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Biden gives chilling warning to Iran to ‘be careful’ after ‘killing 22’ in first airstrike on militia as war fears mount
PRESIDENT Joe Biden on Friday signaled that the Syria airstrike he ordered that killed 22 Iran-backed fighters was a warning to Iran to “be careful.”
Biden’s first military airstrike on Thursday was intended to send a clear message to Tehran to not support militia groups that threaten American personnel.
President Joe Biden said the airstrike was a warning to Iran to ‘be careful’[/caption]
President Joe Biden ordered his first airstrike at Syria on Thursday[/caption]
Responding to a reporter’s question on what he wanted to get across with the airstrikes, Biden said: “You can’t act with impunity. Be careful.”
The airstrike reportedly killed 22 people a revenge attack and was apparently done in retaliation for a February 15 rocket attack on the American military base at Erbil International Airport.
On Friday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the targets “were chosen to correspond to the recent attacks on facilities and to deter the risk of additional attacks over the coming weeks.”
Two Air Force F-15E aircraft were used for the airstrike in Syria and dropped seven 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs), according to the Military Times.
President Joe Biden’s first airstrike has reportedly left 22 people dead[/caption]
President Joe Biden’s airstrike was apparently in retaliation for a February 15 rocket attack on the American military base at Erbil International Airport[/caption]
The bombs destroyed nine facilities and damaged two more, according to Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby.
Biden used his Constitution-given authority as commander-in-chief to defend American personnel in response to the February 15 attack that injured several American contractors, an American service member and killed one contractor who was not American.
The February attack was later claimed by the Guardians of Blood Brigade.
Iraqi militia Kataeb Hezbollah ripped the airstrike as “a heinous crime in violation of international law and insulting to the sovereignty of Iraq.”
The February 15 attack injured several American contractors and an American service member[/caption]
Iran-backed militia targets in Syria were wiped out by bombs in the revenge attack[/caption]
Following the airstrike on Thursday, Biden, Psaki and Vice President Kamala Harris were accused of being hypocrites due to previous tweets slamming former President Donald Trump’s attacks on Syria.
Biden in a 2019 tweet called Trump “erratic” and “impulsive” for threatening to bomb Iran.
“No president should order a military strike without fully understanding the consequences,” Biden wrote at the time.
“We don’t need another war in the Middle East, but Trump’s actions toward Iran only make that more likely.”
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