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Satellite Photos Show Damage Iranian Missiles Did To US Bases In Iraq

Posted by Thandiubani on Thu 09th Jan, 2020 - tori.ng

The destruction caused by missiles fired by Iran at US bases in Iraq have been revealed via satellite.


What appears to be new damage at Al Asad air base in Iraq is seen in a satellite picture taken January 8, 2020. Planet/Handout via REUTERS
 
Iranian missiles damaged or destroyed seven buildings in the part of Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq that houses U.S. military personnel, satellite photographs appear to show.
 
Two images provided by commercial satellite company Planet Labs Inc., and reviewed by Reuters, show five missile impact points in that part of the base.
 
The extent of the damage can be gauged by comparing the photographs, taken after Wednesday’s attack, with images from December 25 last year.
 
At least three of the structures appear to be aircraft maintenance hangers. Some of the buildings or structures have completely disappeared. Only parts of the others remain.

“They targeted the American portion of the base. They meant to hit it and they did hit it,” said Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California.
 
U.S. President Donald Trump said no Americans were harmed in the strikes, which Iranian said it launched in retaliation for the killing last week in Iraq of an Iranian general.
 
See more graphic photos Here
 
-Reuters


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