29 Mar 2024
Tuesday 14 January 2020 - 16:16
Story Code : 368074

‘We Could Feel the Shock Wave’: How US troops withstood attack on Iraq base

The Wall Street Journal | Isabel Coles: More than two hours before Iran fired its first salvo of missiles at the large base here in western Iraq last week, American soldiers took cover in concrete bunkers that once belonged to Saddam Hussein’s military.

Air Force Capt. Nate Brown, a 34-year-old from Alabama, said he had sent his wife a message telling her he loved her before seeking shelter in one of the bunkers, where there were no phone or radio connections. Some soldiers said they played the card game Uno and even dozed off as they waited...

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