griffin. she is at the pentagon tonight. hi, jennifer. good evening, gillian. as iranian proxies continue to bait the u.s. military, the biden administration seems to be pursuing the same strategy in the middle east that it has in ukraine. what some say is an overly cautious approach for fear of escalation and a wider war. u.s. has positioned 11,350 military personnel to the middle east since october 7th. to deter a wider middle east conflict. on thursday after 121 attacks on u.s. bases in iraq and syria, the u.s. sent a drone to kill the iranian backed militia leader it says planned those attacks in response, iraq s prime minister vowed to ask u.s. troops to leave his country during a speech to mark the fourth anniversary of the u.s. assassination of iranian general kassem soleimani in baghdad? we affirm our firm and principle
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will be in an advisement role and provide any material hard or human assets if it comes to that. bill: first day of school since the holiday, too. paul, thanks, we hope for the best at the top of the hour. thank you. dana: u.s. official confirms to fox news the military launch i had an air strike in baghdad this morning targeting a militia leader responsible for 118 strikes on american forces in the region since mid october. general jack keane joins me now. what do you know about this individual or this group that was targeting americans and why do we take the opportunity now? was it just presented to us? well, this is part of the population mobilization front that s a key organization that s iranian-backed militia group that has been leading much of the attacks against our bases in iraq and syria. they were really focusing on the senior leader who is one of the
the u.s. strikes back. air strike in baghdad against militia leaders supported by iran. the u.s. believes they re behind the surge of attacks against american forces in iraq and in syria. we ve been on the story for some time and see where it goes now. live in new york i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. it s interesting it feels like every day we come here and there is another little bit and another little bit. the retaliation from the biden administration, it s been a long time coming since the middle of october pro-iranian mill i shalls have attacked 118 times. bill: let s get to senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot watching the story from london. let s begin with you. hello. bill and dana. our crack team at the pentagon in the last 30 minutes has been able to confirm this. a major strike by the united states on a militia leader right
some kind of preemptive action against houthi bases or their equipment in the red sea. and this isjust one of equipment in the red sea. and this is just one of many tectonic plates of tension, i would put it, that are moving around the middle east right now. so you ve got the tension in lebanon, upon lebanese border. you ve got tension in iran about after the double bombings yesterday, which no islamic states has claimed response will before. you ve also got tension in iraq because there was a us air strike in baghdad on a militia leader, and you ve got the ongoing conflict in gaza and searing tensions in the west bank. so it s a really fiery start to the new year in the middle east. in the middle east. what s your assessment of in the middle east. what s your assessment of iran s in the middle east. what s your assessment of iran s can - in the middle east. what s your assessment of iran s can roll i in the middle east. what s your. assessment of iran s can roll and control over
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