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this video filmed by a local television channel shows the moment just after an iranian drone and several missiles struck one mpt kurdish opposition party bases. killing eight soldiers and injuring more. on a day on which 70 missiles kurdish authorities say rained down in the space of just four hours. this base only two years ago was on the front line in the fight against isis after pac received u.s. training. it isn t far from u.s. central command centcom forces. just one day after the attack on the pac base, centcom shot down another iranian drone, which appeared, they say, as a threat to centcom forces stationed in the area, and as the u.s. anti-isis presence in iraq is set to continue, so is the threat iran poses. these female fighters have vowed to fight until there is a regime