Al-Asad Air Base Rocket Attack March 3, 2021
(below is the outline of our unscheduled podcast episode on the attack, today, on U.S. forces in Iraq by Shiite Militias).
The same Iraqi base that was attacked by Iran in January, 2020 is hit again
Attackers are ‘unknown” but the MO points to the Iraqi Shiite militias, again.
About a week after U.S. retaliatory strike hit militia facilities in eastern Syria
This new attack:
Ten rockets, fired from a truck later found east of the base
No U.S. Military casualties
One American civilian contractor died of a “cardiac episode”
The base’s Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) missile defensive systems engaged enemy rockets
This is clearly a response to the U.S. retaliatory strike we discussed in our last podcast episode.
WHAT will the Biden Administration do? All of this is a test on Biden by the Iranians. This comes along in the same venue as the recent drone and missile attacks on Saudi facilities, and the attack on an Israeli civilian ship in the Gulf. Biden and the U.S. MUST respond forcefully!
Sources and Notes:
DOD Press Release on Al-Asad Attack at https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2522600/dod-statement-on-rocket-attack-at-al-asad-by-pentagon-press-secretary-john-f-ki/
Al-Asad Air Base Rocket Attack March 3, 2021 Update