The Iran Empire Strikes Back

The Pentagon is now confirming that “more than a dozen” missiles were launched towards U.S. bases in Iraq.  Further reports say that ballistic missiles have been fired from inside Iran at multiple U.S. military facilities--Erbil in northern Iraq and Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq.   There were later reports that 22 missiles involved in the attack.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said the attack was in retaliation for the U.S. killing of Qassim Soleimani.
"We are warning all American allies, who gave their bases to its terrorist army, that any territory that is the starting point of aggressive acts against Iran will be targeted," it said in a statement carried by Iran's state-run IRNA news agency.

Iran is also saying that any retaliation to this new attack will result in further targeting of any U.S. bases in the region.

As a reminder to everyone-- that as this crisis escalates, we have no Director of National Intelligence, no Deputy Director of National Intelligence,  no Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary, no Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, no Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, no Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, no State Department Under Secretary of Arms Control, no State Department Assistant Secretary for Europe, and no Secretary of the Navy.