📝 🇺🇸 🇸🇾 "The Mainstream Media seems to really be Struggling with their Sources and Reporting tonight."

🇺🇸 ❌️ 🇸🇾 The U.S began conducting airstrikes on Iran-backed positions in Iraq and Syria on Friday, according to four Defense Department officials, the first of what officials expect to be multiple rounds of retaliatory actions following the deaths of three U.S. soldiers in Jordan this week.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/02/us-strikes-militant-positions-in-iraq-and-syria-in-response-to-deadly-drone-attack-in-jordan-00139410

🇺🇸 ❌️ 🇸🇾 Several U.S. Officials have reported that 2 B-1B “Lancer” Heavy Bombers alongside roughly 10 Attack and Fighter Aircraft from U.S. Central Command are Participating in tonight’s Airstrikes against the IRGC and Iranian-Backed Groups in Eastern Syria and Iraq.

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🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡️- CENTCOM has issued a statement on the airstrikes.

"At 4:00 p.m. (EST) Feb. 02, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups. U.S. military forces struck more than 85 targets, with numerous aircraft to include long-range bombers flown from United States. The airstrikes employed more than 125 precision munitions. The facilities that were struck included command and control operations, centers, intelligence centers, rockets, and missiles, and unmanned aired vehicle storages, and logistics and munition supply chain facilities of militia groups and their IRGC sponsors who facilitated attacks against U.S. and Coalition forces."

85 targets were hit and 125 munitions were used.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The United States will NOT strike inside Iran – CNN citing a Senior Biden Administration Official

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🇺🇸⚡️- Biden has released a statement on today's airstrikes.

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The long awaited law package "Ley de Bases y Puntos de Partida para la Libertad de los Argentinos" (Law of the bases and starting points for the liberty of Argentines) was generally approved by the deputy chamber of Congress with 144 affirmative votes and 109 negative votes, on Tuesday the particular treatment begins.

While the law package received a general approval there are controversial segments of the package which are going to be treated separately on Tuesday, regardless if those segments are ultimately approved or not it is now confirmed that the law package will reach the Senate and be voted on.

The Senate will give it a swift approval thanks to the heavy work of Argentine vicepresident Victoria Villarruel with the Senators and Interior Minister Guillermo Francos.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶/🇸🇾 NEW: Al-Mayadeen confirms that almost all of the sites targeted by the U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria had already been completely evacuated

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🇯🇴 ❌️ 🇸🇾 F-16 “Fighting Falcons” with the Royal Jordanian Air Force are reported to have Participated in tonight’s U.S-Led Airstrikes against the IRGC and Iranian-Backed Groups in Iraq and Syria, likely a Response to the Drone Attack which took place against a U.S. Base on Jordanian Territory.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-strikes-iran-backed-groups-in-syria-and-iraq-bcd627b5

https://archive.ph/i9bhn

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 CNN's Jeremy Diamond in Tel Aviv says that the 5-day delay in this operation gave Iran time to prepare and transfer important commanders and weapons from the headquarters.

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— 🇺🇸/🇯🇴 NEW: It was not Israel but Jordan which carried out the first airstrikes of tonight in Syria, that were initially reported as U.S. strikes

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: The United States informed the Iraqi government before the strikes – White House

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🇮🇶 — Iraqi military spokesman Yahya Rasool confirms that U.S. carried out airstrikes in Al-Qaim and Iraqi border areas, calling it a violation of Iraq's sovereignty.

⚡White House's Kirby: Three facilities hit in U.S airstrikes in Iraq and four in Syria — Reuters

📢 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Statement From Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin: "This is the start of our response. The President has directed additional actions to hold the IRGC and affiliated militias accountable for their attacks on U.S. and Coalition Forces"

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3665642/statement-from-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-us-strikes-in-iraq-an

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✈️ 🇺🇸 🇸🇾 LTG Douglas Sims, talking to reporters now, says the B-1 bombers that participated in the strikes tonight flew in "a single non-stop flight" from the US, "all of that enhanced by our Transportation Command and our ability to gas and go along the way."

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶/🇸🇾 What we know about the U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria:

- The strikes started in Eastern Syria around 23:30 local time. These initial strikes were likely carried out by the Royal Jordan Air Force, which took part in the attacks in coordination with the U.S. per WSJ.

- U.S. strikes in Syria and Iraq started at approximately 00:00 local time (4pm EST) and lasted for about 30 minutes.

- B-1 bombers that took off directly from the U.S. participated in the bombings alongside U.S. fighter jets.

- They struck 3 facilities in Iraq and 4 in Syria, using 125 precision munitions to strike 85 specified targets within those 7 facilities.

- The U.S. informed the Iraqi government before the strikes took place.

- Most of the targets had already been completely evacuated, leading to a preliminary toll of 13 deaths and mostly material damage to the facilities.

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