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

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U.S. Strikes on Pro-Iran Militias Reveal Iran's Arms Trafficking Hub
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Militias fire rockets at US forces in Syria following Biden's airstrikes
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Biden Defends Airstrikes: 'Iran Will Never Get Nuclear Weapon on My Watch'
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[Theseus]

On 6/27/2021 at 9:15 PM, bigwave said:

 

Man where did they get this picture? Best picture of the Sleepy Creepy Joe to date! Got to love the Foreign Press corps at times!

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Iran Attacks on US Base! Massive Impact From the US to Iran!
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Al-Kazemi sends a request from the political blocs to the United States to withdraw its forces from Iraq

political| 04:53 - 30/06/2021

 

 

 

 

Translation - Mawazine News
An Iraqi source revealed that Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi will send to the United States a request from the political forces in Iraq that includes the immediate withdrawal of American forces.
The source stated, according to a report published by Prensa Latina, and translated by / Mawazine News / that "Al-Kazemi accepted the transfer of the request following the American bombing of the Popular Mobilization sites, which the public opinion described as a violation of national sovereignty."
He added, "Hadi al-Amiri, head of the Fatah coalition, gave the prime minister a letter signed by other parliamentary blocs calling for the immediate withdrawal of US military forces from Iraq."
Al-Kadhimi criticized the behavior of the Pentagon delegates and described the attacks on the Popular Mobilization Forces as incorrect.
And in January 2020, the Iraqi parliament approved a resolution demanding the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country, especially troops from the United States. Ended 29 / h

[yota691]

The United States bombed the sites of pro-Iranian groups

Publication date: 02.07.2021 | 09:16 GMT |

Last update: 02.07.2021 | 09:19 GMT |Press news

 

 

The United States bombed the sites of pro-Iranian groups

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Under the above title, Kirill Senin wrote, in "Izvestia", about the coincidence of the US strike with Washington's attempts to return Tehran to the nuclear deal on its terms.

The article stated: For the second time in five months of President Joe Biden's administration, the United States carried out military action on the borders of Iraq and Syria. According to the Pentagon, the planes bombed targets belonging to two paramilitary groups loyal to Iran.

Observers and the media have drawn attention to the "lack of quick response to Sunday's attacks from Iran", while any actions by President-elect Ebrahim Raisi are now attracting increased attention. However, the fact that the attack on targets of pro-Iranian forces took place outside Iran itself "may give the two sides an opportunity to avoid complications in relations," according to Bloomberg, which added that it is perfectly reasonable to assume that any drastic steps from Tehran would not follow the bombing: the two governments The current and future Islamic Republic needs the nuclear deal, and Iran simply cannot afford to respond to aggression with aggression, now."

In this regard, political expert Farhad Ibrahimov pointed out that it is fundamentally important for Iran to achieve the return of the United States to the nuclear agreement, and that Tehran is “ready to swallow anything.” “The new president faces a very urgent task related to improving the lives of ordinary people. If the authorities of the Islamic Republic now resort to some kind of adventurism, it will surely harm ordinary Iranians. Tehran's response to the air strikes will certainly come, but it will be moderate."

According to Ibrahimov, the situation in which the Iranians "can set some conditions for negotiating with Washington on the nuclear agreement are not compatible with the structure that the United States has arranged in the Middle East." Therefore, the Biden administration will continue Trump's tactics. At the time, "the Democrats criticized the Republican Trump for striking Iraq and killing Qassem Soleimani and many Iraqi military leaders. So now the American Democratic administration is doing the same."

The article expresses only the opinion of the newspaper or the writer

[yota691]

#Reuters: America's battles with Iranian-backed factions are escalating again...Is a war looming between Washington and Tehran? Here are the details

ARABIC AND INTERNATIONAL

Now - Reuters  July 2, 2021, 12:30 pm  87 views0

 

 

 

 The United States told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that it had launched air strikes on Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq to prevent militants and Tehran from carrying out or supporting further attacks on US forces or facilities.

Article 51 of the UN Charter states that the 15-nation council must be immediately notified of any action taken by a country in self-defence against an armed attack.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said the air strikes hit facilities used by armed factions responsible for a series of drone and missile attacks on US forces and facilities in Iraq.

"This military response was taken after it was found that non-military options were inadequate in responding to the threat, and was aimed at de-escalating the situation and preventing further attacks," the ambassador said in a written message.

US President Joe Biden sent a similar written message to Congress on Tuesday in which he said, "The United States is prepared to take any further action, as necessary and appropriate, to counter any further threats or attacks."

Missiles were fired at US forces in Syria on Monday, apparently in response to US air strikes.

On Tuesday, a US military official said about 34 missiles were used in the attack, but no casualties were reported.

 

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 will likely not 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 highly politically charged after two decades of "endless wars."

Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat who chairs an important Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, told Reuters: "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."

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

never ending war

The two countries came close to the conflict Democrats fear in 2020 when the United States killed the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force and Iran retaliated with missile strikes in Iraq that wounded 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 jets 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.

On Monday, US forces were targeted by missile fire in Syria in what appeared to be retaliation, 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 clear end point. Just a permanent presence and a reciprocal blow."

de-escalation

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

Biden also said it was legal, referring to a provision of the US Constitution detailing the president's powers as commander in chief.

"I have the authority under Article 2, and even those in their high towers who are reluctant to admit it have acknowledged it," the US president added.

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

 

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

 

Compare 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."

However, experts say that this view does not take into account the fact 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 factional use of drones appears to be getting more and more dangerous, with the use of GPS guidance and the precise targeting of coalition intelligence, reconnaissance and missile defense assets in the process. led by the United States.

 

allay doubts

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

Philip Smith of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy also explained that the factions' secondary goal, 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 at using more sophisticated weapons such as drones.

Members of Congress are working to repeal some of the war authorization powers that Republican and Democratic presidents have used to justify past attacks on Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.

But that wouldn'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 he remains concerned, as US forces are in Iraq to fight the Islamic State, not to fight Iranian-backed militias.

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

"If Congress has difficulty authorizing military action against Iranian-backed factions, it will be largely because those we represent don't want it," Murphy said. "And that's the missing link in this discussion."

Source: Reuters

 

[yota691]

US military caravan attacked in Iraq

Baghdad, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) A US military caravan was the target of an explosion on Friday as it passed through Hillah, a city in southern Iraq, Sabereen News highlighted.

 

The report does not give an account of the damages or victims in the incident, according to the news portal.

The attacks to US interests in this Arab country increased in the last few months due to the rejection by most of Iraqis.

Washington seeks to delay the withdrawal of its troops, despite a law passed by Parliament that forces them to leave the territory.

The legislators' decision was adopted in the wake of the January 2020 assassinations in Baghdad of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units' deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

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Nearly 34 Rockets Fired at US Forces in Syria.
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[GreedyDinar07]

Yes a war with Iran is either imminent or has begun. 

[bkeiller]

On 7/2/2021 at 6:49 AM, yota691 said:

#Reuters: America's battles with Iranian-backed factions are escalating again...Is a war looming between Washington and Tehran? Here are the details

ARABIC AND INTERNATIONAL

Now - Reuters  July 2, 2021, 12:30 pm  87 views0

 

 

 

 The United States told the UN Security Council on Tuesday that it had launched air strikes on Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq to prevent militants and Tehran from carrying out or supporting further attacks on US forces or facilities.

Article 51 of the UN Charter states that the 15-nation council must be immediately notified of any action taken by a country in self-defence against an armed attack.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said the air strikes hit facilities used by armed factions responsible for a series of drone and missile attacks on US forces and facilities in Iraq.

"This military response was taken after it was found that non-military options were inadequate in responding to the threat, and was aimed at de-escalating the situation and preventing further attacks," the ambassador said in a written message.

US President Joe Biden sent a similar written message to Congress on Tuesday in which he said, "The United States is prepared to take any further action, as necessary and appropriate, to counter any further threats or attacks."

Missiles were fired at US forces in Syria on Monday, apparently in response to US air strikes.

On Tuesday, a US military official said about 34 missiles were used in the attack, but no casualties were reported.

 

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 will likely not 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 highly politically charged after two decades of "endless wars."

Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat who chairs an important Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, told Reuters: "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."

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

never ending war

The two countries came close to the conflict Democrats fear in 2020 when the United States killed the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force and Iran retaliated with missile strikes in Iraq that wounded 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 jets 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.

On Monday, US forces were targeted by missile fire in Syria in what appeared to be retaliation, 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 clear end point. Just a permanent presence and a reciprocal blow."

de-escalation

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

Biden also said it was legal, referring to a provision of the US Constitution detailing the president's powers as commander in chief.

"I have the authority under Article 2, and even those in their high towers who are reluctant to admit it have acknowledged it," the US president added.

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

 

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

 

Compare 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."

However, experts say that this view does not take into account the fact 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 factional use of drones appears to be getting more and more dangerous, with the use of GPS guidance and the precise targeting of coalition intelligence, reconnaissance and missile defense assets in the process. led by the United States.

 

allay doubts

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

Philip Smith of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy also explained that the factions' secondary goal, 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 at using more sophisticated weapons such as drones.

Members of Congress are working to repeal some of the war authorization powers that Republican and Democratic presidents have used to justify past attacks on Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.

But that wouldn'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 he remains concerned, as US forces are in Iraq to fight the Islamic State, not to fight Iranian-backed militias.

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

"If Congress has difficulty authorizing military action against Iranian-backed factions, it will be largely because those we represent don't want it," Murphy said. "And that's the missing link in this discussion."

Source: Reuters

 

 

"non-military options were inadequate in responding to the threat"

 

... meaning Iraq can't handle these guys themselves. This is still a country with the training wheels on.

[bkeiller]

Bull run: Oil prices will increase.

 

[horsesoldier]

The global military industrial complex, many complicit major governments and in general the UN, IMF, WB and not withstanding the 10 most wealthiest families in the world benefit greatly from maintaining IRAN as the # 1 Global Bogeyman - control, manipulation and rule by fear.

Iran could be dealt with quickly, severely with extreme prejudice: IF, the aforementioned entities would do this, but they won’t. So this CRAP just keeps going on. 

[yota691]

 

America announces the elimination of an "air threat" through the defense system at its embassy in the capital, Baghdad

 

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 2021-07-05 22:22

 

Shafaq News/ The American embassy in Iraq announced this morning, Tuesday, that it repelled an attack by a drone that tried to target its building in the fortified Green Zone in the capital, Baghdad.

In a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, the embassy said, "Early in the morning of July 6, the defense system was activated inside the American embassy compound in Baghdad and eliminated an air threat."

"We are working with our Iraqi partners to investigate, and will continue to take all appropriate and necessary measures to protect the safety of our personnel and facilities," the statement added.

The C-RAM missile defense system managed to shoot down a drone that was flying around the US embassy in the Green Zone.

C-RAM is an American system that is used to defend critical areas from bombs, missiles and even mortars by detonating them in the air using the M-61 Vulcan 20 mm hex-barrel rotary machine gun, capable of firing 4,500 rounds per minute with an effective range of 3,500 meters.

Washington accuses the Iraqi armed factions, which are funded and trained by Iran, of being behind the missile attacks on the embassy and Iraqi military bases hosting US soldiers.

[yota691]

Downing a drone targeting the US embassy in the Green Zone

 

 

1,476 security 2021/07/06 00:18 Baghdad today -

Baghdad Security sources said, on Monday, that the US embassy in Baghdad sounded emergency warning sirens, while indicating that there was information that it had shot down a drone. She stated that the sirens sounded a short while ago inside the fortified embassy in the government's Green Zone. She added that the embassy used the CRAM air defense system, and there are reports of downing a drone.

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Tuesday 6 July 2021 | 11:51 am

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Iranian Foreign Ministry: Tehran does not intend to interfere in Iraq's affairs

 

 

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Tuesday that his country does not intend to interfere in Iraq's internal affairs .

He said in his weekly press conference, "The Republic of Iran has always stressed that the language of force and threat will not be helpful in establishing security in the region, and the United States must realize that arrogance not only achieves its regional goals, but will also aggravate its situation in West Asia ."

And he added, "Iran did not and does not intend to interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq," adding that "the repeated and announced attacks by the United States against the positions of the Iraqi and Syrian forces on the borders between the two countries are only to strike the main deterrent forces of ISIS sleeper cells and strengthen the remnants of this organization."

 

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[nannab]

Ya think it is time to take them all out with MOAB?  

[yota691]

 

[yota691]

Baghdad discusses security developments with Washington

Wednesday 07 July 2021 86

 

 Baghdad: morning

 

Yesterday, Tuesday, Baghdad witnessed talks with Washington on political and security developments, while London hosts chiefs of staff of Arab armies, including Iraq.

A statement issued by the Ministry of Defense stated that its Minister, Juma Inad Saadoun, received yesterday, Tuesday, the American ambassador in Baghdad, Matthew Tueller, and during the meeting, they discussed issues of common interest between the two countries.

This meeting came after the US embassy in Baghdad announced that its defense system had eliminated an air threat that targeted it with drones. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom will host in its capital, London, a meeting of the "Dragon" group between the chiefs of staff of the armies of the United Kingdom and 9 Arab countries, including Iraq. The Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant-General Abdul-Amir Yarallah, met yesterday, Tuesday, with the chiefs of staff of the armies of the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and during the meeting, military relations were discussed. The Chief of Staff of the British Army, Lieutenant-General Sir Nick Carter, affirmed that his country is ready to stand by its partners in the Gulf to address common threats to regional and global security.

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Jerusalem Post  Middle East

3rd day in a row: Attacks on US forces in Syria, Iraq reported - analysis

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN   

JULY 7, 2021 13:39

US SOLDIERS take cover near Tal Afar, Iraq, where Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was in command in 2004. 

(photo credit: REUTERS)

This is the first time coordinated attacks struck US forces in both Syria and Iraq.

 

For three days in a row, since America’s July 4 Independence Day, pro-Iran militias have carried out attacks on US forces and facilities in Iraq and Syria. On Wednesday reports said that attacks targeted US forces in Syria and Iraq. The attacks were said to be confirmed and targeted the US base near Omar oil field across from Deir Ezzor in Syria, and also a US facility at al-Asad base in Iraq. 

 

This is the first time coordinated attacks struck US forces in both Syria and Iraq. The US-led coalition is in Syria and Iraq to fight ISIS. US forces in Syria work by, with and through local partner forces called the Syrian Democratic Forces. In Iraq the US withdrew from most of its facilities in 2020, leaving forces at Asad base and in Baghdad and the Kurdistan region at Erbil airport. 

 

The attacks on Wednesday, during the height of the heat in the afternoon, occurred after a drone attack was reported on Erbil around 1 in the morning on Wednesday. The attack was supposed to be larger with pro-Iran media saying some 20 rockets and 3 drones were involved. In fact one drone was apparently involved. The airport briefly closed. The airport was targeted in April as well when a drone struck a secret CIA hangar. 

 

There have been more than a dozen drone attacks this year and some 55 attacks using rockets and other means by pro-Iran groups since January. The Biden administration has carried out two rounds of airstrikes, one in late June, targeting pro-Iran groups in Syria. 

 

The airstrikes in June targeted Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada and UAV facilities in Albukamal. These were in retaliation for a drone attack on Erbil near the site of the new US consulate. In response the pro-Iran militias shelled US forces at Omar oil field for the first time. Then on July 4 rumors said they shelled the US again. The US said there was no attack on July 4. 

 

The pro-Iran groups followed up with attacks on July 5 on Asad base and then an attack on the Union III US facility near the embassy on the evening of July 5-6. Three drones attacked the Union III area and the US used C-RAM to shoot them down, a type of air defense. This was followed by the drone attack on Erbil airport on the evening of July 6-7. Now more attacks have occurred on Wednesday. 

 

A high level Iranian delegation, including members linked to the IRGC and intelligence units, was rumored to be in Baghdad on Wednesday. IRGC intelligence head Hossein Taeb was reported to be in Baghdad according to journalist Mustafa Saadoon and Iraqi sources.  

 

The attack on Wednesday against Omar field was reported to involve drones. 

[bkeiller]

8 hours ago, yota691 said:

 ready to stand by its partners in the Gulf to address common threats to regional and global security.

 

As the Apes unite against a threat to the US and the very foundations of global Capitalism, the Brits will attempt to unite Arab countries against the CCP and their abuse of the Uighers.

 

Who is going to succeed?

 

[yota691]

Rockets hit Iraqi base housing U.S. forces, wounding two - U.S. coalition Reuters

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Military vehicles of U.S. soldiers are seen at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Davison
 

BAGHDAD, July 7 (Reuters) - At least 14 rockets hit an Iraqi air base hosting U.S. and other international forces on Wednesday, slightly wounding two people, the U.S.-led coalition said, as Kurdish-led forces in Syria said they thwarted a drone attack in an area where U.S. forces also operate.

There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks, part of a recent wave targeting U.S. troops or areas where they operate in Iraq and Syria, both countries where Iran-backed militias hold sway.

Iraqi militia groups aligned with Iran vowed to retaliate after last month's U.S. strikes on the Iraqi-Syrian border killed four of their members.

Two people were slightly wounded in the rocket attack on the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq, U.S. Army Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the coalition, said. He initially put the number of injuries at three. The rockets landed on the base and its perimeter, he tweeted.

In Syria, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said no damage was done by the drone attack on the Al Omar oil field in eastern Syria, an area bordering Iraq where U.S. forces came under rocket fire but escaped injury on June 28. read more

There was no immediate comment from the U.S. military about the Syria attack.

The United States told the U.N. Security Council last week that it targeted Iran-backed militia in Syria and Iraq with airstrikes to deter the militants and Tehran from conducting or supporting further attacks on U.S. personnel or facilities.

Iran has denied U.S. accusations it supports attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria, while condemning U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militants there.

Iraqi army officials said the pace of recent attacks against U.S. bases with rockets and explosive-laden drones was unprecedented.

Iraqi military sources said a rocket launcher fixed on the back of a truck was used in Wednesday's attack on the Ain al-Asad air base and was found on nearby farmland set on fire.

On Tuesday, a drone attacked Erbil airport in northern Iraq, targeting a U.S. base on the airport grounds, Kurdish security sources said. read more

Three rockets also landed on Ain al-Asad on Monday without causing casualties. read more

The United States has been holding indirect talks with Iran aimed at bringing both nations back into compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which was abandoned by former President Donald Trump. No date has set for a next round of the talks, which adjourned on June 20.

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Al-Kazemi’s spokesman comments on the bombing of Erbil airport and Ain al-Assad: “The enemies have gone too far.”

 

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Baghdad - IQ  

The spokesperson for the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, commented on Wednesday (July 7, 2021), the bombing of Erbil Airport last night, and Ain al-Assad base in Anbar this afternoon.

In a statement received by IQ News , Rasoul said  , "Once again, the enemies of Iraq are intrusive and targeting the country's security and sovereignty, and the safety of citizens through a new terrorist attack on Erbil Airport and Ain al-Assad camp of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, and before that a return to targeting the headquarters of diplomatic missions located Under the protection of the state, which represents a flagrant violation of all laws, and an assault on the prestige of the state and its international obligations .

Rasoul added that "while the Iraqi government condemns and denounces this sinful attack, it affirms the prosecution of violators of the law, and the imposition of security in preparation for organizing fair and just elections . "

He continued, "Changing the reality of our country towards reform and prosperity at various levels (security, political, economic and social) is the result of the solidarity of our people, and the cohesion of our national forces, and that the options for peace and war are the exclusive right of the state, because it is a responsibility before God and before the people and history, and not the jurisprudence of groups, or individuals, or specific directions.

And he added, "The government affirms its refusal to use Iraqi lands and the security of its citizens as an arena for reactions, which requires restraint and respect for the outcomes of the strategic dialogue."

It is noteworthy that the "Ain al-Assad" base, which includes American forces in Anbar Governorate, was subjected to a missile attack earlier today, Wednesday, which resulted in 3 casualties, while the American defense system responded to the source of the bombing, and burned the truck from which it was launched. The missiles, and detonated 5 of them before they headed towards the base, according to an official statement and security sources.

And last night, Erbil airport was attacked, yesterday, Tuesday, by a booby-trapped drone, the source of which is unknown, and the attack did not result in human or material losses, according to a statement by the security authorities in the Kurdistan region.