After attacks on Kirkuk ... intense Trump administration meetings, calls to respond to the attack

A US defense official announced that an American contractor was killed and 4 American soldiers were wounded, when more than 30 rockets were fired, on Friday, at a US military base in Kirkuk Governorate.

The attack comes two weeks after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement warning that any missile attacks by Iran or its proxies in Iraq that harm Americans would be "decisively answered."

On Saturday, a US administration official said: President Trump has been briefed on the incident and "is still working closely with his national security team to monitor the situation."

The Trump administration has not disclosed the group suspected of carrying out the attack.

According to the report, some missiles hit the ammunition storage depot at the base, which led to several explosions, according to preliminary estimates provided to US defense officials.

According to the report, some missiles hit the ammunition storage depot at the base, which led to several explosions, according to preliminary estimates provided to US defense officials.

In the same context, he called on US Senator Tom Cotton of the Republican Party in a tweet on his account on Twitter, to respond decisively to the attack of the American base in Kirkuk, which killed an American contractor and wounded American soldiers and said "if American blood was spilled by a group that supports it" Iran, Tehran must face swift and dire consequences. "

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ANHA