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Did Iran just score a major intelligence victory against the United States? Tehran claims its forces tracked US troops and military equipment that had been secretly moved to Camp Titin in Jordan before striking the facility with ballistic missiles. Iran says the strike destroyed key facilities and attack helicopters and claims a large number of US personnel were killed — though Tehran has not provided a specific casualty figure. The reported strike comes as the US-Iran conflict continues to spread across West Asia. Iran has launched missile and drone attacks toward countries including Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain, while Tehran has also warned that further attacks on Iranian ships or territory could trigger more severe retaliation against US forces. Josh Barnes brings you the latest on Firstpost Live.
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Did Iran just pull off a major intelligence coup against the United States?
Well, in an interesting development from the ongoing war,
Iran has made a fresh revelation about a US base it struck in Jordan.
Tehran claims Washington secretly moved troops and military equipment to Camp Titin in Jordan,
only for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or the IRGC,
to track them down and hit the facility with ballistic missiles.
Now, the IRGC identified Titin as a US Marine Corps base in Jordan.
It is located in southern Jordan, close to the northern end of the Red Sea,
and the ports of Aqaba and Eilat.
The IRGC said the strike destroyed important facilities and attack helicopters at this site.
It also claimed that a large number of US personnel were killed,
though Tehran has not provided a specific casualty figure.
Iran has called this an intelligence and operational success.
The base's location makes it useful for training,
protecting maritime infrastructure and rapidly moving US forces around the region.
And that makes the strike significant, because this isn't just about one base,
it is about the larger US military network that Washington uses across West Asia.
And the message from the country for the US is blunt.
Tehran says America can move its troops, but it cannot hide them.
Now, Iran has repeatedly said that its retaliatory strikes are aimed at US military facilities
and not the countries hosting them.
But it has also warned Gulf countries against being complicit
in what it deems as American war crimes.
Since renewed strikes between the two sides broke out,
Iran has targeted several Gulf countries.
It has launched missiles and drone strikes towards countries
including Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain.
Jordan claims at least 10 ballistic missiles
that entered the country's airspace were intercepted,
while three others fell in remote areas.
Now, these attacks were in response to the US hitting southern Iran
with significant military action.
One of its strikes killing people at a wedding venue a week ago.
And more recently, Iran has also condemned US strikes
on at least three Iranian tankers, including one off the coast of Karghand.
If hostile acts, insecurity, harassment of Iranian ships
and the naval blockade of Iran continue,
the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
will carry out strikes against US military vessels in the region
that are more severe than before.
And there is also the possibility that they could expand.
And the battle refuses to die down,
even as the US continues to downplay its impact
ahead of its own November midterm polls.
Well, I'll tell you what, a lot of people don't call it a war.
I call it a military conflict because it's small potatoes for us.
It's not a big thing.
We did Venezuela and we did this.
And this war has multiple realities acting out all at once.
Iran is claiming an intelligence win.
The US says the conflict is limited,
but the missile and drone attacks keep spreading across West Asia.
Be it attacks on Iranian vessels or US bases and troops
spread across the region,
the next move from either side could have consequences
far beyond the original battlefield.
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