Top General Says US Military Striking Militia Groups in Iraq

Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, announced the United States is striking Iran-aligned militia groups in Iraq as he said that the military’s objectives against Iran remain on track. “AH-64s ​have been striking ​against Iranian-aligned militia groups to make sure ​that we ​suppress any threat in ‌Iraq ⁠against U.S. forces or U.S. interests,” Caine said in a Thursday press briefing, referring to Apache attack helicopters. In the same briefing, Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth ​said the U.S. military’s objectives in the war against Iran haven’t changed since strikes were launched in late February and that there is justification for the conflict to expand to Iraq....