Iraq Condemns Biden's 'Unacceptable' Strikes, Discusses U.S. Military Withdrawal

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Iraq Condemns Biden's 'Unacceptable' Strikes, Discusses U.S. Military Withdrawal
By Tom O'Connor On 6/28/21 at 11:38 AM EDT
 
Iraq has condemned air strikes ordered by President Joe Biden against suspected Iran-backed militias along the country's border with Syria, emphasizing that discussions were underway with the United States and had advanced to facilitate the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country.

In a statement sent to Newsweek, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi's office said Monday that Baghdad's National Security Council held an emergency meeting in the wake of Sunday's U.S. targeting of Iraq and Syrian territories on the basis of claims that armed groups backed by Iran used the sites to launch drone attacks against U.S. forces.

"The Ministerial Council for National Security expressed its strong condemnation and censure of the American bombing that targeted a site on our border with Syria," the statement said, "stressing that this attack represents a flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty, which is rejected by all international laws and covenants."

https://www.newsweek.com/iraq-condemns-bidens-unacceptable-strikes-discusses-us-military-withdrawal-1604775?piano_t=1

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U.S. says its strikes at Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria were necessary
By Phil Stewart
 
Posted on June 28, 2021
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio hold a joint news conference in Rome

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria over the weekend were a necessary and appropriate action meant to limit the risk of escalation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.

The U.S. military said it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one in Iraq in response to drone attacks by the militia against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.

“We took necessary, appropriate, deliberate action that is designed to limit the risk of escalation, but also to send a clear and unambiguous deterrent message,” Blinken told reporters in Rome.

https://www.metro.us/u-s-says-its-strikes/

[PeteS in CA]

Iraq's gooberment needs to be told sit down and shut up. Without US forces protecting them their heads would be hacked off and used for soccer balls.