Israel Built Secret Base in Iraq During Iran War, WSJ Reports
The outpost housed special forces and search-and-rescue teams, and Israeli airstrikes kept Iraqi troops from uncovering it, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that Israel established a secret military outpost in Iraq's western desert to support its air war against Iran, citing U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter.
- Built shortly before Operation Roaring Lion began with American knowledge, the site housed Israeli Air Force special forces and search-and-rescue teams positioned to rescue pilots downed during operations over Iran.
- On March 4, a local shepherd reported unusual helicopter activity near the site, prompting the IDF to conduct airstrikes that deterred Iraqi troops from discovering the secret outpost.
- Baghdad condemned the strike, which killed one Iraqi soldier and wounded two others, and filed a formal complaint with the United Nations against the operation.
- Positioned closer to the battlefield, the Air Force sustained thousands of airstrikes against Iranian targets during the five-week campaign, demonstrating the outpost's operational significance to the broader conflict.
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Israel has set up a secret military base in the Iraqi desert, and when a local shepherd reported suspicious military movements to the Iraqi army, they also launched an airstrike on vehicles carrying Iraqi soldiers who were supposedly allied with the United States, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Israeli facility was set up to support the military operation against Iran that began on February 28. According to the newspaper's sources, includi…
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Secret Israeli Base Hidden In Iraqi Desert Backed Operations Inside Iran
Secret Israeli Base Hidden In Iraqi Desert Backed Operations Inside Iran In a revelation sure to outrage Baghdad and broad swathes of the Iraqi public, Israel established a secret military base in Iraq's desert region to support air operations against Iran, related to the start of Trump's Operation Epic Fury, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. Israeli forces even at one point launched airstrikes early in the conflict on Iraqi troops who …
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