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members at a base in jordan. joining us now, nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons joins us from erbil, iraq. we do not have keir yet. we are waiting to get him. we are waiting to get in to you some of our correspondents waiting at the pentagon. help us understand the planning that did or did not go into this attack, the targets of this attack, the significance of this group. again, this is breaking news happening as we come on the air. we have learned that there has been a strike against an iran-backed armed group in iraq. the pentagon suspects led the broad coalition of iran-backed militias behind the attack in jordan that killed three u.s. troop members. we are getting on air, our correspondents at the pentagon to break down what this all means, the planning that was behind this attack, whether or not this was part of the tiered approach we have heard so much about from the u.s. government in the past few days, the significance of the attack, how th ....
Week released a series of attacks on an iraqi base killing a u.s. contractor there. and that escalation lead to the air strikes, and my concern is that this will lead to an iranian count ere move in the sea against our naval forces and it is hard to see a path out of this escalation at this point. i can t help but think what is the real end game here. we knew the us pulled out of the jcpoa. they said they re not going to negotiate with the president on any gcpoa. they are holding out for what they hope is a new president in 2020. so can t help but think what is the end game for both sides here. unfortunately your analysis ....
Attribution. al qaeda tried to hit the same region with suicide bombers and failed with the difficulty of attribution, you re allowed to live in the gray, and that s where iran is thriving you don t have to have a conventional force conversation. you can live in the gray with a series of proxy forces that s been going on for years in iraq and syria. we ll see what happens does new york happen, does u.n. general assembly happen, can escalation lead to negotiation, as the admiral was saying. you do see all sides agree they don t want direct confrontation. gail, there s so much that is involved here. if you look at the region, your expertise, most recently, you know the whole region, but you ve been in syria, you ve dealt with the iranian-backed forces there, as well as isis, the resilience of isis now after the u.s. withdrawal from syria where does this place us as we have a new national security adviser whose experience is as a ....