The USA initiates retaliation for the Jordanian attack

The United States launched a military operation last night in response to Sunday’s deadly drone strike that killed three of its soldiers at a base in Jordan, Fox and ABC television networks reported, citing sources in the army However, neither the targets nor the location of the retaliatory attacks were revealed, although it can be deduced that they are militia bases backed by Iran and established in various areas of Iraq. Washington had not made the attack official at press time. On Thursday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had already refused to offer details about this operation. “We will have a multi-tiered response and we have the ability to respond multiple times, depending on what the situation is. We work to avoid a greater conflict in the region, but we will take the necessary measures to defend our interests and our people”, he pointed out. The response action coincided with the ceremony of receiving the coffins with the three dead soldiers, which was also held yesterday, headed by the President of the United States, Joe Biden. The reception took place at the Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. It is the second ceremony of this type that Biden attends as president after he participated in 2021 in the reception of 13 soldiers killed in a terrorist attack at Kabul airport. The coffins of Sergeants William Rivers, Breonna Moffett and Kennedy Sanders, all from the southern state of Georgia, arrived at the Dover base aboard a large Lockheed C-5 Galaxy military transport aircraft. Six soldiers carried the coffins, draped with the American flag, from the plane to a hearse. The president and the military entourage remained standing, silent and with their hands on their foreheads on the airstrip as the military moved the coffins one by one. The ceremony ended when another soldier closed the doors of the vehicle. The attack in which the three Americans died happened on Sunday and was claimed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq. This group has orchestrated dozens of attacks against U.S. interests since the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip broke out after the Hamas attacks last October 7, although they had not caused any fatalities until Sunday. The United States soldiers did not repel the drone attack because they mistook the device for one of their own that was returning to the military base at the time.