US Launches Retaliatory Strike on Iran-Backed Group After Deadly Attack

US Launches Retaliatory Strike on Iran-Backed Group After Deadly Attack
Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington on March 2, 2020. Susan Walsh/AP Photo
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The United States on Thursday launched retaliatory airstrikes aimed at an Iran-backed terror group after a recent deadly rocket attack on a U.S. military base in Iraq that killed two Americans and a Brit.

“Earlier this evening, the United States conducted defensive precision strikes against Kata’ib Hizbollah (KH, also Kata’ib Hezbollah) facilities across Iraq,” read a statement from the Department of Defense released Thursday.
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