US carried out strike in Iraq, US official saysThe official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the strike was carried out because of a threat to US-led coalition forces. 
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Washington: The United States on Tuesday carried out a strike in Iraq in self-defense, a US official told Reuters, just hours after Israel struck Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and as tensions soar in the Middle East.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the strike was carried out because of a threat to US-led coalition forces.