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As MidEast tensions boil, Japan and N. Korea supply arms to Western combatants

U.S. forces launched an airstrike on an Iraqi paramilitary base Tuesday that they said threatened American troops in the country, part of a day of violence that threatened to plunge the region into wider war.

The airstrike hit a base south of Baghdad used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Force, which is reportedly dominated by members loyal to Iran. Baghda…