Patricia Marins tweeted:
Day 13 – Iran does not seem to fear escalation
The US lost a refueling aircraft today over Iraqi skies, and a second one, apparently damaged, had to land in Israel. The plane that crashed was carrying 6 crew members. It is still not clear what happened and nothing is ruled out.
Not long ago I warned that Iran possesses drones with air-to-air missiles capable of threatening these tanker planes in Iraqi territory. (Karrar)
And, not fearing escalation, pro-Iran Iraqi militias attacked a French base in Erbil, killing Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion of France’s 7th Alpine Hunter and wounding other soldiers.
In a hostile environment with American bases being evacuated, I have no idea why these men were at that base and in the middle of crossfire.
A Chinese company also released images today of American bases attacked in the region. Iran did not spare missiles against these bases, and went even further by destroying three Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft at a Kuwaiti base and three hangars housing AWACS aircraft, with at least one AWACS visibly confirmed as destroyed, showing that it fears no escalation whatsoever.
In another event on this day 13, a missile hit Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, wounding 19 who had to be transferred to a hospital in Germany.
According to CBS, “Earlier this week, roughly 20 servicemembers arrived at Landstuhl hospital in Germany with injuries classified as ‘urgent,’ including traumatic brain injuries, from the Kuwait strike that killed six.”
Now the Pentagon’s official count is 160 wounded and, if there is confirmation about the deaths from the plane that crashed, the number of military deaths would be around 14.
Bombardments on Iran continue on this 13th day, as do the missiles against Israel.
Earlier, CNN, citing sources, reported that the Pentagon and the National Security Council significantly underestimated the extent to which Iran is prepared to close the Strait of Hormuz.
(If they had been paying more attention to my articles, they would have known this)