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WATCH: Pentagon releases video of Iran ballistic missile attack on Iraq air base

More than a dozen ballistic missiles rained down on Ain al-Asad and Erbil air bases in Iraq last year after the United States killed Qasem Soleimani.

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A picture taken on Jan. 13, 2020, during a press tour organized by the US-led coalition fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group, shows US soldiers clearing rubble at Ain al-Asad military air base in the western Iraqi province of Anbar. Iran last week launched a wave of missiles at the sprawling Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq and a base in Erbil, capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, both hosting US and other foreign troops, in retaliation for the US killing top Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3. — AYMAN HENNA/AFP via Getty Images

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