Well, I can already tell that many Americans are going to be VERY disappointed.

These strikes are not much different from what we've seen over the past years. At least for now, they are quite underwhelming.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: American B-1 bombers are taking part in the ongoing airstrikes

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 Video from Al-Qaim, Iraq, sounds of explosions roaring in the background

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇸🇾/🇮🇶 CENTCOM: We struck more than 85 Iran-related targets in Iraq and Syria, using 125 precision munitions and long range bombers flown from the U.S.

The targets included command and control operations centers, intelligence centers, rockets, missiles, unmanned aired vehicle storages, logistics and munition supply chain facilities.

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— If it was really 85 targets, then it's the largest single attack we've seen so far in Iraq (and Syria) since 2003

However, there is an extreme lack of footage, because Iran is very tightly controling the information flow.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- Ammo depot in al-Qaim, Iraq cooking off as a result of US airstrikes

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

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— 🇺🇸 Statement by U.S. President Joe Biden on tonight's strikes:

'This afternoon, at my direction, U.S. military forces struck targets at facilities in Iraq and Syria that the IRGC and affiliated militia use to attack U.S. forces.

Our response began today. It will continue at times and places of our choosing.

The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world. But let all those who might seek to do us harm know this: If you harm an American, we will respond.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Former U.S. National Security Advisor, Lieutenant General Keith Kellog, regarding tonight's attacks:

'I am not impressed at all. The United States is striking secondary and even tertiary targets, but not the primary target (Iran). There is no clear end goal that this campaign aims to achieve.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇯🇴 NEW: The Jordanian Air Force will be participating in the U.S. bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria – WSJ

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶/🇸🇾 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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This was clearly the intention. Why else tell them several times in advance that you're gonna bomb them?

The U.S. obviously wanted to avoid casualties at all costs. No interest in actual retaliation, just public appeasement.

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

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— 🇮🇶 My contact in Iraq says he 'expected worse', everything seems to be mostly limited to material damage.

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

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: No Iranian nationals were killed in the U.S. airstrikes tonight

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 Video of martyrs arriving from the U.S. strikes on Al-Qaim, Iraq

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— 🇺🇸/🇸🇾/🇮🇶 NEW: Confirmed casualties so far are 10 martyrs in Syria and 3 in Iraq

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

- The first 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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