Consulate in Erbil. Fortunately, still under construction and not yet fully staffed.
I was there during the last ballistic missile attack January of '20. Crazy stuff. Long 4 hours knowing missiles were coming in but unsure where they were headed. Not sure if we were tipped off this time beforehand or not. In Erbil where I was the last time, we didn't have any bunkers or overhead structure so it was just sitting around waiting. We were at least tipped off but not sure if that made it better or not knowing we didn't have any protection. It at least gave us time to make a few calls, jic. Closest hit about a 1/4 mile from my location.
Seems Iran may be taking a card from Putin's deck. Similar situation, Kurdistan has always been contested land and Iran doesn't like the western presence and culture.
Will be interesting to see our response. Under Trump's regime, we took out Qasem Soleimani after a mortar attack killed an American at an air base. We didn't retaliate after the missile attack though but taking out Soleimani is what prompted the missile attack.
Crazy times.
I was there during the last ballistic missile attack January of '20. Crazy stuff. Long 4 hours knowing missiles were coming in but unsure where they were headed. Not sure if we were tipped off this time beforehand or not. In Erbil where I was the last time, we didn't have any bunkers or overhead structure so it was just sitting around waiting. We were at least tipped off but not sure if that made it better or not knowing we didn't have any protection. It at least gave us time to make a few calls, jic. Closest hit about a 1/4 mile from my location.
Seems Iran may be taking a card from Putin's deck. Similar situation, Kurdistan has always been contested land and Iran doesn't like the western presence and culture.
Will be interesting to see our response. Under Trump's regime, we took out Qasem Soleimani after a mortar attack killed an American at an air base. We didn't retaliate after the missile attack though but taking out Soleimani is what prompted the missile attack.
Crazy times.
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