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US strikes back after attack kills American and British troops in Iraq

By Jamie McIntyre
Published March 13, 2020 11:05am ET
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US strikes back after attack kills American and British troops in Iraq
‘WE WILL HOLD PERPETRATORS ACCOUNTABLE’: Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley met with reporters in the Pentagon briefing room yesterday, and left little doubt about what was coming, in the wake of an attack on a coalition base in Iraq that killed two U.S. troops and one U.K. soldier, and […]

‘WE WILL HOLD PERPETRATORS ACCOUNTABLE’: Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley met with reporters in the Pentagon briefing room yesterday, and left little doubt about what was coming, in the wake of an attack on a coalition base in Iraq that killed two U.S. troops and one U.K. soldier, and wounded 14 others.

“We will hold perpetrators accountable,” vowed Esper. “You don’t get to shoot at our bases and kill and wound Americans and get away with it.”

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