{"id":78797,"date":"2023-11-21T22:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T22:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/21\/us-fires-back-after-ballistic-missile-attack-on-iraq-base\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:35:47","slug":"us-fires-back-after-ballistic-missile-attack-on-iraq-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2023\/11\/21\/us-fires-back-after-ballistic-missile-attack-on-iraq-base\/","title":{"rendered":"US fires back after ballistic missile attack on Iraq base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/air\/2023\/11\/07\/us-air-force-may-remove-105mm-cannon-from-ac-130-gunship\/\" target=\"_blank\">AC-130 gunship<\/a> fired on an Iran-backed militia vehicle in Iraq on Monday night after the occupants fired a missile at a base housing U.S. troops, the Pentagon confirmed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft was already overhead when the close-range ballistic missile hit al Asad airbase, Defense Department spokeswoman Sabrina Singh confirmed during a press briefing, adding that in addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/11\/13\/us-conducts-more-airstrikes-against-iran-backed-groups-in-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\">planned strikes on Iran-backed militia facilities<\/a> over the past month, U.S. forces in the Middle East have immediately returned fire after some of the dozens of attacks on bases housing U.S. troops since mid-October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis self-defense strike resulted in some hostile fatalities,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack on al Asad brought the total since Oct. 17 to 66, including 32 in Iraq and 34 in Syria. 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