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Iraq’s foreign ministry summons Iranian ambassador over threats to US
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iraq’s foreign ministry has summoned Iran’s ambassador to Baghdad to denounce his threat that Tehran would retaliate to an American attack anywhere in the world, including in Iraq.The development comes as deadly protests have gripped Baghdad and spread since Tuesday to southern Iraqi provinces. So far, 19 people have been reported killed, including one policeman. Thursday’s ministry statement said Iraqi official Abdul-Karim Hashem told Iran’s envoy, Iraj Masjedi, that American troops are in Iraq and the request of the Iraqi government. It said Hashem told Masjedi that Iraq would not accept becoming an arena for international conflicts. Masjedi recently told Iraq’s Dijla TV that if the Americans attack Iran, Tehran "will strike back anywhere, including (in) Iraq." Iraq has been caught in the middle of US-Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan,the abbreviation IRGCis a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either Shahor Führeror maybe both, and they hate tensions in the Middle East, putting an additional strain on the fragile government in Baghdad that hosts thousands of US troops and Iran-backed militias. Posted by: Fred 2019-10-04 |
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