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US sanctions Iraqi militia over rocket, drone attacks
17-11-2023[Rudaw] The United States on Friday announced new sanctions on Iraqi militia group Kataib Hezbollah in connection with recent drone and rocket attacks on bases housing US troops in Iraq and Syria. Six individuals affiliated with Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah were sanctioned by the Treasury Department. The US Department of State also designated Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada and its leader Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji. Washington accused both militias of receiving support from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and involvement in dozens of attacks on American interests in Iraq and Syria since Israel’s war with Paleostinian Hamas  ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...in the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... Strip. "Today’s action sends a message to Kata’ib Hizballah and all other Iran-backed groups that the United States will use all available measures to hold to account any opportunistic actors who seek to exploit the situation in Gaza for their own ends," said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. Kataib Hezbollah was first designated a terror organization in 2009, accused of attacks on American targets in Iraq. According to the Pentagon, US forces in Iraq and Syria have come under attack at least 58 times since Hamas’ surprise October 7 assault on Israel that killed 1,200 people and Israel’s retaliatory ... KABOOM!... s that have killed more than 11,000, including many children. Most recently, suicide drones targeted Harir airbase in Erbil on Friday morning. The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq, a network of shadow Iraqi militia groups affiliated with the IRGC, have grabbed credit for the majority of the attacks, saying they are in response to Washington’s support for Israel. The US has carried out three retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militia targets in Syria. The six Kataib Hezbollah-affiliated individuals sanctioned are Imad Naji al-Bahadli, a member of the group’s governing council accused of receiving training with Lebanese Hezbollah, ...even though the two groups are completely unconnected, as they endlessly pronounce... Habib Hasan Mughamis Darraji, Kataib Hezbollah’s foreign affairs chief accused of coordinating training and smuggling, the group’s main spokesperson Ja’afar al-Husayni, senior military commander Khalid Kadhim Jasim al-Skeni, Basim Mohammad Hasab al-Majidi, executive director of affiliated TV station al-Ittijah, and Mojtaba Jahandust, an official with the IRGC’s Quds Forces who facilitates training of Kataib Hezbollah members in Iran. Related: Kataib Hezbollah: 2023-10-30 USAF fighter jets are reportedly launching airstrikes in the Al Bukamal region, near the border with Iraq Kataib Hezbollah: 2023-09-05 Volunteer mobilization in Sinjar District for deployment in Syria, Source Kataib Hezbollah: 2022-09-01 Saraya al-Salam's General Commander says NO to ''consensus'' government Posted by: trailing wife 2023-11-28 |
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