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Source: RT News
FILE PHOTO: Lloyd Austin speaks to Defense Department personnel during a visit by President Joe Biden at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, February 10, 2021 © Reuters / Carlos Barria
7 March 2021
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin won't say who was behind a recent rocket attack on an American airbase in Iraq, but his eyes are on Iran, and he says the US will strike again "at a time and place of our own choosing."
At least 10 missiles rained down on the Ain al-Asad airbase in the Iraqi province of Anbar on Wednesday, killing one US civilian contractor on the coalition base. The attack came after President Joe Biden ordered an airstrike on Iranian-backed militia targets in Syria – which was similarly said to be a response to a previous rocket attack on US targets in Iraq.
More: US civilian contractor dies following missile attack on coalition airbase in Iraq - Pentagon
Iran's level of control over the Shiite militias apparently responsible for the attacks is unclear, but the Pentagon is weighing its response to the latest attack with Tehran in mind, Austin told ABC News in an interview released on Sunday.
"You can expect that we will always hold people accountable for their acts," Austin said, adding that should the US respond with force, it will do so "at a time and place of our own choosing."
NEW: Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin tells @MarthaRaddatz the U.S. is still assessing who carried out recent rocket attack on base in Iraq housing U.S. troops—and that if the U.S. decides to respond, it will be "at a time and place of our own choosing." https://t.co/dp6TAdiT33 pic.twitter.com/UPoDIhgOT1
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) March 5, 2021
Iran, he said, should bear in mind that the US is "going to defend our troops," adding that the Islamic Republic should "choose to do the right things."
Tehran has accused the US of strengthening terrorism in the region by attacking the Shiite militias, who are opposed to Sunni extremist groups like Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). "The attack on anti-terrorist resistance forces is the beginning of a new round of organized terrorism," Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said late last month, adding that Iran would "confront the US plan to revive terrorism in the region."
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BIDEN VOTER: "They're dropping bombs in Syria right now, and those bombs are kinda expensive for a dude that owes me $2,000." pic.twitter.com/8YQbf2vGJu
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