Iraq informs the Iranian Chargé d'Affairs of his refusal to bomb Iran to US bases and considers it a violation of sovereignty

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31-12-2019 03:28 PM

US official: Protecting the embassy is the responsibility of the Iraqi government, which has billions of dollars in aid

 

 

Baghdad / news

US Senator Marco Rubio stressed that protecting the US embassy in Baghdad is the responsibility of the Iraqi government, which has billions of dollars in US aid.

Rubio said in a tweet on Twitter, "It is indisputable that these Shiite militias in Iraq are not only" supported "by Iran, they are also directed and controlled by Tehran and any attacks by them will be considered a direct action of Iran.

He explained that "the government of Iraq (which enjoys billions of dollars in US aid, assistance and protection of our army), must remember that it is obligated to protect all diplomatic facilities on its soil."

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Trump: We hold Iran responsible for any attack on our embassy in Baghdad

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President Donald Trump

 

President Donald Trump, on Tuesday, held Iran responsible for any attack on his country's embassy in Baghdad, after Iraqi protesters, carrying the flags of the Popular Mobilization and the Iraqi Hezbollah, attacked the American embassy in Baghdad , and succeeded in storming the foreign courtyard of the embassy, after burning one of the gates to the embassy, condemning With the American air strikes that targeted, Sunday, bases belonging to the Iraqi pro-Iranian Hezbollah Brigades , they also burned flags and destroyed surveillance cameras, and broke down security gates in the vicinity of the embassy.

Iran killed an another site, wounding many. We strongly responded, and always will. Now Iran is orchestrating an attack on the US Embassy in Iraq. They will be held fully responsible. In addition, we expect Iraq to use its forces to protect the Embassy, and so notified!

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31, 2019

Trump stressed, through a tweet on his account on Twitter, that the Iraqi government should protect the American embassy in Baghdad, noting that Iran was coordinating an attack on the US embassy in Iraq.

 

Trump tweeted: “Iran killed an American and wounded many. We have responded forcefully and always will. And now Iran is coordinating an attack on the American embassy in Baghdad. We will hold them fully responsible. In addition, we expect Iraq to use force to protect the embassy, and so we have been warned!”

This comes as Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath sources confirmed that the American ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Toller, left the country two weeks ago .

Earlier, two officials at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry indicated on Tuesday that the American ambassador and embassy staff had been evacuated from Baghdad.

And quoting the American "Al-Hurra" channel on "Twitter", a source at the American embassy in Baghdad said that "there is no truth to the news of the evacuation of the American ambassador or employees from the embassy building," noting that "the employees are still in the embassy building, and the ambassador outside Iraq is on official leave." ".

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It seems every time Iraq is on the verge of doing something positive for its people chaos breaks out.  It is a lawless country that has had to deal with Isis and Iranian backed militia’s and politicians with ties to Iran for to many years.  This latest attack on our Embassy is revolting and is probably  going to be a catalyst for more setbacks and loss of life.  It is very sad to me.  Hey Iran, why don’t you try PEACE instead of mayhem and destruction.   

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Newspaper: Kurdistan region warned of the danger of pro-Iranian militias years ago

December 31, 2019

 

Photo of Hizbullah militia members of the Popular Mobilization Militia - May 31, 2019

While efforts were being made to eradicate the elimination of ISIS in Iraq, four years ago, Kurdish peshmerga forces were carrying fears of the post-elimination of the terrorist organization.

This Kurdish concern was caused by the Iranian-backed PMF militia and the Iraqi government, according to an article by the writer who specializes in military affairs for the Israeli newspaper "Jerusalem Post", Seth Franzman.

In his article, Frantzmann explained that the militia of the Popular Mobilization had grown its influence in Iraq over a period of ten years, during the government of Nuri al-Maliki, whose wrong policies fueled the fire of ISIS, and the government of his successor, Haider al-Abadi, who strengthened the status of the crowd in Iraq.

Frantzmann added that the Abadi government and parliament worked to grant official status to the PMF militia, including the Hezbollah Brigades that were subjected to American air strikes, on Sunday, as a result of its bombing of the "K1" base Friday, which contains American soldiers in the oil province of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, which resulted About the death of an another site.

The military expert explained that both the Sunnis and the Kurds feared the PMF militias because of their violations during the war on ISIS. This situation was expressed by the Peshmerga leader and former spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Parliament in Iraq, Kamal Kirkuki, who proposed turning Iraq into federal states, where Sunnis and Kurds would be given independence and rights instead of enabling Shiite militias to control others.

Kirkuki had indicated in a previous interview with the "Rodao" website in 2016, that the crowd could not carry out attacks because the American coalition was not providing them with air support, adding that the Kurdish peshmerga did not want to work with the crowd.

Relations between the Hashd and the Kurdish region were strained in 2016, after more Hashd elements were sent to the north, where the two sides met after the defeat of ISIS, and clashes took place between them in the "Toz Khurato" area, where Kurds were attacked by the Shiite militias.

In September 2016, the President of the Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, warned that the crowd would enter Mosul during the city’s liberation process, adding that the majority of the Sunni Arab population has the right to make a decision about whether to allow the crowd to enter the city.

Barzani then referred to the activity of the Hashd in Sinjar, the stronghold of the Yazidi minority, and it is unclear whether the activities of the Hashd in Sinjar caused fear of the Yezidis and their failure to return to their homes after the defeat of ISIS.

Increasing influence after the Kirkuk battle

In September 2017, following the Kurdish decision to organize a referendum on the independence of Kurdistan, leaders of the Popular Mobilization, such as Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Hadi al-Amiri of the Badr Organization, planned an attack on the Kurdish areas where they wanted to retrieve Kirkuk and Sinjar from the hands of the Kurds, areas that the Peshmerga forces defended during the war with ISIS Indeed, the Shiite militias managed to take control of Kirkuk and take it from the Peshmerga hands in mid-October of the same year, according to the newspaper "Jerusalem Post".

Franzman says the battle for Kirkuk has strengthened militias, who now publicly say they will "evacuate" American forces and fight the United States and Israel.

In June 2018, air strikes targeted Hezbollah Brigades in Syria. At that time, the militias were already working with Iran to bring precision-guided weapons and ballistic missiles across Iraq to Syria. More ballistic missiles were due to arrive in August 2018.

As of February 2019, the Hezbollah Brigades began to harass American forces in Iraq. Then it proceeded to fire rockets at the Americans. On December 27, an another site was killed, and the United States took revenge for its latest air strike on Sunday.

Franzman concludes his article by saying: "Kurdistan region generals and officials have warned against such an accident years ago. Their warning has fallen to deaf ears to a large extent."

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Iraq: protesters set fires and throw stones at US embassy in Baghdad

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Abdul Mahdi: Isber informed me of Washington's intention to carry out attacks hours ago

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Resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi confirmed, on Monday, that US Defense Secretary Mark Asper was informed of Washington's intention to carry out attacks in Iraq hours before the Qaim attack.

Abdul-Mahdi said in a speech to him at a cabinet meeting followed by Alsumaria News, that "after the (K1) base accident, there was a call at seven quarter past seven with the US Secretary of Defense."

He added that "Asbar mentioned that America will carry out attacks on the bases of the Hezbollah book and this will happen after hours, and I told him that this is a serious matter and an escalating matter and we must consult on these issues and the investigations are still ongoing and did not specify the party that carried out the bombing."

 

Abdul-Mahdi confirmed , "I informed Asper that the matter would be dangerous, and he said that the decision was taken and I am communicating this thing," noting: "We tried to inform the security and mobilization leaders that an attack would be resolved."

The Prime Minister stressed, "What happened is that two planes attacked the positions of the 45th and 46th Brigade."

And resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi considered, during the session, today, Monday, the American attack on the Popular Mobilization Forces in the city of Al-Qaim as a serious and sinful attack, while stressing that the attack will have dangerous consequences.

The Security Media Cell announced, yesterday evening Sunday, that the headquarters of the 45th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization had been subjected to three American air strikes, while the "Popular Mobilization" said that the attack targeted the leadership of the island's operations division in Anbar Governorate and the location of the 45th and 46th Brigades, and resulted in the fall of 25 One martyr and 51 wounded.

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Thank you Yota and Butifldrm for being all over this breaking news. I appreciate your posts.  The attack on our base and now our Embassy is a terrible escalation and a direct challenge to our position in Iraq from Iran.  Iran is ratcheting up its presence and President Trump will have no choice but to respond.  Buckle your seatbelts folks, this may get real ugly this time.  Iran is poking the bear and it won’t end well for them and their proxies.  

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Live broadcast ... the vicinity of the US embassy in Baghdad after protesters tried to storm it

Tuesday, 31 December 2019 02:33 PM

The vicinity of the US embassy in Baghdad

"The Seventh Day" offers a live broadcast from the vicinity of the American embassy in Baghdad, where Iraqi protesters attacked on Tuesday the main gate of the American embassy in Baghdad, condemning the American air strikes that targeted the bases of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia in Iraq, as protesters burned flags and smashed surveillance cameras as they chanted Death to America, America is the Great Satan.

 

 

The protesters managed to cross all the checkpoints without difficulty in the heavily fortified Green Zone, and the protesters carried banners reading on one of them: "Parliament must remove the American forces, otherwise they will be expelled." And protesters wrote on the wall of the American embassy building the phrases "closed by the command of the people."

The leader of the Asa’ib al-Haq militia, Qais al-Khazali, and the leader of the Badr Hadi al-Amiri militia, arrived in front of the American embassy in the Green Zone in the capital Baghdad, and supporters of “Hezbollah Iraq” erected tents in front of the embassy building. The protesters also raised slogans calling for the closure of the embassy and the expulsion of the ambassador.

These protests come amid an escalating wave of anger in Iraq against the United States of America following the air strikes carried out by the American forces on Sunday night against the positions of the Hezbollah Brigades in western Iraq, and resulted in the death of 25 people, in response to the American death in a missile attack targeting a base in northern Iraq that includes American soldiers.

The US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) announced the targeting of 5 sites in Iraq and Syria under the control of a paramilitary group supported by Iran on Sunday, in retaliation for a missile attack that killed an American who was among the forces present at the K1 base near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Two officials at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the American ambassador and employees of the American embassy in Baghdad were evacuated.

For its part, an official of the "Hezbollah" Brigades in Iraq confirmed to "Russia Today" that there is no intention to storm the American embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, and Jaafar al-Husseini, the leader of the "Hezbollah" Brigades in Iraq, denied their intention to storm the American embassy in Baghdad, saying: "There is no intention We have to storm the US embassy building, "he declined to give further details.

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Iraqi Prime Minister warns against attacking foreign embassies

 

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Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi speaks in Baghdad on October 23, 2019. Photo: Khaled Al-Musli - Reuters.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi warned on Tuesday of any attack on embassies and foreign missions in Baghdad and demanded the protesters "to leave immediately in front of the US embassy."

Thousands gathered in front of the US embassy to condemn the air strikes carried out by Washington in Iraq on Sunday.

Abdul-Mahdi said in a statement, "Any aggression or harassment of embassies and representations is an act that will prevent it strictly from the security forces and the law will punish it with the most severe penalties."

Abdul-Mahdi takes over the affairs of the country after his resignation last month under pressure from the popular protests.

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Urgent Abdel Mahdi: We will deal strictly against any attack and harassment of embassies

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The head of the caretaker government, Adel Abdul Mahdi, said that “any aggression or harassment of embassies and representations is an act that will prevent him strictly from the security forces and the law will punish him with the most severe penalties.”

Abdul-Mahdi called in a press statement, "Everyone should leave immediately in front of the American embassy." Continued

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Trump's first comment on the events of the US embassy in Baghdad {expanded}

Editing Date: 12/31/2019 15:22 • 290 times read

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) US President Donald Trump commented on the events of the US embassy in Baghdad.

"Iran killed an another site, injuring a lot," Trump said in a tweet on Twitter. "We responded very strongly, and we will always do."
"Now Iran is organizing an attack on the American embassy in Iraq, and they will bear full responsibility," he said.
"In addition, we expect Iraq to use its forces to protect the embassy, and we have been informed about that!" Trump said

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The Iraqi Minister of Interior arrives in the vicinity of the American embassy to follow the latest developments

Tuesday, 31 December 2019 01:58 PM

Iraqi Interior Minister Yassin Al-Yasiri

 

The Iraqi Minister of the Interior, Yassin Al-Yasiri, arrived today, Tuesday, at the perimeter of the American embassy in Baghdad, to follow up the latest developments after its storming by the Iraqi demonstrators, while the resigned Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi called on the protesters to leave the embassy immediately.
According to the Iraqi News Agency (NINA), American forces have deployed around the American embassy in the Iraqi capital.
It is noteworthy that the American ambassador and all the embassy employees went, at dawn today, to Erbil Governorate, where they are now in the American consulate there.
Today, protesters stormed the Green Zone and gathered in front of the American embassy for the sit-in, denouncing the American raids on the locations of the Hezbollah Brigades in the Al-Qa’im area, west of Anbar.

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31-12-2019 03:54 PM

Al-Alusi: Soleimani succeeded in declaring the end of the Iraqi state, and put Trump in front of two options

 

 

Baghdad - news

The Iraqi politician, example of Al-Alusi, confirmed today, Tuesday, the success of the Revolutionary Guards Commander and Quds Force Qassem Soleimani, by announcing the end of the Iraqi state and placing Trump before two options.

Al-Alusi said, in a tweet on Twitter, seen by "Al-Akhbariya", that "the terrorist Qassem Soleimani succeeded in declaring the end of the Iraqi state and putting Trump in front of two options."

He explained that the two options are "either an American truncated and humiliating withdrawal from Iraq, or that Trump will practically confront Iran."

He added: "You see where the heroes Barham Salih, the president of the republic, and Halbousi, the president of the Iraqi parliament?"

It is noteworthy that protesters, supporters of the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades and employees of the popular crowd besieged the American embassy in Baghdad inside the Green Zone, and set fire to its garage and destroyed the camera system, in addition to seizing the wheels of the embassy building, while the protection forces of the building faced the protesters with tear gas and sirens to keep them away.

And resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, warned of the seriousness of this act, stressing that the protection of embassies and their missions from the duty and responsibilities of the Iraqi government, calling on protesters to stay away from them.

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Feels like deja vu all over again.  The storming of our Embassy in Iraq is the same thing that happened in 1979 in Iraq.  This is another step of aggression from Iran in their quest to control the ME and the oil resources.  

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31-12-2019 02:06 PM

The world enters 2020, and Iraq goes back 40 years!

 

 

Baghdad / news

The headquarters of the US embassy in central Baghdad was burned down by members of the popular crowd after a demonstration and protests to avenge the US air strike two days ago.

The scene brought to mind, the American embassy in Tehran was burned in 1979, when a group of Islamic students in Iran stormed the American embassy in support of the Iranian revolution and took 52 American embassy residents hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981.

The matter is seen by some observers as a reaction to the burning of the Iranian embassy in Karbala last November 4, when a number of Iraqi protesters did so.

Burning operations of the American embassy in central Baghdad continue until now, as the latest outcome indicates 24 cases of suffocation among the crowd's employees as a result of tear gas.

New Zealand entered shortly before 2020 in a carnival atmosphere that most of its cities witnessed to celebrate the New Year.

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31-12-2019 02:44 PM

Al-Mulla: The Iranians are negotiating with the Americans in Oman and "Ould Al-Khaybah" is paying blood in Iraq

 

 

Baghdad / news

The former deputy, Haider Al-Mulla, confirmed that the Iranians are negotiating with the Americans in the Sultanate of Oman on the nuclear agreement, while the Iraqis are paying blood in Baghdad.

"The Iranians are negotiating with the Americans at a dialogue table sponsored by the Sultanate of Oman ... and the son of al-Khaybah is paying blood in Iraq," Al-Mulla said in a tweet on Twitter.

He added, "It is reasonable after 16 years that Iraq and its interests did not become a priority for some !!", ending his tweet with a hashtag: "# Iraq_first."

 

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31-12-2019 02:16 PM

Abdul-Mahdi asks everyone to leave immediately in front of the US embassy

 

 

Baghdad / news

The commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, demanded that all members of the popular crowd leave immediately from the front of the US embassy in the center of Baghdad.

Abdul-Mahdi said in a statement, "Al-Akhbariya" received a copy of it, "The American strike on our military units on December 29, 2019 was condemned by the government at the highest levels and the government took a series of measures and measures to address the situation in a way that secures the sovereignty of Iraq and the security of its citizens."

He added that "the solemn ceremony for the funeral of the martyrs is part of the fulfillment of their precious and beautiful blood, but far from contacting the embassy buildings that are responsible for protecting and securing them for the Iraqi government, so we ask everyone to leave immediately away from these places and we mention that any attack or harassment of foreign embassies and representations is an act It will strictly prevent him from security forces and the law will punish him with the harshest penalties. "

 

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10 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Feels like deja vu all over again.  The storming of our Embassy in Iraq is the same thing that happened in 1979 in Iraq.

 

Typo, it should read, is the same thing that happened in 1979 in Iran. 

 

Geez, my apologies.

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Saudi Arabia issues a statement on developments in Iraq

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 December 31, 2019 1:13 PM

Riyadh - Mubasher: The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs released today, Tuesday, a statement on the developments of the situation in Iraq .

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Kingdom has followed with great concern the increase in terrorist attacks inside Iraq, which aim to undermine its security and stability, the most recent of which were attacks by terrorist militias supported by the Iranian regime against the American forces present in the country within the international coalition to counter ISIS .

The Foreign Ministry added that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemns these terrorist attacks, to confirm that these attacks by terrorist militias violate the sovereignty of Iraq, affect its security and stability and directly affect the efforts to combat terrorism .

In its statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry called for supporting cooperation efforts between the Iraqi government and the international coalition forces led by the United States of America after these events, by investigating the incident of last December 27, and taking appropriate measures to prevent the recurrence of hostilities supported by the Iranian regime .

The Kingdom called for concerted efforts to preserve the security and stability of Iraq .

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16 minutes ago, yota691 said:

The world enters 2020, and Iraq goes back 40 years!

 

That headline says it all ... 

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Al-Nujaifi: 4 serious damage that will be done to Iraq if it enters a war with America, the first of which is stopping the export of oil