Lucas Tomlinson: The State Department Is Urging Americans to Reconsider Travel to the Middle East as Tensions Escalate Amid Two U.S. Soldiers Killed

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TOMLINSON: "And John The State Department has just issued A brand new worldwide caution Urging Americans to think twice About any travel To the Middle East It was released about 40 minutes ago On the Travel.gov website Due to heightened tensions in the Middle East The security environment remains complex With a potential for unseen escalation And that’s exactly what we saw In neighboring Jordan John, last night when Iran Fired multiple intermediate range ballistic missiles That made it through U.S. air defense systems Hit a base in Jordan With dozens of U.S. Air Force personnel At the base F-16s F-15s F-35 stealth fighter jets And the U.S. Central Command That there are at least two U.S. service members killed in action One remains missing, as you mentioned Also four others were wounded I also want to remind viewers that Earlier today Before this news About the recent casualties In Jordan There were 13 American troops Wounded just earlier This week John As Iran Has stepped up Its attacks On neighboring Gulf countries Bahrain Uh In Jordan And certainly In Kuwait Where we saw a desalination Planket hit Power plant get hit Uh For uh Kuwaiti’s drinking water Why are they attacking Kuwait, John? We have A lot of U.S. assets there We have The U.S. Army Firing HIMARS You know Surface-to-surface missiles From Kuwait We also have Al Yassalim Air Base Major transit point Bahrain Is home Of the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet And in Jordan A major U.S. Air Force presence From a lot Of our viewers Where we’ve been focusing Primarily on The Primary On The Navy Over And also Next door In Jordan As well, John"