Iran informed Iraq PM before missile attack on US forces: Official

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Baghdad - Tehran did not specify the locations.

By Reuters

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Published: Wed 8 Jan 2020, 1:35 PM

Last updated: Wed 8 Jan 2020, 6:14 PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi received a verbal message from Iran in which it told him its response to the US killing of its top general was either imminent or under way, his spokesman said in a statement.
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Tehran told Abdul Mahdi it would only target locations where US forces were present but did not specify the locations, his spokesman said.

Abdul Mahdi simultaneously received a call from the United States while missiles were falling on the American wing of the Ain Al Assad air base in Anbar province and the Harir air base in Erbil, the spokesman said.

There have been no reports of casualties from either the Iraqi military or the US-led coalition.


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