Biden Response to killing of soldiers has been decided, says president
The Guardian|January 31, 2024
Joe Biden has said he has decided how to respond to the drone attack in Jordan that killed three American soldiers and wounded dozens more, as the Iran-backed militia Washington blamed for the attack announced it had suspended anti-US operations.
Julian Borger
Biden Response to killing of soldiers has been decided, says president

As Washington pondered its response, Kataib Hezbollah. announced the suspension of all its military operations against US troops in the region, claiming the decision was intended to prevent "embarrassment" to the Iraqi government.

The US president told reporters that he held Iran responsible for the drone strike on a military base on the Jordanian-Syrian border on Sunday "in the sense that they're supplying the weapons" to Kataib Hezbollah.

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