Biden administration won’t ‘prejudge’ attack on Iraq base amid Iran speculation

[rangerrebew]

Biden administration won’t ‘prejudge’ attack on Iraq base amid Iran speculation
by Joel Gehrke, Foreign Affairs Reporter |
 | February 16, 2021 03:51 PM


Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in no rush to blame Iran for a rocket attack on a military base in northern Iraq that left one civilian contractor dead and several others injured, including a U.S. service member.

After years of former President Donald Trump threatening Tehran with U.S. military force after its attacks in Iraq and other aggressive actions in the region, the Biden administration is vowing to try diplomacy first. But it also has yet to remove a single Trump-era sanction on Iran as it searches for a way to alter the Islamic republic's behavior.

“We are working in close partnership with Kurdish and Iraqi authorities,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said, noting that the United States has “intelligence holdings” independent of any other entity’s investigation. “We will marry that with information that we develop in tandem with our partners. But again, we are in the early stages of this, and I wouldn't want to get ahead or prejudge where that investigation may lead.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/biden-administration-wont-prejudge-attack-iraq-iran-speculation

[rangerrebew]

Odd, isn't it, how the Biden Boys had no problem with prejudging the attack on the capitol and refusing to do the same in this attack on a US base?!

[PeteS in CA]

WTH does "won’t ‘prejudge’ attack on Iraq base" mean. Find out who did it - already known, IIRC - and who backs them. If the backer is Iran then blame Iran. If the backer is Elbonia, then blame Elbonia.

IMO this is Biden-Blather intended to obscure rather than to inform.