US Representative publishes video proving the presence of US forces in combat zones in Iraq and Syria
US Representative publishes video proving the presence of US forces in combat zones in Iraq and Syria
9-19-2024
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Fox News video footage released Thursday shows US troops being shot at after Vice President Kamala Harris claimed there were no Americans in the combat zone.
The report, translated by Al-Maalouma Agency, stated that “the Vice President claimed that there is not a single member of the US military on active duty in a combat zone,” while US Representative Jim Banks said that the video footage contradicts Vice President Kamala Harris’s claim that the United States does not have forces in an active combat zone.
The report added that “the footage shows US forces being subjected to a firestorm of bullets and explosives targeting US forces and was taken over the past “few months”, according to the Republican representative from Indiana, who obtained it from a service member and it appears to have been taken in Syria or Iraq.”
“This is a complete lie,” Banks said. “This video proves that we have troops under fire. We have troops in Syria, we still have troops in Iraq, we have troops in the Middle East, the Yemenis are using our Navy ships as target practice. We have serious threats all over the world. Kamala Harris is trying to score cheap political points and lie to the American people right before the election to say we don’t have troops in combat zones.”
The report stated that “Iraq and Syria are two designated combat zones, and the forces serving there earn combat pay. The United States has about 2,500 soldiers in Iraq and 900 in Syria, where the Department of Defense is holding talks on a plan to withdraw Americans from Iraq starting next year.”
“Just because a service member is in one of these locations doesn’t mean he or she isn’t engaged in a war,” said a US military official who spoke on condition of anonymity. “The United States is not currently engaged in a war and has no troops fighting in active war zones anywhere in the world, but troops are constantly exposed to unofficial military operations.”
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