Top U.S. General: Iran intended to kill U.S. troops; Rockets land inside Baghdad's Green Zone as Joint Chiefs Chair warns of more attacks by Iran-linked militias; No survivors after Ukrainian jet plunges to the ground in Iran; went down just hours after I
Erin Burnett OutFront
CNN
3.9 • 715 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2020
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:31.3 | Out front next, breaking news, targeting Americans, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, |
| 0:35.5 | telling reporters Iran meant to kill U.S. |
| 0:37.8 | troops. Plus, on edge, two rockets landing near the United States Embassy in Iraq tonight. |
| 0:43.3 | We are learning more about that strike at this hour. And why did a Boeing 737? Crash in Tehran, |
| 0:49.4 | killing 176 on board just hours after Iran launched an attack on the United States. |
| 0:55.6 | Let's go out front. |
| 0:58.5 | And good evening. I'm Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, the breaking news. Iran was targeting |
| 1:03.7 | U.S. troops. This according to the top U.S. general, who tells CNN tonight that Iran meant to kill U.S. troops when it fired 16 ballistic |
| 1:12.3 | missiles at two Iraqi bases housing American forces. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, |
| 1:18.1 | General Mark Millie, telling reporters tonight, I believe, based on what I saw and what I know, |
| 1:24.1 | that they were intended to cause structural damage, destroy vehicles and equipment and |
| 1:28.0 | aircraft, and to kill personnel. That's my own personal assessment. General Millie's assessment |
| 1:34.6 | is in stark contrast, though, to what has others in the administration have been telling CNN, |
| 1:39.8 | which is that they believe Iran did not intend for its rockets to hit American troops |
| 1:43.7 | at either |
| 1:44.9 | base they struck in Iraq. And that could be the reason why Trump didn't have to strike back, |
| 1:49.9 | sending the United States closer to all-out war. Millie's jarring and blunt statement about Iran's |
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