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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer says the Qatar authorities wants thing much than peace.
Dyer's connection comes aft Iran launched a constricted rocket onslaught connected the U.S. subject basal successful Qatar Monday, which was retaliation for the American bombing of its atomic sites.
In 2024, Dyer spent a week successful Qatar and visited the Al Udeid Air Base, the 1 that Iran launched missiles at. When helium was there, helium talked to soldiers who were stationed there, adjacent immoderate who were from the Central Valley.
During the visit, Dyer gained an knowing of however things astatine the airbase worked and a position connected however adjacent the airbase is to Iran. He besides said that aft talking to soldiers and being capable to visit, helium was capable to recognize the value of that basal to the U.S.
"It's conscionable crossed the Persian Gulf. It's astir apt the region from Fresno to Bakersfield," helium said. "It's surreal to cognize that this happened... It looks similar each of the missiles that were fired from Iran to the basal were intercepted and changeable down."
Dyer says the radical of Qatar are a peaceful radical of radical and that they emotion Americans but are besides allies with Iran. He says it's been absorbing what Qatar has been capable to bash for the airbase.
"The Qatari government, the prince, the premier minister, they privation thing much than peace, and they are doing everything they tin to bring bid to the Middle East," Dyer said. "It's unfortunate that the airbase was struck."
Iran said the volley matched the fig of bombs dropped by the United States connected Iranian atomic sites implicit the weekend. Iran besides said it targeted the basal due to the fact that it was extracurricular of populated areas.
Dyer says helium hopes that immoderate cooler hits volition prevail and that they'll effort to negociate a bid treaty.
Iran fired 19 missiles astatine the basal successful Qatar, and 1 impacted the installation but caused nary casualties, a Qatari subject serviceman said precocious Monday.
U.S. President Donald Trump said connected societal media that Israel and Iran person agreed to a “complete and full ceasefire” to beryllium phased successful implicit 24 hours.
