US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he had made a decision on how to respond to a drone attack on US forces in Jordan that killed three soldiers and wounded dozens more.
Three American soldiers were killed and at least 40 were injured in an extremist attack on American troops in northern Jordan near the border with Syria, White House officials said Sunday.
US President Joe Biden, in his address to reporters on Tuesday, did not specify what decision he made after consulting with top advisers. Voice of America reports, but announced that paramilitary groups believed to be supported and armed by Iran would be punished. He emphasized that the USA will take care to ensure that the war in the Middle East does not spread.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby was a little more detailed: "We can be expected to respond in an adequate way and it's very possible that you'll see a multi-pronged approach, not just one action, but essentially multiple actions."
Biden is in the midst of a presidential campaign and is under pressure to respond strongly. Republicans accused him of allowing US forces to be "clay pigeons".
Attempted de-escalation
The Pentagon previously announced that there were "traces" of the Kataib Hezbollah group in the attack in Jordan, but that no final intelligence assessment was made. An unnamed Iraqi official said that this paramilitary formation made the decision to suspend operations after intense contacts by the Iraqi government with US officials and Iraqi armed groups, which is interpreted as an attempt to de-escalate.
Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said that since the attack in Jordan, three more have been carried out against US forces in the region and that America will respond.
Iran-backed groups have carried out more than 160 attacks on US bases in the region. The Houthis, also backed by Tehran, have continued their missile and drone attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea despite US and British airstrikes on their infrastructure in Yemen.
The American administration is trying to prevent the militant moves of Iran and its allies, without igniting a war in the region that could get out of control, writes the Voice of America. Kirby said the leading idea is for America to weaken the capacity of militant groups "to attack American troops and facilities" and to send "a strong signal to those who support them."
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