AIN AL-ASAD BASE,
Iraq (AP) — U.S. troops cleared rubble and debris from a military base housing
American soldiers in western Iraq on Monday, days after it was struck by a barrage of Iranian ballistic missiles in a major escalation between the two longtime foes.
The Iranian attack was in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike near Baghdad airport that killed a top Iranian commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, prompting angry calls to avenge his slaying.
U.S. soldiers inspected portable housing units destroyed and burned by the
missile attack.