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US troops aim to turn Iraq into a ‘battlefield,' Iraq tells UN
[RUDAW.NET] Iraq has warned the United Nations...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Security Council that the recent attacks by US troops inside the country are a "hostile act" aiming to turn the country into a battlefield for regional conflicts. Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent two letters of complaint to the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Security Council on Monday regarding the recent missile attacks by US warplanes on Iraqi forces. The content of the letter was published by state-owned newspaper al-Sabaah on Tuesday. "US attacks are a hostile act by US troops against Iraq’s state, government and people," the letter read. "Such an act by US is only aiming to turn Iraq into a battlefield for regional conflict," It added military operations inside Iraq without coordinating with Baghdad is a "provocative action". US warplanes launched retaliatory strikes against weapon stores belonging to the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia in the early hours of Friday, in response to last Wednesday’s rocket attack on Iraq’s Taji military base, which killed two Americans and one Briton. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Monday regarding last week’s attacks. "America will not tolerate attacks and threats to American lives and will take additional action as necessary in self-defense," Pompeo told the Iraqi leader. In a statement on Friday afternoon, Iraq’s Joint Operations Command said the  ...KABOOM!... s "violated the principle of partnership and alliance between Iraqi security forces and the parties that planned and carried out this treacherous attack." Posted by: Fred 2020-03-18 |
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