Breaking news overnight, the U.S. launches airstrikes against Iranian-backed militias in Syria,

the first known military action of the Biden administration.

Question is, what message is the president sending to Iran?

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It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early. I'm Casey Hunt on this Friday, February 26th.

We're going to start with breaking news. President Joe Biden took his first known military action yesterday,

authorizing airstrikes against Iranian-backed fighters in eastern Syria.

A senior defense official tells NBC news that the attack involved two U.S. aircraft

that launched around 6 p.m. Eastern yesterday. That's 2 a.m. Friday local time. The Pentagon says

the airstrike was in response to recent attacks against American and coalition personnel in Iraq,

including an attack in Erbil this month that killed a civilian contractor and wounded a U.S. service member.

Officials say the U.S. response targeted a transit hub used by militia fighters near the Iraq-S.

Syria border and that multiple facilities were destroyed.

Here's Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaking last night.

We're confident that that target was being used by the same Shia militia that conducted the

strikes.

We were very deliberate about our approach, as you would expect this to be.

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