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Hours of forewarning saved U.S., Iraqi lives from Iran's missile attack

Nearly eight hours before Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack on U.S. forces at bases in Iraq, American and Iraqi soldiers at Ain al-Asad airbase scrambled to move personnel and weaponry to fortified bunkers, two Iraqi officers stationed at the base told Reuters.

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