Ираны пуужин болон нисгэгчгүй онгоцны дайралтын улмаас Кувейт дэх АНУ-ын армийн “Camp Buehring” баазыг цэргүүд орхин гарахаас өөр аргагүй болсон нөхцөл байдал үүсжээ.
АНУ болон Ираны хооронд зэвсэгт мөргөлдөөн эхэлсэн хоёрдугаар сарын 28-наас хойш тус байгууламж баллистик пуужин болон нисгэгчгүй онгоцны байнгын дайралтад өртсөн байна. CBS News-ийн олж авсан дүрс бичлэгүүдээс үзэхэд, нисгэгчгүй онгоцууд баазын барилга байгууламж болон цэргийн техник рүү шууд чиглэн унаж буй нь харагдаж байна. АНУ-ын цэргийн алба хаагчид тус баазыг хамгаалах явцад Patriot зенит пуужингийн системийн сумны нөөц дууссаны улмаас ихээхэн хүндрэлтэй тулгарч, байгууламжаа орхиж цөлийн бүсэд түр байрлал тогтоосон байна.
Пентагоны мэдээлснээр, дайн эхлэхээс өмнө “get off the X” стратегийн дагуу баазад байрлаж байсан 7,000 орчим цэргийн ихэнхийг шилжүүлэн байршуулсан байжээ. Гэвч баазад үлдсэн 100 орчим цэрэг Ираны F-5 сөнөөгч онгоцны ойрын зайн нислэг болон тасралтгүй үргэлжилсэн цохилтын улмаас хүнд нөхцөл байдалд орсон байна. Энэ үеэр АНУ-ын цэргүүд амь насаа алдаагүй ч цөлийн элсэн шуурганы үеэр аянгад цохиулсан зэрэг гэмтэл бэртэл авсан тохиолдол гарчээ.
Тус бүс нутагт АНУ-ын цэргийн баазууд руу хийсэн дайралтууд нь зөвхөн Кувейтээр хязгаарлагдахгүйгээр Ойрх Дорнодын хэмжээнд үргэлжилж байна. Тухайлбал, гуравдугаар сарын 1-нд Кувейт дэх АНУ-ын ажиллагааны төв рүү хийсэн дайралтаар зургаан цэрэг амиа алдаж, олон арван хүн шархадсан нь энэ мөргөлдөөний хамгийн том хохиролтой халдлага болжээ.
АНУ-ын Төвийн командлалын (CENTCOM) мэдээлснээр, есдүгээр сарын байдлаар тус дайн АНУ-д 43.6 тэрбум ам.долларын хохирол учруулаад байна. Пентагон цэргийн баазуудын эвдрэл сүйдэл болон хохирлын талаарх мэдээлэлд хяналт тогтоож, цэргийн алба хаагчдыг халдлагын байршлыг дүрс бичлэгээр баримтжуулахыг хориглосон шийдвэр гаргажээ. Одоогийн байдлаар АНУ-ын албан ёсны мэдээллээр 18 цэрэг амиа алдсан гэж байгаа ч бусад эх сурвалжууд энэ тоог 22-23 гэж мэдээлж байна.
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New footage obtained by the broadcaster shows the moments of impact and aftermath at Camp Buehring during the opening days of the war
Iranian strikes forced US troops to effectively abandon a major military base in Kuwait during the opening stages of the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to newly released footage and accounts from American servicemen obtained by CBS News.
Videos shared by US soldiers in breach of the Pentagon’s strict media policy show several drones nosediving into Camp Buehring, a major US Army staging facility roughly 40km from the Iraqi border, as well as damage to buildings and military equipment. CBS said it authenticated the recordings using embedded metadata and imagery of the aftermath.
The installation came under repeated attack by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones after hostilities began on February 28. A US service member also told CBS that Iranian F-5 fighter jets flew missions against the base “so close to us I could see their helmets.”
Most of the roughly 7,000 troops stationed at Camp Buehring had already been dispersed before the war under what the Pentagon called its “get off the X” strategy, aimed at moving personnel away from fixed positions vulnerable to Iranian retaliation.
Some 100 soldiers, however, remained behind to defend the installation, where they were repeatedly forced into bunkers and ran critically low on ammunition, including Patriot interceptors.
“They hit us bad,” one serviceman told the outlet. “It was horrible… We had to abandon the base.”
The remaining troops eventually fled the base and established improvised forward operating outposts in the Kuwaiti desert, where they remained for weeks. No US personnel were killed, although several were injured, including two who were struck by lightning during desert sandstorms.
“CBKU got demolished,” the serviceman said. “They need to do an investigation. How come no one came to reinforce us?”
The Pentagon declined to comment directly on the CBS report, instead referring the outlet to remarks made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in March, when he acknowledged that more than 90% of American personnel had been moved away from US regional bases.
The revelations come days after an Associated Press investigation raised separate questions about US preparations elsewhere in Kuwait. An Iranian drone struck an American operations center at Port Shuaiba on March 1, killing six soldiers and wounding dozens in what remains the deadliest known single attack on US troops during the conflict. Some of the wounded said troops initially treated each other with basic first-aid supplies and had to use Google to locate the nearest hospital in Kuwait City. The Pentagon has maintained that its medical response was appropriate.
The devastation at Camp Buehring was part of a much broader campaign against the US military footprint across the Middle East, with Iranian missiles and drones striking bases and installations in multiple countries and damaging aircraft, radar systems, hangars, barracks, and other infrastructure.
By September, CENTCOM said the war had already cost Washington $43.6 billion, a figure that did not include extensive damage to US bases across eight countries. The true personnel toll has also remained disputed: the Pentagon publicly listed 18 military deaths as of mid-September, while military sources cited by the Washington Post put the figure at 22 or 23.
As the damage mounted, the Pentagon tightened control over images emerging from the region. After an Iranian missile and drone strike on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan on July 17 killed three US service members, CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper warned troops against filming strike sites, claimingthat publicly posted footage was helping Tehran assess the accuracy and effects of its attacks. US allies hosting American bases have likewise imposed strict bans and penalties on filming military sites and strike aftermaths, making independent footage of Iranian attacks increasingly rare.
