Tower 22 drone attack
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Tower 22 drone attack
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On 28 January 2024, an attack drone, launched by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq—an Iranian-backed Shia militia group—struck Tower 22, a U.S. military outpost in Rukban, northeast Jordan. The explosion killed three U.S. soldiers and injured 47 others. The incident marked the first time U.S. troops were killed by enemy fire since the start of the Israel–Hamas war. President Joe Biden condemned the attack as "despicable" and pledged retaliation at a suitable time. The U.S. began retaliatory strikes
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2024 attack on a US military outpost in Jordan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_22_drone_attack
date created:
2024-01-28T16:25:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T20:01:52Z
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