By Haley Britzky and Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military has taken a number of retaliatory actions after multiple close-range ballistic missiles were launched against US and coalition forces at Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq on Monday evening. A US military aircraft – an AC-130 gunship – had responded immediately to the attack, firing … Continue reading US fires on and kills hostile forces, launches precision airstrikes after attack in Iraq