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The Pentagon on Thursday released an extraordinary number of details about the military's top-secret bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities and its defense of an air base in Qatar.
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Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 26 June 2025
Tuesday morning's developments come after Iran targeted the U.S. military's largest Middle East air base with a missile attack Monday in an apparent response to U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities days earlier.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 25 June 2025
The developments follow an Iranian missile barrage on the U.S.’s Al Udeid air base in Qatar overnight, which closed airspace and sparked panic across the region.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Its kabuki-show attack on the U.S. air base in Qatar is an example of that: Iran alerted the White House that the attack was incoming, the scale of the barrage was minimal, and Qatar is actually an ally of Iran.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 June 2025
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Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 26 June 2025
Tuesday morning's developments come after Iran targeted the U.S. military's largest Middle East air base with a missile attack Monday in an apparent response to U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities days earlier.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 25 June 2025
The developments follow an Iranian missile barrage on the U.S.’s Al Udeid air base in Qatar overnight, which closed airspace and sparked panic across the region.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Its kabuki-show attack on the U.S. air base in Qatar is an example of that: Iran alerted the White House that the attack was incoming, the scale of the barrage was minimal, and Qatar is actually an ally of Iran.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 June 2025
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20base. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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