New and fortified… The United States begins building trenches for its forces at Ain al-Asad base.
Al-Maalouma /Anbar… A security source in Anbar province revealed, on Thursday, that US forces have begun the process of constructing fortified trenches for their forces inside the Al-Assad base building, west of Anbar.
The source said in a statement to Al-Maalouma agency, “The US forces stationed inside the Ain Al-Assad base building in the Al-Baghdadi area of the Hit district, west of Anbar, began the process of constructing fortified trenches for their forces, coinciding with the landing of a plane carrying US soldiers.”
The source added that “the US forces also began constructing new buildings for their forces to sleep in, in addition to deploying 80 CIRAM defense systems around the base building,” indicating that “the US forces have installed dozens of watchtowers around the building as part of measures that suggest the presence of a military operation, the details of which have not been determined.”
He explained that “the US forces have deployed ground forces at the entrances leading to the base building.”
The source concluded by saying, “Senior US military officials and officers visited Ain al-Assad base unannounced.”
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