On the 28th local time, a drone attack on a US military base in northeastern Jordan killed three US soldiers and injured dozens of others. According to the Washington Post, citing informed sources, the US side privately believes that the attack was carried out by the Iraqi "Allah Brigade."
According to CBS 30**, an American** said that the United States is sending more air defense equipment to the attacked base.
The base had not been targeted before, so it was not equipped with as powerful air defenses as the United States used in Iraq and Syria, the ** said. The air defense systems sent to the base will be used to intercept UAVs.
The Iraqi militia organization "Allah Brigade" announced on the 30th that it would suspend military operations against the US military. US Defense Department spokesman Patrick Ryder refused to directly comment on the "Allah Brigade" statement on the 30th, but he pointed out that since the US military was attacked in Jordan on the 28th, there have been three more attacks against US troops in the area.
Biden said on the 30th that he had decided how to respond to the attack on the US military in Jordan, but he did not elaborate on further details. Biden also said that the Middle East does not need a war of greater scope.
John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications at the White House Committee, also said on the 30th that the United States may respond to the attack on the US military in Jordan in a "step-by-step" manner, which may involve multiple actions rather than a single action.
The past and present of the Iraqi "Allah Brigade".
What kind of organization is the Iraqi "Allah Brigades"?
According to Reuters, Iraq's "Allah Brigades" was established after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and has since been known for its deadly attacks on US and diplomatic targets using rockets, mortars, roadside bombs and other **. The group, led by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a dual Iraqi-Iranian citizen, was killed along with Qassem Force commander Soleimani in a U.S. military strike on Baghdad in January 2020. The Iraqi "Allah Brigade" believes that the US troops in Iraq are foreign occupiers, and they call for the strong expulsion of US troops.
Niu Xinchun, executive dean of the China Institute of Arab Studies at Ningxia University: According to US military statistics, the Iraqi "Allah Brigade" has killed hundreds of US troops in Iraq for almost 20 years, so in the past 20 years, the Iraqi "Allah Brigade" has always been a major opponent of the US military in Iraq. The U.S. military has also retaliated against Iraq's "Allah Brigade" on a large scale.
In addition, the "Allah Brigades" are part of the Popular Mobilization Group, the largest Shiite militia in Iraq, and have been absorbed by the army, but with a degree of independence.
Niu Xinchun, Executive Dean of the Institute of Chinese Arab States Studies, Ningxia University: The Iraqi "Allah Brigade" is a branch of the Iraqi militia, which is also collectively known as the Iraqi People's Mobilization Force, which numbered about 100,000 people. The number of Iraq's "Allah Brigade" is uncertain, according to a statistic in Iraq ** in 2014, there were about 1,000 Iraqi "Allah Brigade" at that time, so Iraq's "Allah Brigade" is a relatively small force in the Iraqi militia, belonging to a Shiite armed force that has a close relationship with Iran. Then its goal of struggle is to drive out the US military first, so in Iraq, it belongs to a force with strong anti-American sentiment and close relations with Iran.