Name: Iran Attacks Iraqi Air Base Where U.S. Troops Are Based | NBC News
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>>> THIS IS AN NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. HERE'S LESTER HOLT.

NEWS SPECIAL REPORT. HERE'S LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD EVENING.

HERE'S LESTER HOLT. >> GOOD EVENING. WE'RE COMING ON THE

>> GOOD EVENING. WE'RE COMING ON THE AIR WITH BREAKING NEWS

WE'RE COMING ON THE AIR WITH BREAKING NEWS OF MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON

AIR WITH BREAKING NEWS OF MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ.

OF MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ. IRAN'S STATE NEWS

U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ. IRAN'S STATE NEWS AGENCY SAYING THAT

IRAN'S STATE NEWS AGENCY SAYING THAT IRAN IS BEHIND THE

AGENCY SAYING THAT IRAN IS BEHIND THE ATTACKS.

IRAN IS BEHIND THE ATTACKS. LET'S GET RIGHT TO

ATTACKS. LET'S GET RIGHT TO NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL.

LET'S GET RIGHT TO NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL. HE IS LIVE IN IRAQ.

NBC'S RICHARD ENGEL. HE IS LIVE IN IRAQ. RICHARD, WHAT CAN YOU

HE IS LIVE IN IRAQ. RICHARD, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?

RICHARD, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? >> SO THE IRANIAN

TELL US? >> SO THE IRANIAN OFFICIAL MEDIA SAYS

>> SO THE IRANIAN OFFICIAL MEDIA SAYS THAT THE REVOLUTIONARY

OFFICIAL MEDIA SAYS THAT THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD IS CLAIMING

THAT THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY.

GUARD IS CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY. THEY ALSO ARE PUTTING

RESPONSIBILITY. THEY ALSO ARE PUTTING OUT VIDEO, WHICH THEY

THEY ALSO ARE PUTTING OUT VIDEO, WHICH THEY SAY ARE SOME OF THE

OUT VIDEO, WHICH THEY SAY ARE SOME OF THE ROCKETS THAT WERE

SAY ARE SOME OF THE ROCKETS THAT WERE FIRED, APPARENTLY FROM

ROCKETS THAT WERE FIRED, APPARENTLY FROM IRAN AT A U.S. AIR

FIRED, APPARENTLY FROM IRAN AT A U.S. AIR BASE HERE IN IRAQ.

IRAN AT A U.S. AIR BASE HERE IN IRAQ. THE AL ASSAD AIR BASE.

BASE HERE IN IRAQ. THE AL ASSAD AIR BASE. MILITARY SOURCES SAY

THE AL ASSAD AIR BASE. MILITARY SOURCES SAY THAT THEY TOOK AT

MILITARY SOURCES SAY THAT THEY TOOK AT LEAST SIX ROUNDS OF

THAT THEY TOOK AT LEAST SIX ROUNDS OF WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS

LEAST SIX ROUNDS OF WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS ROCKETS INITIALLY THAT

WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS ROCKETS INITIALLY THAT SOLDIERS ON THE BASE

ROCKETS INITIALLY THAT SOLDIERS ON THE BASE TOOK SHELTER IN

SOLDIERS ON THE BASE TOOK SHELTER IN BUNKERS.

TOOK SHELTER IN BUNKERS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE

BUNKERS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE AT

IF YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE AT LEAST THREE PROJECT

VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE AT LEAST THREE PROJECT TILES AND HEAR THE

LEAST THREE PROJECT TILES AND HEAR THE DISTINCTIVE NOISE OF

TILES AND HEAR THE DISTINCTIVE NOISE OF WHAT SOUNDS LIKE JET

DISTINCTIVE NOISE OF WHAT SOUNDS LIKE JET ENGINES.

WHAT SOUNDS LIKE JET ENGINES. THIS WOULD BE A

SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION. U.S. BASES IN THIS

ESCALATION. U.S. BASES IN THIS COUNTRY SOMETIMES COME

U.S. BASES IN THIS COUNTRY SOMETIMES COME UNDER ATTACK FROM

COUNTRY SOMETIMES COME UNDER ATTACK FROM SMALL ROCKETS, BUT NOT

UNDER ATTACK FROM SMALL ROCKETS, BUT NOT LONG-RANGE OR

SMALL ROCKETS, BUT NOT LONG-RANGE OR MEDIUM-RANGE BALLISTIC

LONG-RANGE OR MEDIUM-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES FIRED FROM

MEDIUM-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES FIRED FROM IRAN.

MISSILES FIRED FROM IRAN. THE IRANIAN NEWS

THE IRANIAN NEWS AGENCIES ARE ALSO SAYING THEY'RE ISSUING

AGENCIES ARE ALSO SAYING THEY'RE ISSUING THREATS, NOT JUST

SAYING THEY'RE ISSUING THREATS, NOT JUST CLAIMING

THREATS, NOT JUST CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY, SAYING

CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY, SAYING THERE COULD BE MORE

RESPONSIBILITY, SAYING THERE COULD BE MORE ATTACKS TO COME IF THE

THERE COULD BE MORE ATTACKS TO COME IF THE UNITED STATES RESPONDS

ATTACKS TO COME IF THE UNITED STATES RESPONDS AND THAT AMERICANS

UNITED STATES RESPONDS AND THAT AMERICANS THEY SAY ARE ADVISED

AND THAT AMERICANS THEY SAY ARE ADVISED TO RETURN TO THEIR

THEY SAY ARE ADVISED TO RETURN TO THEIR BASES AND RETURN HOME

TO RETURN TO THEIR BASES AND RETURN HOME FOR THEIR SAFETY.

BASES AND RETURN HOME FOR THEIR SAFETY. SO IRAN DEFINITELY

FOR THEIR SAFETY. SO IRAN DEFINITELY CLAIMING CREDIT AND

SO IRAN DEFINITELY CLAIMING CREDIT AND LINKING THIS

CLAIMING CREDIT AND LINKING THIS EXPLICITLY TO THE

LINKING THIS EXPLICITLY TO THE KILLING OF THE GENERAL

EXPLICITLY TO THE KILLING OF THE GENERAL QASSEM SOLEIMANI,

KILLING OF THE GENERAL QASSEM SOLEIMANI, SAYING THAT THIS IS

QASSEM SOLEIMANI, SAYING THAT THIS IS PART OF IRAN'S

SAYING THAT THIS IS PART OF IRAN'S REVENGE.

PART OF IRAN'S REVENGE. THEY ARE PUTTING OUT

REVENGE. THEY ARE PUTTING OUT HASH TAGS ON SOCIAL

THEY ARE PUTTING OUT HASH TAGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING DECISIVE

HASH TAGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING DECISIVE REVENGE, LESTER.

MEDIA SAYING DECISIVE REVENGE, LESTER. >> AND RICHARD, WHAT

REVENGE, LESTER. >> AND RICHARD, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE

>> AND RICHARD, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE AMERICAN PRESENCE AT

DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE AMERICAN PRESENCE AT THAT BASE, HOW MANY,

AMERICAN PRESENCE AT THAT BASE, HOW MANY, WHAT THE MISSION OF

THAT BASE, HOW MANY, WHAT THE MISSION OF THE TROOPS IS THERE?

WHAT THE MISSION OF THE TROOPS IS THERE? >> IT IS A VERY LARGE

THE TROOPS IS THERE? >> IT IS A VERY LARGE BASE, AND ACTUALLY,

>> IT IS A VERY LARGE BASE, AND ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW WE CAN HEAR

BASE, AND ACTUALLY, RIGHT NOW WE CAN HEAR SOME HELICOPTERS ABOVE

RIGHT NOW WE CAN HEAR SOME HELICOPTERS ABOVE US RIGHT NOW.

SOME HELICOPTERS ABOVE US RIGHT NOW. THERE WERE SOME

US RIGHT NOW. THERE WERE SOME EXPLOSIONS THAT WE

THERE WERE SOME EXPLOSIONS THAT WE HEARD HERE IN ERBIL

EXPLOSIONS THAT WE HEARD HERE IN ERBIL WHERE I AM IN NORTHERN

HEARD HERE IN ERBIL WHERE I AM IN NORTHERN IRAQ.

WHERE I AM IN NORTHERN IRAQ. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO

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