{"id":58829,"date":"2020-01-17T15:17:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T07:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58829"},"modified":"2020-01-17T15:17:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T07:17:34","slug":"11-us-troops-injured-in-jan-8-iran-missile-attack-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=58829","title":{"rendered":"11 US troops injured in Jan 8 Iran missile attack in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/apicms.thestar.com.my\/uploads\/images\/2020\/01\/17\/497180.JPG\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO U.S. soldiers inspect the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province Iraq January 13 2020. REUTERSJohn Davison\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">US soldiers inspect the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United States treated 11 of its troops for symptoms of concussion after an\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/world\/iran-soleimani-rockets-hit-iraq-base-housing-us-troops-12242340\" target=\"_blank\">Iranian missile attack<\/a>\u00a0on an Iraqi base where US\u00a0forces were stationed, the US\u00a0military said, after initially saying no service members were hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack was retaliation for a US\u00a0drone strike in Baghdad on Jan\u00a03 that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Donald Trump and the US&nbsp;military had said there were no casualties after the strike on the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq and a facility in its northern Kurdish region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;While no US&nbsp;service members were killed in the Jan 8 Iranian attack on Al Asad air base, several were treated for concussion symptoms from the blast and are still being assessed,&#8221; Captain Bill Urban, spokesman for US&nbsp;Central Command, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a measure of caution, some service members were taken to US&nbsp;facilities in Germany or Kuwait for &#8220;follow-on screening,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When deemed fit for duty, the service members are expected to return to Iraq.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As many as 1,500 Americans were deployed at the vast base deep in Iraq&#8217;s Anbar desert. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<em>r<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US soldiers inspect the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The United States treated 11 of its troops for symptoms of concussion after an\u00a0Iranian missile attack\u00a0on an Iraqi base where US\u00a0forces were stationed, the US\u00a0military said, after initially saying no service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58829"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}