The Intercept
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Three U.S. service members were killed by a kamikaze drone in Jordan last month .
Tower 22 is also a drone base conducting long-range reconnaissance on militants in neighboring Syria and Iraq for airstrikes.
The base also serves as a staging facility for special operations forces and a medevac helicopter home base.
The U.S. is faced with how to respond to attacks from groups that the anti-ISIS coalition was not meant to fight.
The Pentagon 's solution has been to cast military operations against these Iranian -aligned groups as defensive in nature and necessary for force protection.
“ The United States will continue to take necessary action to protect our people,” the Defense Department said.
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