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| Trump authorizes Pentagon 'to do what we need to do' after deadly attack on US & UK troops in Iraq – Defense Secretary Esper | |
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| US President Donald Trump has given the military permission to avenge the deaths of two US troops and a British serviceman in a rocket attack on Camp Taji outside the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed. | US President Donald Trump has given the military permission to avenge the deaths of two US troops and a British serviceman in a rocket attack on Camp Taji outside the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed. |
| "I have spoken with the president. He's given me the authority to do what we need to do, consistent with his guidance. And, you know – if that becomes the case," Esper told journalists. | "I have spoken with the president. He's given me the authority to do what we need to do, consistent with his guidance. And, you know – if that becomes the case," Esper told journalists. |
| He refused to disclose any details of a possible military response, only saying that he was "not going to take any option off the table right now," and that the Pentagon was "focused" on the Iraq-based military groups that could be responsible for the attack. | He refused to disclose any details of a possible military response, only saying that he was "not going to take any option off the table right now," and that the Pentagon was "focused" on the Iraq-based military groups that could be responsible for the attack. |
| A high-ranked US general earlier insisted that the Pentagon knew with a "high degree of certainty" who the perpetrators of the rocket strike were. | A high-ranked US general earlier insisted that the Pentagon knew with a "high degree of certainty" who the perpetrators of the rocket strike were. |
| A total of 18 rockets struck Camp Taji on Wednesday, killing two US troops and one British soldier, while injuring 12 others. | |
| The base, located 27km north of Baghdad, is used by the US coalition to train the local security forces. | |
| It’s the second attack against Camp Taji since the start of the year, with an Iraqi soldier injured by rocket fire in January. | |
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