{"id":79018,"date":"2019-12-13T21:07:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T21:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/13\/pompeo-warns-of-decisive-us-response-if-iran-harms-us-troops-or-allies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:02:27","slug":"pompeo-warns-of-decisive-us-response-if-iran-harms-us-troops-or-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/13\/pompeo-warns-of-decisive-us-response-if-iran-harms-us-troops-or-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo warns of \u2018decisive US response\u2019 if Iran harms US troops or allies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iran <\/a>and its leaders Friday of a \u201cdecisive U.S. response\u201d if the regime or its militias harm American troops or allies in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe must also use this opportunity to remind Iran\u2019s leaders that any attacks by them, or their proxies of any identity, that harm Americans, our allies, or our interests will be answered with a decisive U.S. response,\u201d Pompeo said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pompeo also fingered Iranian-backed militias as being responsible for the Dec. 9 and Dec. 11 rocket attacks near Baghdad International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rocket attack Monday wounded five Iraqi security forces, two of them critically, Pompeo said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIran\u2019s proxies have recently conducted several attacks against bases where Iraqi Security Forces are co-located with U.S. and International Coalition personnel,\u201d Pompeo said. \u201cWe hope and pray these brave Iraqis will quickly and fully recover from their injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t