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VOA – The top U.S. general says Iran was intending “to kill” when it fired missiles at Iraq bases used by U.S. forces, contradicting the administration’s general belief that Iran deliberately avoided casualties. “In my professional assessment, at al-Asad [Airbase] … the points of impact were close enough to personnel and equipment,” Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley said Wednesday. “Based …

“They [surviving ISIS fighters] have better techniques, better tactics and a lot more money at their disposal. They are able to buy vehicles, weapons, food supplies and equipment. Technologically they’re more savvy. It’s more difficult to flush them out. So, they are like al-Qaeda on steroids.” — Lahur Talabany, a top Kurdish counter-terrorism official, in an interview with the BBC. …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed that its barrage of surface-to-surface missiles against two US bases in neighboring Iraq early Jan. 8 killed over 80 US military personnel, leaving some 200 others injured. IRGC commanders announced that “tens of missiles” were launched, all precisely hitting the targets, with none being intercepted. Yet hours later, in a televised address from the …

Radiofarda – Iran’s parliament speaker told lawmakers on January 7 that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei last night authorized the allocation of 200 million euros of additional budget to the Qods Force in the next two months, to counter U.S. threats. Ali Larijani made the remarks before a triple-urgency bill called “Counter-Measures Against U.S.” was put to vote. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards …

Radiofarda – The Iranian intelligence has threatened to kidnap journalists working for the London-based Iran International TV and take them back to Iran. It has also pressured their families back in Iran to persuade their relatives to leave the channel, it was revealed on Monday. “Since about a month ago, after the unrest in Iran and our extensive coverage of …