, later denied that there was an evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel, in contrast with earlier reports.</p>
<p>“There’s no evacuation going on at the embassy and no indication that’s going to be required at this time,” Kirby told reporters, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3619648-white-house-calls-violence-in-iraq-disturbing-but-says-embassy-not-being-evacuated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> The Hill. One senior official also told Fox News, &#8220;If we were conducting an evacuation, I would not be on the phone with you right now. Don&#8217;t know where those reports are coming from. There&#8217;s no change to our status at the Embassy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Concerns of unrest have grown recently, with the U.S. Embassy in Iraq releasing a statement last week urging calm among all parties.</p>
<p>“We are closely monitoring reports of unrest in Baghdad today at the Supreme Judicial Council,” the embassy said.</p>
<p>“We urge all parties to remain calm, abstain from violence, and resolve any political differences through a peaceful process guided by the Iraqi constitution. We also call for those demonstrating to respect the proceedings and property of Iraq’s governmental institutions which belong to and serve the Iraqi people,” it added.</p>
<p>The nation&#8217;s government has been in controversy since October when cleric Muqtada al-Sadr&#8217;s party won the most seats in the election but failed to reach the number needed to form a majority government. The Shiite leader refused to negotiate with Iran-backed Shiites to create a consensus government.</p>
<p>Al-Sadr&#8217;s supporters staged a government sit-in over the past four weeks to stop rivals from forming an opposing coalition government. His party members have also announced their resignations, with al-Sadr joining in solidarity.</p>
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<p>The leaders&#8217; statement was in response to the retirement of the Shia spiritual leader Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, who counts many of al-Sadr’s supporters as followers. On Sunday, al-Haeri announced he was stepping down and called on his followers to support Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei instead of the Shia spiritual center in Najaf, Iraq.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Presidential palace. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iraq?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Iraq</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Baghdad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Baghdad</a> <a href="https://t.co/wQ9BAt2sl9">pic.twitter.com/wQ9BAt2sl9</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tammuz Intel (@Tammuz_Intel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tammuz_Intel/status/1564222680114647042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>In response, several hundred protesters breached the concrete barriers outside the palace gates and stormed the building. Iraq&#8217;s military issued a curfew and has called on protesters to leave immediately.</p>
<p>Some protesters have decided to stay despite the warning, with video surfacing of intruders enjoying the palace swimming pool.</p>
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<p>&mdash; شاهو القرةداغي (@shahokurdy) <a href="https://twitter.com/shahokurdy/status/1564224969785184257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Outside of the palace, other protesters were recorded fleeing from gunfire in the background. The Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-715830" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the gunfire was believed to be from the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) firing to stop demonstrators.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heavy gunfire can be heard in the background. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iraq?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Iraq</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Baghdad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Baghdad</a> <a href="https://t.co/mqAy7SyqnB">pic.twitter.com/mqAy7SyqnB</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tammuz Intel (@Tammuz_Intel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Tammuz_Intel/status/1564251508732043271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Iraq&#8217;s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reportedly been evacuated as a safety precaution.</p>
<p>The chaos comes almost one year after U.S. military forces exited Afghanistan on August 31 after two decades of operations following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America.</p>
<p>In addition to the unrest in Iraq, 21 people were killed and 33 were injured in a bombing in Afghanistan&#8217;s capital city of Kabul earlier this month.</p>
<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/at-least-21-killed-in-kabul-mosque-bombing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the attacks, promising that “perpetrators of such crimes will soon be brought to justice and will be punished.” Despite the statement, the attack shows that the persistent violence that has plagued the country for decades may be far from over.</p>
<p><em>This article has been updated to include additional information. </em></p>


Iraq protest

WATCH: Iraq’s Presidential Palace Breached; U.S. Denies Embassy Evacuation

Iraq’s Presidential Palace Breached; U.S. Denies Embassy Evacuation

Afghanistan

Protesters

<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">President Joe Biden ordered U.S. military forces Tuesday to attack Iran-backed forces in Syria in a series of precision strikes, according to military officials.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">The airstrikes were targeted at infrastructure allegedly being used by Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the city of Deir ez-Zor, U.S. Central Command said in a </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/STATEMENTS/Statements-View/Article/3137354/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">statement</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true">.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">&#8220;These precision strikes are intended to defend and protect U.S. forces from attacks like the ones on Aug. 15 against U.S. personnel by Iran-backed groups,&#8221; Col. Joe Buccino, communications director for CENTCOM, said in a statement. &#8220;The U.S. strikes targeted infrastructure facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-military-carries-out-strike-syria-iran-linked-targets-2022-08-24/">reports</a> the Aug. 15 incident involved a drone attack on a compound run by a coalition and U.S.-backed Syrian opposition fighters. </span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Buccino said that such strikes were necessary to protect and defend U.S. personnel. </span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">&#8220;The United States took proportionate, deliberate action intended to limit the risk of escalation and minimize the risk of casualties,&#8221; Buccino said. &#8220;The President gave the direction for these strikes pursuant to his Article II authority to protect and defend U.S. personnel by disrupting or deterring attacks by Iran-backed groups.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">According to the statement, the U.S. does not seek conflict but takes &#8220;necessary measures&#8221; to defend its citizens.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">No casualties have been reported from the strikes.   </span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">&#8220;U.S. forces remain in Syria to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS,&#8221; the statement adds. </span></p>
<p>The Obama administration first sent troops to Syria and partnered with the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Kurdish-led group, to fight the Islamic State, according to Reuters. <span data-preserver-spaces="true">The U.S. has previously struck Iran-backed forces in Iraq and Syria and hit operational and weapons storage facilities.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">About 900 U.S. troops are currently stationed in Syria, with most stationed in the eastern region.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">However, militia groups with Iran&#8217;s support established a foothold in Syria while fighting in support of President Bashar al-Assad during Syria&#8217;s civil war, per Reuters.</span></p>


President Biden Gives Remarks On A Counterterrorism Operation In Northwest Syria

Biden Orders Precision Airstrikes On Iran-Backed Forces In Syria

Biden Ordered Precision Airstrikes On Iran-Backed Forces In Syria

Biden Administration

Syria

<p>An Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) linked operative planned to assassinate former President George W. Bush in Dallas, according to a Tuesday report from <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2022/05/24/exclusive-isis-plotting-to-assassinate-george-w-bush-in-dallas/?sh=56804b1d180f">Forbes</a>.</p>
<p>An FBI search warrant application filed on March 23 and unsealed this week revealed that the alleged operative from Iraq took video at the former commander-in-chief’s home and the George W. Bush Institute. He also sought help from a team of compatriots he reportedly wanted to smuggle across the Mexican border.</p>
<p>The alleged plot occurs despite ISIS’ influence declining after a series of military defeats before resurging up into 2022. Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-islamicstate/iraq-declares-final-victory-over-islamic-state-idUSKBN1E30B9">declared victory</a> over the organization in December 2017, and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself during a 2019 <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-forces-launch-operation-in-syria-targeting-isis-leader-baghdadi-officials-say/2019/10/27/081bc257-adf1-4db6-9a6a-9b820dd9e32d_story.html">raid</a> approved by former President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>“The FBI said it uncovered the scheme through the work of two confidential informants and surveillance of the alleged plotter’s account on the Meta-owned WhatsApp messaging platform,” Forbes reported. “The alleged ISIS operative, based in Columbus, Ohio, said he wanted to assassinate Bush because he felt the former president was responsible for killing many Iraqis and breaking apart the country after the 2003 U.S. military invasion, according to the warrant.&#8221;</p>
<p>Forbes added that the alleged operative had been in the United States since 2020 and had a pending asylum application. According to the warrant, the operative also asked one of the confidential sources how he could “obtain replica or fraudulent police and/or FBI identifications and badges” and investigated whether it was possible to help his compatriots escape back into Mexico after the killing.</p>
<p>“The alleged plotter claimed to be part of a unit called ‘Al-Raed,’ meaning ‘Thunder,’ that was led by a former Iraqi pilot for Saddam Hussein who had been based out of Qatar until his recent death, the warrant said,” Forbes continued. “As many as seven members of the group would be sent to the U.S. to kill President Bush, according to a conversation described in the warrant, and the suspect’s job was ‘to locate and conduct surveillance on former president Bush’s residences and/or offices and obtain firearms and vehicles to use in the assassination.’”</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/world/middleeast/isis-syria.html">The New York Times</a> reported earlier this year that ISIS is quickly upping attacks in the Middle East.</p>
<p>“The evidence of a resurgence of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq is mounting by the day, nearly three years after the militants lost the last patch of territory of their so-called caliphate, which once stretched across vast parts of the two countries,” the Times said in January. “The fact that ISIS was able to mount these coordinated and sophisticated attacks in recent days shows that what had been believed to be disparate sleeper cells are re-emerging as a more serious threat.”</p>
<p>The Times <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mounting-by-the-day-isis-rapidly-regaining-territory-in-areas-where-trump-wiped-them-out-report-says">cited several incidents</a> that have occurred in the region, including a massive attack attempting to free ISIS prisoners in Syria, attacks on military forces in Iraq, and the circulation of a gruesome beheading video.</p>
<p>“It’s a wake-up call for regional players, for national players, that ISIS is not over, that the fight is not over,” Kawa Hassan, Middle East and North Africa director at the Stimson Center, told the outlet. “It shows the resilience of ISIS to strike back at the time and place of their choosing.”</p>


President Bush Visits Camp Pendleton

ISIS Linked Operative Planned To Assassinate George W. Bush In Dallas, Hoped To Bring Help From Across The Mexican Border, FBI Alleges

ISIS Operative Allegedly Planned To Kill George W. Bush In Dallas, Hoped To Bring Help From Across The Mexican Border

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

ISIS

<p>Multiple rockets were reportedly fired toward the U.S. consulate located in Erbil, a city in northwestern Iraq. Several missiles hit the consulate building, a source close to the matter <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-03-12/missiles-target-us-consulate-in-north-iraq-no-casualties#:~:text=Iraqi%20security%20forces%20say%20at,several%20missiles%20hitting%20the%20building.&amp;text=March%2012%2C%202022%2C%20at%207%3A19%20p.m.">told</a> the Associated Press.</p>
<p>&#8220;One of the officials said the ballistic missiles were fired from Iran,&#8221; the AP <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-03-12/missiles-target-us-consulate-in-north-iraq-no-casualties#:~:text=Iraqi%20security%20forces%20say%20at,several%20missiles%20hitting%20the%20building.&amp;text=March%2012%2C%202022%2C%20at%207%3A19%20p.m.">reported</a>. &#8220;The attack comes several days after an Israeli strike near Damascus, Syria killed two members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.&#8221;</p>
<p>The AP added that &#8220;Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted Iraqi media acknowledging the attacks, without saying where they originated.&#8221;</p>
<p>Axios is also <a href="https://www.axios.com/report-missiles-may-targeted-us-consulate-erbil-iraq-1438db05-626c-4d43-b84c-58a6b6cf3676.html">reporting</a> that a source at the U.S. State Department claimed that &#8220;[there] is no damage or casualties at any U.S. government facility.”</p>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We are looking into the reported attack near Erbil,&#8221; a Pentagon spokesperson told Axios.</em></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><em>The State Department spokesperson said the incident &#8220;is being investigated by the government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;We condemn this outrageous attack and display of violence,&#8221; the spokesperson added.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Videos of the alleged attack were shared on Twitter:</p>
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<p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Erbil <a href="https://t.co/9J0gpqR2J7">pic.twitter.com/9J0gpqR2J7</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) <a href="https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1502786200842784773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-701103">provided</a> more details of the attacks, also based on &#8220;Independent open-source intelligence (OSINT) accounts.&#8221;</p>
<p>The videos were &#8220;reportedly shared by Iranian civilians showing missiles being fired from Iran at the time of the attack, with at least one of the videos being geolocated to a site in Khasabad in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">geolocation of a video showing missiles launched from Khasabad <a href="https://t.co/vChFIzfNcX">https://t.co/vChFIzfNcX</a> <a href="https://t.co/gShLvpArI0">https://t.co/gShLvpArI0</a> <a href="https://t.co/iDWucRCdeM">pic.twitter.com/iDWucRCdeM</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Samir (@obretix) <a href="https://twitter.com/obretix/status/1502794434999730177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p class="Raw-slyvem-0 bCYKCn">The Post added, &#8220;No party has taken responsibility for the missile fire as of yet. Iran has threatened retaliation in recent days&#8221; or the aforementioned alleged Israeli air strike.</p>
<p>In reaction to the news, Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, tweeted: “If this report is accurate, and Iran indeed launched ballistic missiles at US targets in Erbil, then this is an act of war, pure and simple.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The United States has no choice but to respond appropriately,&#8221; he added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">If this report is accurate, and Iran indeed launched ballistic missiles at US targets in Erbil, then this is an act of war, pure and simple. The United States has no choice but to respond appropriately. <a href="https://t.co/HW4BxUMqew">https://t.co/HW4BxUMqew</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mike (@Doranimated) <a href="https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1502784622626852871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;I presume that the Iranian attack on Erbil was a response to Israel killing two Iranian colonels in Damascus,&#8221; Doran said in a separate tweet. &#8220;The message from Tehran to the Americans is: &#8216;Rein in the Israelis, or we will escalate against you.&#8217; I fear the White House will indeed blame the Israelis and not Iran.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I presume that the Iranian attack on Erbil was a response to Israel killing two Iranian colonels in Damascus. The message from Tehran to the Americans is: &quot;Rein in the Israelis, or we will escalate against you.&quot; I fear the White House will indeed blame the Israelis and not Iran.</p>
<p>&mdash; Mike (@Doranimated) <a href="https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1502819601595482113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Andrew McCarthy, a former U.S. assistant attorney and columnist for National Review, added, &#8220;Could we possibly stop stupid s*** about how people are supposedly hopped up for war with Iran? Iran is at war with us — what we ‘want’ is not the point. Question is: What do we do about it?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It would be foolish to assume Iran not coordinating with patron angry over West’s aid to Ukraine,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This is a test by our enemies: Iran executing, Russia urging, China watching. Biden needs to show resolve.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It would be foolish to assume Iran not coordinating with patron angry over West’s aid to Ukraine. This is a test by our enemies: Iran executing, Russia urging, China watching. Biden needs to show resolve./x</p>
<p>&mdash; Andy McCarthy (@AndrewCMcCarthy) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewCMcCarthy/status/1502817166277713923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) called for the U.S. to stop &#8220;the Russian mediated negotiations with Iran,&#8221; in <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-us-desire-quick-accord-shows-it-has-no-will-strong-deal-2022-03-10/">reference</a> to the ongoing Iranian nuclear deal negotiations.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Stop the Russian mediated negotiations with Iran. Now. <a href="https://t.co/FBUwXrWJiz">https://t.co/FBUwXrWJiz</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1502816651057586177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><i>This article has been expanded after publication to include additional information.</i></p>


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Missiles Fired At U.S. Consulate In Erbil, Iraq, Reportedly From Iran

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