Videos: Missiles hit US base in Iraq – Iran suspected

Videos: Missiles hit US base in Iraq – Iran suspected Missiles land near a U.S. base in Erbil, Iraq, March 12, 2022. (Screenshot)

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A U.S. base or consulate building in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region was targeted by multiple missiles on Saturday night. Some observers have speculated that the weapons were ballistic missiles, possibly launched from neighboring Iran.

Multiple videos have emerged on social media of missiles striking in the Kurdistan city of Erbil. Some social media users have said the missiles have struck a base hosting U.S. troops in the region.

Other social media users have said a U.S. consulate in the Kurdish region was targeted.

One social media user tweeted that six Iranian Fateh-110 were reportedly launched from the Khasabad military base, near the Iranian city of Tabriz. Fateh-110s are road-mobile surface to surface ballistic missiles. Fateh-110s may have been the missiles Iran used in strikes on U.S. bases on Jan. 8, 2020, in retaliation for the U.S. strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

The social media user who tweeted reports of six Iranian Fateh-110 missiles launched from Tabriz subsequently tweeted a video, purportedly showing the missiles being launched.

Another Twitter shared a possible geolocation from the video of the missile launches, pinpointing its location to somewhere near a facility operated by the Iranian automaker Khodro. If accurate, that geolocation data could further implicate Iran’s involvement in the missile launches.

The exact targets of these missiles strikes and the damage they’ve caused is not yet clear.

“Defense official says no reports of casualties so far in the missile attack on the US base in Erbil,” Politico reporter Paul McLeary tweeted.

The missile strikes come three days after two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers were reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in Syria. Reuters reported the Iranian side has already vowed revenge for the strike.

The attack comes as the U.S. and Iran are still actively engaged in talks in Vienna, Austria, to restart the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East referred American Military News to the U.S. State Department for additional information.

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