As of: January 31, 2024, 3:48 p.m
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Joe Biden has announced consequences in retaliation for an attack by pro-Iranian militias in which several US soldiers were killed.
Washington, DC - After a drone attack on a US military base on January 28th, threats and warnings in the Middle East conflict are becoming louder from several quarters.
US President Joe Biden is not the only one who has announced that he will retaliate for the deaths of two soldiers.
Threats are also already coming from Iran that a response by US forces could have serious “consequences”.
According to a report in the US newspaper Newsweek
, many military experts agree that the attack must have further consequences
.
Just like the fact that the US reaction should be carefully considered.
Since the US military's previous measures against pro-Iranian militias have had little effect and official figures now speak of over 170 attacks on US armed forces, the US President is expected to take tough action.
But there are also voices warning of a possible escalation.
Clear answer at a press conference: US President Joe Biden has already made the decision on a possible response to the weekend drone attack.
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Reaction to drone attack in Jordan: “We don’t want war with Iran”
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby emphasized at a press conference that the US does not want to provoke war with Iran.
Nevertheless, it is believed that pro-Iranian militias were also responsible for the attack on the US military base Tower 22 in northern Jordan, which left three dead and 34 injured.
There is no question that this requires a reaction from the USA that only Biden can decide.
The US news channel ABC
reports that the US President has already made a decision about this
.
The broadcaster quoted an interview in front of the White House in which Biden stated that it could not be in the interests of the USA to further expand the war in the Middle East.
Nevertheless, Biden also emphasized that Iran was undoubtedly complicit in the attack: “They supplied those who did it with weapons.” Tehran, on the other hand, had denied connections to the attack on the US base at the weekend.
Cyber attacks or direct attack: these are the options available to the USA
According to the Newsweek
report , concrete ways to harm Iran and its pro-Iranian allies could
include, in addition to a direct attack on Iran, cyber attacks on groups from the network that Iran calls the “Axis of Resistance.”
Attacks on Iranian Revolutionary Guard positions in Syria and Iraq are also conceivable and, according to some experts, also the most likely variant.
Their commander, Hussein Salami, recently announced to the semi-official news agencies Fars and Tasnim that he would “leave no threat unanswered” and was therefore considering further escalation.
According to Biden's announcements, it is still unclear when the USA can expect a response to Sunday's drone attack.
He had announced that a retaliatory strike would take place “at a time of our choosing,” but did not specify anything further.
(saka with dpa)