The US armed forces will retaliate against the militants who attacked their base in Iraq if necessary, Pentagon chief General Lloyd Austin said in an interview with ABC News.
The minister noted that the United States has already received some information about who exactly is behind the attack on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq, which took place on March 3. These data are currently being verified.
The strike injured five Americans and killed one person – an employee of a foreign contractor working for the United States on a contract.
“If necessary, we will strike back. But we will do it in the place and at the time that we ourselves choose, ”said Austin.
On February 14, analysts at the US government-linked research organization RAND acknowledged the problem with the number of civilian casualties in US Air Force airstrikes in Syria and Iraq.
