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Why would iran wat to hit this base and also irbil? >> reporter: norah, theyre very big bases. a lot of u.s. coalition personnel, a lot of assets and american money spent there. thats why they are obviously attractive targets for the iranians. u.s. troops here in iraq, they number about 5,000, were already on high alert, and they had paused their operations against isis in this country, fearful of retaliation by the iranians. i think the iraqis, this is close to the nightmare scenario. we spoke ...

Given some warning that an attack was taking place. but these ballistic missiles travel at thousands of miles per hour. so the warning time would have just been very, very brief. whether or not there was enough time to see these missiles being put up on their launchers and readied for launch, thats going to have to come out after we dissect all of this in the future. >> no doubt. david martin reporting tonight from the pentagon. officials at the pentagon saying that this is a dynamic situation t...

Of strength. this comes as the white house is defending its decision to kill qassem soleimani, saying he was days away from attacking u.s. soldiers and diplomats. also, congressional leaders were briefed on the intelligence that led to that strike. the democrats are questioning if it was enough to justify this growing crisis. with this breaking news, we have our team of correspondents following all of it, from tehran, baghdad, and the white house. but we want to begin tonight with david martin...

>> reporter: norah, the fear here in iraq is that there will be revenge attacks against u.s. bases and service members by iran or its proxies. in a chilling video that was posted online, supporters ofli- d acantikemiliav killing american troops. the american ambassador here in baghdad was told by iraqs prime minister today that u.s. troops veould leave the country. that follows the resolution passed by iraqs parliament. there are about 5,000 u.s. troops here in iraq here for the fight against is...

Were going to begin with breaking news. t night the pentagon says the u.s. has no plans to pull troops out of iraq. and its putting soldiers here y. home on alert to deploy. .he u.s. drone strike that killed irans top general is lausing a ripple effect around the world. so many mourners filled the streets of iran they could be seen from space. the iranian regime is threatening revenge, targeting u.s. forces, and security has been stepped up at bases across the globe. tonight president trump is n...

Potential for problem, they got in, and there was no problem whatsoever. >> reporter: this crisis began when an american contractor was killed on an iraqi base. the u.s. blamed iranian-backed shiite militias and targeted several of their bases with air strikes in iraq and syria, killing more than two dozen fighters. iraqi security forces of the heavily fortified green zone melted away as supporters of those same militias vented their anger at the embassy. the past 48 hours saw a dangerous escala...

Stored in the u.s. and backed up in singapore, not in china. the app the latest to face military restrictions last year some fitness trackers were also banned on some bases after maps were found showing soldier workout routines and earlier this month personnel were warned against using dna test kits after alarm over security risks now the militarys latest concern over spying and privacy stemming from an app made popular by music and dance. gadi schwartz, nbc news coming up right here, secrets ...

Looks as though hes been forced. so hes sure if trump is the party forevermore in their political existence, in their lifetimes, or if there is going to be a shift away from it. so he is covering his bases. >> i know reporters hate when you sort of stand back or try to figure out where a story came from. but this maduro reporting just has an undeniable sort of repeat of the pattern of the axios reporting from jonathan swan, john boltons indictment of trumps policy, john boltons indictment of the...

To an iran backed militia and that they were retaliation for a series of attacks that injured american military personnel and left a civilian contractor dead. the president is now entering his second week of vacation. and jeremy secretary of state pompeo saying threats against american forces have been ongoing for weeks now. what do we know about the threats, and what do we know about why the u.s. decided to take action now? >> thats right, jessica. well, the secretary of state did begin his rem...

Proxies in iran. following that, you saw statements from republican senator tomte, who called for retaliation in the united states against iran. it is interesting, of course, that the presidents course of retaliation here was focused on attacking these iranian proxies and not on iran itself. of course, those iranian proxies is the one the u.s. says were responsible for a lot of those bases where the u.s. was housed. again, as he sits down today with his top military and foreign policy officials,...