More than a third of those attacks have occurred in the last month, marking a clear surge in violence against U.S. forces in the region. ..."If Iran continues to threaten our troops in Syria and Iraq, the right response militarily would be, in my view, to hit the IRGC training bases and infrastructure inside of Iran," Graham said.
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Nearly 60 U.S. troops at military bases in Syria and Iraq have been injured in 56 missile and drone attacks launched in the last month by Iran-backed militant groups, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
Militant groups in the region began increasing attacks on U.S. bases in the two countries in mid-October, within two weeks after Hamas militants from Gaza launched a surprise attack on Israel that killed hundreds of civilians. Since then, American troops have been targeted dozens of times at bases in Iraq and Syria. ...
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...American Jews face an “outrageous distinction of being uniquely targeted” by numerous extremist groups. ...foreign terrorist organization may exploit the current conflict to conduct attacks here on our own soil,” he added, pointing to the potential for actions from groups such as Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group with links to Iran. “We’re keeping a close eye on what impact recent events may have on those groups’ intentions here in the United States ...Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) also blasted the Biden administration, saying that border states like hers bear the “brunt of the federal government’s failure on the border.”
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