BREAKING: 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇶 An Iraqi shepherd accidentally discovered a secret Israeli military base hidden deep inside Iraq’s western desert. The U.S knew about this base while Iraq did not know anything about it. Israel reportedly built the clandestine base before the war on Iran began, using it as a forward hub for air operations, special forces, and rescue teams in case Israeli pilots were shot down. After the shepherd noticed unusual helicopter activity and alerted Iraqi forces, Iraqi troops were sent to investigate activity on their own sovereign land. They were immediately hit with airstrikes. One Iraqi soldier was killed. Two others were wounded. Iraq later condemned the attack at the UN, initially believing the U.S. carried it out. The secret base operated inside Iraq without the Iraqi government’s knowledge, nearly 1,000 miles from Israel itself. Iraq’s Counter Terrorism units later searched the area and reportedly found evidence of a military presence, but could not identify whose it was.