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Breaking: US Joint Staff Chairman Gen Milley and DefSec Esper believe Iran targeted American lives

In its first statement hours later, premier Adel Abdel Mahdi's office said it had been warned.

"We received an official verbal message from the Islamic Republic of Iran that the Iranian response to the assassination of Qasem Soleimani had begun or would begin shortly, and that the strike would be limited to where the US military was located in Iraq without specifying the locations," it said.

The prime minister's office said it was simultaneously contacted by the US, as the missiles slammed into the Ain al-Asad base in western Iraq and Harir further north.

"We immediately warned Iraqi military commanders to take the necessary precautions," it said, adding that no Iraqi forces had been hurt in the attack.

"Iraq rejects any violation of its sovereignty and attacks on its territory," the premier's office added, without specifically condemning the missile strikes.
 
The bottom line is:

US of America has been slapped and humiliated by Iran.
Iran has come out more powerful at the exit.
USA is looking weaker - relying on mere "statements" (powerful countries don't do that).
 
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