“I’m not going to anticipate any decision that President Joe Biden might make, but rest assured that we are taking this very seriously,” said Jon Finer, one of President Joe Biden’s national security advisers, the day after a attack carried out by pro-Iran fighters against a base in Iraq housing American troops.
The United States takes “very seriously” the attack carried out on Saturday by pro-Iran fighters against a base in Iraq housing American and international coalition troops, a senior American official said on Sunday. “It was a very serious attack, using ballistic missiles that posed a real threat,” Jon Finer, one of US President Joe Biden’s national security advisers, said in an interview on ABC.
All missiles targeting the al-Assad air base in western Iraq could not be stopped by air defense systems, and at least one Iraqi soldier was injured, according to the US Middle East Military Command (Centcom).
An explosive regional context
“The United States has shown in the past, when these attacks have occurred in Iraq and Syria, that we respond when we consider it necessary to reestablish and try to reestablish deterrence,” he added. . “I’m not going to anticipate any decision that President Joe Biden might make, but be sure that we take this very seriously,” he said, before adding: “We will have more to say on the subject very Soon.”
The attack was claimed by the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq”, a network of fighters from pro-Iran armed groups. It took place in an explosive regional context, fueled by the repercussions of the war in Gaza between Israel – an ally of Washington – and the terrorist movement Hamas, supported by Iran.