Kataib Hezbollah “Prevents embarrassment from Iraqi government”
U.S. retaliatory response policy remains unchanged… Biden “Decided on method”
A pro-Iranian militia, identified as the force behind the attack on a US military base in Jordan that killed three US soldiers, declared that it would stop military operations against US troops.
According to the AFP news agency on the 30th (local time), Kataib Hezbollah issued a statement that day, saying, “We will suspend military and security operations against the occupation forces (US forces) to prevent embarrassment to the Iraqi government.”
The organization added, “We will continue to protect Gaza residents in other ways.”
This declaration is evaluated as a result of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s efforts to prevent an escalation of war.
“We have been working hard over the past few days, contacting all relevant parties inside and outside Iraq,” Farhad Aladdin, a foreign affairs adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister, said in a recent interview.
Kataib Hezbollah also said, “Our brothers on the axis (of resistance), especially the Islamic State brothers, do not know how we carry out jihad,” adding, “They often oppose pressure and attacks on the occupying forces in Iraq and Syria.” explained.
The United States appears to have solidified its policy of retaliating regardless.
The U.S. Department of Defense declined to comment on Kataib Hezbollah’s statement, saying “actions speak louder than words.”
President Joe Biden also said on the day that he had decided how to respond to this attack, making it clear that he would retaliate with “multiple actions.” However, he cautioned against escalating the war with Iran, saying, “There is no need for a war of a wider scope.”
Previously, on the 28th, the US military unit ‘Tower 22’ stationed in Jordan was attacked by an attack drone. In the process, three U.S. soldiers were killed and 34 were injured.
The U.S. administration believes it was the work of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed armed group operating in Syria and Iraq.
U.S. and allied forces, which have been stationed in the Middle East since 2014 to eradicate the Islamic State (IS), have carried out at least 165 attacks, including 66 in Iraq, 98 in Syria, and once in Jordan, since the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7 last year. received.
Most of them were carried out by the pro-Iranian group ‘Iraq Islamic Resistance,’ and Kataib Hezbollah is considered the most powerful force within the Islamic Resistance.
Source: Donga
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