The reports by CNN, USA Today and NBC News say, Biden told
reporters on Tuesday (30 January) he has made a decision about the US response
to the drone strike that killed three US troops and injured dozens in Jordan.
On Sunday (January 28), there was a massive drone attack on
a US military base near the Syrian border in the northwest of Jordan. Three US
soldiers lost their lives. 34 more were injured.
It was the first time American troops have been killed in
the Middle East since the beginning of the Gaza war. In the first reaction of the
attack, Biden immediately said that the attack was carried out by Iran backed forces
active in Syria and Iraq. But Iran refused the claims.
The names of killed troops were revealed on Monday. They were
identified as Sgt. William Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia; Sgt. Kennedy
Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia; and Sgt. Breonna Moffett, 23, of Savannah,
Georgia. Sanders and Moffett were posthumously promoted from the rank of
specialist to sergeant, the Army Reserve said.
Iran on high alert as Biden mulls response to killing of US troops.
Tehran also the US via third party that if it strikes Iranian soil directly,
Tehran will itself hit back at American assets in the Middle East which could draw
the two sides into a direct conflict.
Read more: IRAN-US ON THE BRINK OF WAR: THE ECONOMIST
