In the wee hours of January 8, Tehran retaliated over the US killing of Iran’s most powerful general by bombarding the al-Asad airbase in Iraq. Among the 2,000 troops stationed there was US Army Specialist Kimo Keltz, who recalls hearing a missile whistling through the sky as he lay on the deck of a guard tower.

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Iran's missile attacks on US targets did not aim to kill the American soldiers, a senior Iranian commander said after United States President Donald Trump said that no US troops were hurt in Wednesday's strike on its airbase in Iraq.

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After conducting ballistic strikes on US bases, Iran's ambassador to the UN, Majid Takht Ravanchi, in a letter to the United Nations said his country has full respect for "the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Republic of Iraq.

We fully respect Iraq's sovereignty, says Iran's UN ambassador after ballistic missile strike

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Iran on Wednesday launched ballistic missile attacks on US bases in Iraq in retaliation to the US drone strike which killed Iranian commander General Qasem Soleimani, this has raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East. #WION #Iran #Trump

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'Hit with a truck': How Iran's missiles inflicted brain injury on US troops

Iran missile attack news: Solemani's killing was American justice, says Trump at campaign rally in Ohio

We fully respect Iraq's sovereignty, says Iran's UN ambassador after ballistic missile strike

Key facts about Al-Asad US air base in Iraq attacked by Iran

15 ballistic missiles hit US troops in Erbil, al-Asad