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Appearances Over Time
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But to this point, it's the Iranian military that really hasn't been able to muster much of a response.
They've already launched drones and missiles at Israel in what they're calling the first wave of retaliatory attacks.
And from there, they launched missiles targeting
a number of other Middle Eastern countries, specifically U.S.
military installations in those countries.
There have been large explosions in downtown Dubai with drones seemingly targeting large skyscrapers there, just remarkable footage coming out.
There were also large explosions reported in Kuwait.
Jordan, we mentioned Israel, and also in Bahrain.
The U.S.
Navy, the Fifth Fleet, has a headquarters there in Bahrain.
We saw a missile make it through the aerial defenses and blow up a warehouse.
The footage was just stunning to see, this huge explosion.
Thankfully, though, that was an empty warehouse.
There were no U.S.
soldiers inside of that building.
So again, to this point, still no U.S.
casualties there.
But Iran is trying very hard to get at American forces in the region.
And it's worth pointing out a lot of American bases in the region were evacuated or troops were moved to safer areas because we were anticipating these attacks happening.
Now, it's also worth pointing out that Iranian leaders have been saying for months that if the U.S.