Pence Says Iran Intended to Kill Americans: Iran Update

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Source: Bloomberg

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Iran intended to kill Americans in its missile attack that struck two U.S. bases, Vice President Mike Pence said, contradicting a Pentagon analysis described by people familiar with the matter and comments by an Iranian military official.

Pence, in a pair of interviews aired Thursday morning, dismissed suggestions that Iran may have intentionally aimed its missiles away from populated areas of the Ayn al-Asad air base and one near the city of Erbil.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that when the Iranians fired those missiles, they were intending to kill Americans,” Pence told Fox News. In a separate interview with NBC, he added: “The ballistic missiles fired at American bases al-Asad and Erbil we believe were intended to kill Americans. We have intelligence to support that that was the intention of the Iranians.”

A Pentagon analysis of the attack suggested the missiles were aimed at unpopulated parts of the bases, according to the people familiar with the matter. Satellite imagery of the bases provided by Planet Labs showed damaged aircraft hangers and other structures at the al-Asad airbase in western Iraq following the strike. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said they were targeting American military equipment, not troops.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-09/prospect-of-war-ebbs-after-trump-calls-for-deal-iran-update?srnd=politics-vp

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January 9, 2020, 1:41 AM MST Updated on January 9, 2020, 7:47 AM MST

[Tom Rinaldo]

1. Actually, this comment may help Iran deescalate

This is the version of the strike's intent that Iran's rulers need their public to believe

[C Moon]

10. That's a good point.

I have a feeling many of the Iranian people aren't satisfied with the outcome.
It's still very scary out there, IMO.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. If leaders on both sides stopped the hatred they would lose power over their flock

[marble falls]

3. Jebus came to him and tole him allllll aboudit.

[gab13by13]

4. Russia, China, and Iran

are holding joint naval exercises. No way Trump will attack Iran as long as Putin is its ally.

[blakstoneranger]

5. IS THIS THE SAME PENCE WHO SAID.....

Soleimani helped plan the 9/11 attack. A statement which was not backed by any facts and have since been found to be false. Why does the media continue to take trump and pence at their word when they are known liars. Anything they say to the media should be immediately fact checked.

[durablend]

6. BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA

"NEED TO BOMB THEM INTO GLASS NOW!!!!!!"

(where's the terra alerts? shouldn't we be at Defcon pants on fire color by now?)

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Neah neah-neah neah neah

[pwb]

7. I think the rockets landed in a field spelling Fuck Trump?

.

[B Stieg]

8. Next, tRump and his grifters will claim Soleimani...

was building an atomic bomb in his garage.
Wait for it...

[Javaman]

9. desperate lies. nt

[duforsure]

11. Sure they did lying pence

That's why they notified people there 2 hours before they sent them. This was another staged event,only unlike what putin and trump did in Syria there was an accident. trump caused this to happen lying saying there was an imminent threat , when there wasn't. They fabricated one and got caught. Just like he got caught trying to extort and bribe the President of Ukraine.

[Miguelito Loveless]

13. Did Pence figure that out by himself,

or did Trump help him?

[paleotn]

14. I know a few Americans this can apply to

and it wouldn't break my heart one damn bit. Not naming names...but....