Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley, the U.S. military’s top uniformed official, said that while Iran’s missile attack on Wednesday didn’t result in any casualties, he believes it was intended to kill U.S. personnel and cause significant damage at the Al Asad Air Base.
Iran on Wednesday fired a barrage of missiles at two Iraqi military bases—Al Asad Air Base in Anbar province and Erbil in the Kurdish autonomous region—both of which host American forces, in an apparent response to the recent killing of Iran’s top military general Qassem Soleimani on Jan. 3 that was ordered by President Donald Trump.
