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U.S. Says Airstrikes in Syria Intended to Send Message to Iran


(AP) Lolita C. Baldor - Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, said Wednesday that recent U.S. airstrikes on facilities used by militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards demonstrated that "the United States will not hesitate to defend itself against Iranian and Iran-backed aggression when it occurs." "The threats that they engage in against our people in the region or elsewhere are not linked to wherever we end up on the nuclear deal," said Kahl. "It actually has nothing to do with our willingness and resolve to defend ourselves." Kahl said the attacks on two U.S. facilities this month fueled concerns that "Iran intends to do more of this and we wanted to disabuse them of any sense that that was a good idea."
2022-08-25 00:00:00
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