Pompeo says U.S. would only hit lawful targets in Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that any target the U.S. military may strike in Iran would be legal under the laws of armed conflict.

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Pompeo spoke on ABC's "This Week" amid rising uncertainty about next steps in the U.S.-Iran crisis and the breadth of its ramifications. The U.S. acknowledged an attack Sunday by an al-Qaida affiliate on a Kenyan airfield used by American military forces. It was not immediately clear whether there were U.S. casualties.

Meantime, the U.S. coalition combating IS in Iraq and Syria announced that it has "paused" training of Iraqi security forces in order to focus on protecting coalition personnel.

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