Iran has declared war on the US in Iraq through its proxies - analysis

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The Pentagon: We attacked weapons depots for Iranian-backed militias in Syria and Iraq

The US Department of Defense: The attacks show that President Biden is clear that he will act to protect Americans

 

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Published in: Jun 28, 2021: 2:54 AM GSTLast updated: Jun 28, 2021: 3:24 AM GST

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The US Department of Defense announced that its air forces bombed "weapon storage facilities for pro-Iranian militias" at two locations in Syria and another in Iraq.

The ministry said in a statement that the bombing came in response to drone attacks launched by these factions on American personnel and facilities in Iraq.

"This evening's attacks show that President Biden is clear that he will act to protect Americans," she added.

Al-Arabiya correspondent in Iraq had reported hearing violent explosions on the Iraqi-Syrian border on Monday morning, while the Syrian regime's media said that air raids had targeted the Albukamal area in the countryside of Dur Al-Zour.

Syrian and Iraqi media reported that the bombing targeted Iraqi and Iranian armed militias inside Syrian territory.

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“At President Biden’s direction, U.S. military forces earlier this evening conducted defensive precision airstrikes against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups in the Iraq-Syria border region. The targets were selected because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that are engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said.

 

Specifically, the U.S. strikes targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq, both of which lie close to the border between those countries. Several Iran-backed militia groups, including Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), used these facilities,” he said.

 

Kirby added, “Given the ongoing series of attacks by Iran-backed groups targeting U.S. interests in Iraq, the President directed further military action to disrupt and deter such attacks. We are in Iraq at the invitation of the Government of Iraq for the sole purpose of assisting the Iraqi Security Forces in their efforts to defeat ISIS. The United States took necessary, appropriate, and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation – but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message.”

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Spokesman for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces condemns the US attack on the Iraqi-Syrian border -

June 28, 2021 | 12:18 PM   -   Number of readings: 6 views

 

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Iraqi position network
 

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We condemn the US air attack that targeted a site last night on the Iraqi-Syrian border, which represents a blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty and Iraqi national security in accordance with all international conventions.

Iraq renews its refusal to be an arena for settling accounts, and clings to its right to sovereignty over its lands, and to prevent it from being used as an arena for reactions and attacks.

We call for calm and avoiding escalation in all its forms, stressing that Iraq will carry out the necessary investigations, procedures and contacts at various levels to prevent such violations.
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Spokesperson for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
June 28, 2021

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Baghdad condemns the American attack: We reject Iraq as an arena for settling scores

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Today, Monday, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the US air attack on a popular crowd site at the Iraqi-Syrian border, stressing its refusal for Iraq to be a party to any conflict or confrontation to settle scores on its territory.

 The ministry's spokesman, Ahmed Al-Sahafi, said in a statement, "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns the air attack last night, which targeted a site on the Iraqi-Syrian border," noting that "the ministry reiterates its total rejection of Iraq being a party to any conflict or confrontation to settle scores on its territory, and with what It is an assault and a violation of national sovereignty and a clear departure from international norms and conventions.”

 He added, "We affirm our adherence to Iraq's sovereignty and unity and rely on everything that would enhance this, through sustained coordination and communication with various parties and through diplomatic initiatives and endeavors that ensure that such unacceptable and condemned hostilities do not repeat," explaining that "the Iraqi government is proceeding with its investigative procedures in a way that ensures The sovereign right to do so, in order to prevent any escalation that we see as violating the security and stability of Iraq.”

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Al-Maliki's coalition: Let the government put an end to the American "recklessness" and immediately hold the perpetrators of the bombing accountable

 

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On Monday (June 28, 2021), the Parliamentary State of Law Coalition considered the US bombing of sites on the border with Syria at dawn today and killing 4 members of the Popular Mobilization "a totally unjustified act of aggression and a provocation to the Iraqi people."

In a statement received by IQ News, the bloc condemned the "American bombing of the Popular Mobilization Forces in the Al-Qaim area, which claimed the lives of a number of the 14th Brigade's heroic fighters who are keen to secure the borders from the infiltration of terrorists and their entry into Iraq to carry out their criminal acts on its territory."

She said, "The act is an act of aggression that is not justified at all. It is a provocation to the Iraqi people and a targeting of its security forces, which the United States of America says are present in order to provide support and backing for it in its fight against terrorism."

The State of Law bloc called on the Iraqi government to "take immediate measures to hold accountable those who carried out this criminal act and prevent its recurrence," also calling on "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take action to put an end to this recklessness and repeated targeting of the popular crowd."

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A new statement touched on the "possibility" of civilian casualties

 

The Pentagon: Our bases in Iraq and Syria cannot be under any classification of dangerous alert

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Jessica McNulty, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said at dawn on Monday (June 28, 2021), that Washington is now evaluating the effects of the bombing that targeted the headquarters of Iraqi factions on the border with Syria.

And the Emirati "Al Sharq" website quoted McNulty as saying, and IQ News followed him,  "We evaluate every strike that hit the intended targets, and we are currently evaluating the effects of this operation."

"The US bases in Iraq and Syria cannot be classified under any classification of dangerous warning," she added.

Commenting on news reported by the official Syrian news agency "SANA" about civilian casualties as a result of the strikes, some of which took place inside Syria, the Pentagon spokeswoman said: "It is too early to say whether there are any civilian casualties."

After midnight on Monday, US F-15 and F-16 warplanes bombed sites on the Iraqi-Syrian border operated by Iraqi factions, killing 4 members of the 14th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization.

US State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement that "these strikes were directed by US President Joe Biden and targeted sites used by Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada to target US bases in Iraq."

 

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"Blood will turn to rage."

 

Al-Fateh: The American bombing is evidence of their desperation to isolate the crowd from the state after the "majestic parade"

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The Al-Fateh Alliance considered, at dawn on Monday (June 28, 2021), the American bombing that killed 4 members of the Popular Mobilization on the border with Syria "evidence of their desperation to isolate the crowd from the state."

And coalition spokesman Ahmed al-Asadi wrote in a post on Twitter, seen by  IQ News , that “the treacherous attack of American aircraft against the 14th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces in al-Qaim is evidence of their desperation to isolate the crowd from the state and the masses after the solemn parade that it held and through which it proved that it is the official force.” that defends Iraq and its people against the enemies."

Al-Asadi added that "the blood that was shed will turn into Iraqi anger in the face of every vicious aggressor."

After midnight on Monday, US F-15 and F-16 warplanes bombed sites on the Iraqi-Syrian border operated by Iraqi factions, killing 4 members of the 14th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization.

US State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement that "these strikes were directed by US President Joe Biden and targeted sites used by Kata'ib Hezbollah and Kata'ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada to target US bases in Iraq."

 

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Democratic member: The American raid in Syria and Iraq took place without congressional approval

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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said in a statement that he hopes to be informed of the US raids that were carried out against facilities on the Iraqi-Syrian border, noting that they were carried out "without the approval of Congress."

Murphy added in the statement, which was reported by "Fox News", that Biden "has the ability to defend our forces abroad, but my concern is that the pace of targeting American forces, and the frequent retaliatory strikes against what he called pro-Iranian forces, is beginning to form a pattern of hostilities." under the War Powers Act.

It is noteworthy that the American raids this morning killed 4 members of the Popular Mobilization, and targeted the headquarters of other armed factions, while the Popular Mobilization announced that four of its members were martyred in these strikes, saying: "The headquarters of the 14th and 46th Brigades were targeted on the Iraqi-Syrian border," explaining that the points of The Popular Mobilization that was bombed does not include any warehouses or the like, contrary to the American allegations that I mentioned in order to justify the crime of targeting the Popular Mobilization fighters.

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Jerusalem Post  Middle East

WATCH: 4 killed in US airstrikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq, Syria

By OMRI NAHMIAS, REUTERS, TZVI JOFFRE  

JUNE 28, 2021 19:11

 

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The United States military said on Sunday it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq.

 

WASHINGTON – At least four members of Shi’ite militias were killed in “defensive precision airstrikes” which US President Joe Biden ordered against facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups along the Iraq-Syria border region on Sunday night.

 

According to Pentagon press secretary John Kirby, the targets were selected “because these facilities are utilized by Iran-backed militias that are engaged in unmanned aerial vehicle attacks against US personnel and facilities in Iraq.”

 

Specifically, the strikes targeted “operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq, both of which lie close to the border between those countries,” said Kirby. “Several Iran-backed militia groups, including Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, used these facilities,” he added.

 

 

 

 

“As demonstrated by this evening’s strikes, President Biden has been clear that he will act to protect US personnel,” the Pentagon statement reads. “Given the ongoing series of attacks by Iran-backed groups targeting US interests in Iraq, the president directed further military action to disrupt and deter such attacks.”

 

The US’s presence in Iraq is at the invitation of the Government of Iraq, he said, “for the sole purpose of assisting the Iraqi Security Forces in their efforts to defeat ISIS.”

 

“The United States took necessary, appropriate, and deliberate action designed to limit the risk of escalation – but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message,” Kirby added.

 

He noted that the United States “acted pursuant to its right of self-defense,” and that the strikes “were both necessary to address the threat and appropriately limited in scope.”

 

At least four members of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were killed in the airstrikes, according to Iranian media. According to Sky News Arabia, five PMF members were killed. The PMF vowed to respond to the strikes, saying it was “fully prepared” to “take revenge.”

 

The Syrian state news agency SANA claimed that the airstrikes targeted residential homes, killing a child and injuring three civilians.

 

Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, a Shi’ite militant group which was targeted in the airstrikes, warned that it would now be in “open war” against the United States, threatening to target US aircraft in Iraqi airspace.

 

Iraqi military spokesman Maj.-Gen. Yehia Rasool condemned the US airstrikes on Monday, saying that the strikes represent “a blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty and Iraqi national security in accordance with all international conventions.”

 

“Iraq renews its refusal to be an arena for settling accounts, and clings to its right to sovereignty over its lands, and prevents it from being used as an arena for reactions and attacks,” added Rasool, calling for calm and avoiding escalation in all forms.

 

“The United States continues to take the wrong path in the region. In the realm of regional behavior, it is a continuation of the failed US policy and legacy in the region,” said Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, in response to the airstrikes on Monday morning, according to Iranian media.

 

Khatibzadeh advised the US to “change its course, instead of creating a crisis and creating problems for the people of the region.” The spokesperson called for the people of the region to “decide their own destiny without [US] intervention.

 

“What the United States is doing is disrupting regional security, and one of the victims of this disruptive regional security is the United States,” added Khatibzadeh.

 

Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank in Washington, told The Jerusalem Post: “It is heartening to see the administration set the edge with Iran. Attacks by terrorist groups against American troops should be a red line for any American president.

 

“Iran, through its proxy groups, has provoked the United States at a time when the Biden administration appears determined to yield massive sanctions relief to the regime as part of the anticipated return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal,” Schanzer said. “Unfortunately, I don’t see the administration reversing course. Despite this aggression, the regime is likely to still receive everything it wants out of the deal.”

 

 

The strikes appear to show Biden’s efforts to compartmentalize defensive strikes to protect American personnel, while simultaneously engaging Tehran in diplomacy with regards to a return to the nuclear deal.

 

The Post reported last week that the US is seeking to extend the time between rounds of indirect nuclear talks with Iran, in order to talk to the new Israeli government more about its position.

 

Washington feels that the negotiations to return to the 2015 deal are worth delaying in order to better cooperate with Israel, a source with knowledge of the Biden’s administration’s side of the talks said on Wednesday.

 

His critics say Iran cannot be trusted while pointing to the drone attacks as further evidence that Iran and its proxies will never accept a US military presence in Iraq or Syria.

 

US officials believe Iran is behind a ramp-up in drone attacks and periodic rocket fire against US personnel and facilities in Iraq, where the US military has been helping Baghdad combat remnants of the Islamic State.

 

Two US officials, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said Iran-backed militias carried out at least five drone attacks against facilities used by US and coalition personnel in Iraq since April.

 

One of the facilities targeted was used to launch and recover the drones, a defense official said.

 

The US military carried out strikes with F-15 and F-16 aircraft, officials said, adding the pilots made it back from the mission safely.

 

“We assess each strike hit the intended targets,” one of the officials told Reuters.

 

Iraq’s government is struggling to deal with militias ideologically aligned with Iran which are accused of rocket fire against US forces and of involvement in killing peaceful pro-democracy activists.

 

Earlier in June, Iraq released Iranian-aligned militia commander Qasim Muslih, who was arrested in May on terrorism-related charges, after authorities found insufficient evidence against him.

 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) issued a statement on Sunday night, saying that the airstrikes “appear to be a targeted and proportional response to a serious and specific threat.”

 

“Protecting the military heroes who defend our freedoms is a sacred priority,” she said. “The Iran-backed militias utilizing these facilities have been engaged in attacks threatening US service members, as well as our allies.”

 

“Congress looks forward to receiving and reviewing the formal notification of this operation under the War Powers Act and to receiving additional briefings from the administration,” Pelosi added.

 

Lahav Harkov contributed to this report

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Legal Options for the Government to Prevent US Abuses

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 Baghdad: Tariq Al-Araji 

   Abdul Rahman Ibrahim 

 

During an emergency meeting chaired by the Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, the National Security Council expressed its strong condemnation and condemnation of the American bombing of the Popular Mobilization sites, describing the attack as a flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty, and rejected by all international laws and covenants.

Yesterday, Monday, four members of the Popular Mobilization Forces were martyred, after US forces bombed military sites on the Iraqi-Syrian border in Al-Qaim district, west of Anbar, while the government is considering resorting to all available legal options to prevent the recurrence of such attacks.

In the same context, the Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, directed the Joint Operations Command to hold an emergency meeting within 24 hours, and to come up with an integrated strategy, based on coordination between the security leaders of joint operations and the Ministry of Electricity, in order to ensure the flow of supplying the Iraqi citizen with electrical energy, following the operations The terrorist sabotage that affected power transmission towers and power stations in more than one region, causing a number of them to leave the national grid system and increase the hours of interruption.

Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Al-Abadi, told Al-Sabah: “The ministry, through the recent targeting of the system, sensed the presence of indiscriminate and other systematic attacks on the power transmission lines and the infrastructure of the electricity sector, as the elements executing these attacks were not satisfied with targeting the lines. And the towers, but also targeted the transmission stations of energy and human resources, as a number of employees were martyred, as a result of these targeting, which amounted to 31 targeting the transmission lines during the past ten days.

He added, "These operations in this way lead to several things, the most important of which is the abuse of citizens, depriving them of supplying electricity, limiting the system's loads, isolating the provinces from each other, and thus confusing the work of the staff, which negatively affects the hours of processing." 

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maybe a starting point would be for kazemi to remove all iranian terrorist groups out of iraq ( including all the iranian sympathizers in parliament ) and stand alone as a sovereign country and follow the iraqi constitution ... justa thought

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An emergency session of the National Security Council in Iraq after the American bombing and targeting of electricity towers

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces chairs an emergency meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security

 June 28, 2021 06:03 PM

Mubasher: The Ministerial Council for National Security held, today, Monday, an emergency meeting chaired by the Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kazemi; To discuss the repercussions of the American bombing of a site on the Iraqi-Syrian border, as well as the targeting of saboteurs and terrorist groups, electric power plants and transmission towers.

The Ministerial Council for National Security expressed, according to a statement issued by the media office of the Prime Minister, its strong condemnation and condemnation of the American bombing that targeted a site on the Iraqi border with Syria, stressing that this attack represents a flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty, rejected by all international laws and covenants.

The media office indicated that the Ministerial Council for National Security is considering resorting to all available legal options; To prevent the recurrence of such attacks that violate Iraq's airspace and territory, in addition to conducting a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances and causes of the accident, and work to prevent it from recurring in the future.

The Council stressed its total rejection of making Iraq an arena for settling accounts, or using its lands and skies to attack its neighbors, at a time when the government has strengthened its steps by adopting a calm policy and adopting the principle of dialogue as a way to reduce the intensity of conflicts and achieve security and stability in Iraq and the region.

The Council confirmed that the government has continuous dialogue sessions with the American side, which have reached advanced stages and to the level of discussing the logistical details of the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq, the details of which will be announced later.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces directed the Joint Operations Command to hold an emergency meeting within 24 hours, and to come up with an integrated strategy, in cooperation between the security leaders of the joint operations and the Ministry of Electricity; In order to ensure the smooth supply of electricity to the Iraqi citizen.

Al-Kazemi called on citizens to cooperate with the security services to protect Iraq's wealth and infrastructure from the tampering of saboteurs, indicating that the Iraqi armed forces will respond to anyone who begs himself to tamper with the security of the citizen and prejudice the infrastructure.

The Ministerial Council for National Security noted the targeting of electric power plants and transmission towers by sabotage and terrorist armed groups, at a time when electric power production began to rise and reached more than 20 thousand megawatts, the highest in the history of the Iraqi state, in addition to imported energy.

 

He pointed out that the government has opened many stalled and lagging projects after overcoming the difficulties and problems that hinder them, in order to provide electric power to citizens, noting that there are sabotage and terrorist groups seeking to confuse the situation by targeting stations and towers, which caused a loss of energy supplied to the areas in Baghdad and the Middle Euphrates, and exacerbated the situation. suffering of the citizens.

The council explained that the security forces are making great efforts to protect the electric power towers, as the national grid contains 46,000 towers, and that the cost of repairing each damaged tower reaches 30 million dinars, and there are billions of arrears to investors, and to countries from which energy and gas are imported.

The Council said that these dues were not included in the budget, as some of the allocations were deleted during the parliamentary debate, at a time when the electrical network suffered from more than 35 sabotage attacks only in 2021, in addition to many other exposures and attacks, the latest of which was the assault on Salah al-Din thermal station with missiles yesterday.

 

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biden didnt order nothing! This creepy Bastard, doesnt know ,if he is winding his watch or scratching his A$$! This old man is very sick! Truth be known. its old big ears running that old white house! JMHO!  

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America's battles with Iranian-backed factions are escalating...An undeclared conflict?

06-29-2021 | 16:09 Source : Reuters

 

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The strikes ordered by US President Joe Biden on Iranian-backed militias in Syria and Iraq were not the first of their kind, and they likely won't be the last under his recent presidency.

 

But the important question for some Democrats in Biden's party is: Does this pattern of attacks and counterattacks amount to an unspoken conflict?

 

If so, they say, there is a possibility that the United States could get involved in a direct war with Iran without the participation of Congress, something that has become even more politically charged after two decades of "endless wars."

 

"It's hard to argue that this is not a war, given the frequency of attacks on American forces, and now the escalation of our response," Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat who chairs an important Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, told Reuters.

 

"What we've always worried about is the United States slipping into a war without the American people actually being able to express their opinion," he added.

 

The two countries came close to the conflict Democrats feared in 2020 when the United States killed a top Iranian military commander and Iran retaliated with missile strikes in Iraq that brainstormed more than 100 American soldiers. This came in the wake of a series of mutual attacks with armed factions backed by Iran.

 

In the latest round, on Sunday, US fighter planes targeted operational facilities and weapons depots in two locations in Syria and one in Iraq, in what the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) described as a direct response to drone attacks launched by armed factions on US forces and facilities in Iraq. .

 

And yesterday, Monday, US forces were targeted by missile fire in Syria, in what appeared to be a retaliatory response, but no one was injured. The US military responded by targeting missile launch sites with artillery fire.

 

Emma Ashford, a fellow resident at the Atlantic Council, said on Twitter: "A lot of people think 'endless war' is just emotional, but it's really an apt description of the kind of strikes we saw again (on Sunday), where there is no strategic objective and no end point. Clear, just a permanent presence and reciprocal strikes.”

 

For its part, the White House confirmed that Sunday's strikes were aimed at reducing the escalation and deterring the operations of armed factions against US forces in the future.

 

Biden also said it's legal.

 

He referred to a provision of the US Constitution detailing the president's powers as commander in chief of the armed forces: "I have the authority under Article 2, and even those in their high towers who are reluctant to admit it have recognized it."

 

Brian Finucane, a former official in the State Department's Office of Legal Counsel, said the current administration, like previous administrations, does not see these episodes as an ongoing struggle.

 

He described this as the "Salami" segment approach.

 

"They describe it as sporadic hostilities," said Finucane, who is now with the International Crisis Group.

 

Finucane compared this to the tanker war with Iran in the 1980s, when the administration of President Ronald Reagan at the time viewed "each round of fighting as an isolated event."

 

But experts say that this view does not take into account that the armed factions backed by Iran are waging a continuous and escalating campaign against the US military presence in Iraq.

 

Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy warned that the faction's use of drones appears to be getting more and more dangerous, with the use of GPS guidance and precise targeting of coalition intelligence and reconnaissance assets and missile defenses. Led by the United States.

 

Knights said, "The attacks of the Iraqi factions on the coalition points in Iraq are increasing in quantity and quality. Unless deterrence is restored, the chances of American deaths will increase."

 

Philip Smith of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy also pointed out that the secondary goal of the factions, after the goal of driving the United States out of the region, is to show the United States, the Iraqi government, and others how good they are in using more advanced weapons such as drones.

 

Members of Congress are currently working to revoke some of the war authorization powers that presidents from both the Republican and Democratic parties have used to justify previous attacks on Iraq, Syria and others.

 

But that won't necessarily prevent Biden or any other president from launching defensive air strikes

 

Senator Murphy, after receiving a briefing on the events from Biden's national security team, said that he remains concerned, that US forces are in Iraq to fight the Islamic State, not to fight the Iranian-backed factions.

 

Murphy added that if Biden was worried about going to Congress for the power to wage war, then perhaps he should allay Americans' suspicions about interventions in the Middle East.

 

"If Congress has difficulty authorizing military action against the Iranian-backed factions, it will be largely because those we represent do not want it. And this is the missing link in this discussion," he said.

 

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Iran-backed militias threaten revenge after US airstrikes in Iraq, Syria
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Iran-backed militias threaten revenge after US airstrikes in Iraq, Syria
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bring it on iran

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Yea come on with it, let's get this out of the way. Until Iran is out of the way there will be no Iraq. Iraq needs to grow a set and stand on their own two feet and quit letting Iran push them around. Iraq has all of the international support they need, their population is booming and their economy can not survive on oil alone. Iran don't give a damn about the Iraqi people they are in it for their own gain just like all other countries. I have learned to look past political and religious affiliation because at the end of the day they are all crooks with their hand in the bag, it is the people that suffer! 

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I have to wonder if creepy Joe “whispered”to whoever, to do the bombing? 
 

still amazed that the US bought oil from Iran after we had become independent of buying oil. What a bunch of morons in DC.

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No Biden didn't order the strikes Trump did.

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In a message, Biden reveals the reasons for the strikes in Iraq and Syria

 

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Shafaq News/ US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the strikes he ordered on the 27th of June were to protect and defend the safety of American forces, weaken and disrupt the ongoing series of attacks against the United States and its partners, in addition to deterring Iran and its supported factions from launching Or support more attacks on his country's personnel and facilities.

 

In a letter sent by Joe Biden to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he added that "the facilities targeted in Syria and Iraq were used by Iranian-backed militias to launch a series of air attacks against US forces personnel and facilities in Iraq."

 

He pointed out that "the attacks of these militias have escalated in recent months, as they included attacks on Balad Air Base on April 4, April 18 and May 3, 2021, the Baghdad Center for Diplomatic support near Baghdad International Airport on May 2, 2021, and Al-Assad Air Base on May 4 and 24, 2021."

 

Recent drone attacks have also targeted US facilities in Erbil on April 14, 2021, Al Asad Air Base on May 8, 2021, Bashur Air Base on May 10, 2021, and US facilities near Baghdad International Airport on June 9, 2021.

 

Biden added in his message that this led to "injury and threat to the lives of members of the United States and coalition forces."

 

He indicated that he directed the implementation of this military action, "in accordance with his responsibility to protect the citizens of the United States at home and abroad, in furtherance of the national security of the United States and foreign policy interests, and in accordance with his constitutional authority to manage the foreign relations of the United States, and also in his capacity as the Commander in Chief and Chief Executive Officer." .

 

He also stressed that the United States, "has taken this necessary and proportionate measure in accordance with international law and its right to self-defense as stated in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations."

 

The US President stressed that his country "is ready to take further measures, as necessary and appropriate, to address further threats or attacks."

 

Biden concluded his letter by saying that he "presented it as part of his administration's efforts to keep Congress fully informed, consistent with War Powers Resolution under Public Law 93-148," adding that additional information was provided in a classified appendix.

 

In turn, the White House had announced that it had informed some members of Congress before carrying out air strikes in Syria and Iraq, stressing that it was "in close contact" with its partners in the region.

 

Although Democrats in both houses supported the US president’s decision, some of them demanded a briefing to Congress, as is the case for Connecticut state representative Chris Murphy, who said he understood the motives of the US administration to protect US forces, “but the frequency and frequency of attacks reflects a pattern of combat operations that need approval Congress".

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Does anyone really believe Biden wrote that letter? 

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Cuba: US strikes on Iraqi soil are a flagrant violation of international law

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Baghdad - Mawazine News:
The Cuban leadership has strongly condemned the recent strikes by US warplanes on the territories of Syria and Iraq, describing them as a violation of international law.
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said in a statement posted on his Twitter page, "Cuba firmly rejects the US strikes on the territories of Syria and Iraq, which represent a flagrant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations."
And last Monday, the Pentagon reported that US warplanes "under the direction of President Joe Biden, launched precision defensive air strikes against facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in the border area between Iraq and Syria." There were later reports that the attack killed a number of Iraqi "Popular Mobilization" members, while the Syrian "SANA" news agency reported that one of the strikes killed a child.