WASHINGTON − The United States has attacked Iran, bombing sites associated with the country’s nuclear facilities, President Donald Trump announced Saturday night in a social media post.
B-2 stealth bombers conducted a series of strikes on targets in Iran, according to a senior Defense official. There were no U.S. casualties.
Measures to protect the nearly 40,000 U.S. troops in the region have been incrementally increased over the last two weeks, said the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly. The Army has been at the third of four levels of alert at most places in the region, the official said.
Iran is expected to retaliate in some way, the official said. However, Iran’s ability to counterattack has been degraded by Israeli airstrikes. Iran is still believed to have some offensive capacity, including drones that could target U.S. bases in the region, the official said.
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