BAGHDAD – On Thursday, a
US defense official confirmed to
Reuters that the US military carried out a strike on Baghdad against a leader
of Al-Nujaba Movement, an Iraqi faction that is allied with Iran and believed
to be responsible for
attacks on US forces, Al-Ghad reported.
اضافة اعلان
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that
the
US and international coalition forces in the region have been subjected to
about 115 attacks since October 17.
Security sources said that at least 4 fighters from
Al-Nujaba Movement were killed and 6 others were injured in a drone attack that
targeted the faction’s headquarters east of Baghdad. A spokesperson for the
group said that the death toll had risen to 4 after one of the fighters died
from his injuries.
Police sources, as well as sources from the movement, said
that at least two rockets targeted a building occupied by
Al-Nujaba Movement.
Additionally, they said that rockets targeted a car inside the headquarters,
resulting in the killing of a local leader of the faction and one of his
assistants, and the killing of two other members of the movement in the attack.
Footage posted showed a burning destroyed car, which they
said was targeted in the attack.
Two security sources said that
Iraqi security forces are
currently deployed in the area, and a security team arrived at the site to
conduct preliminary investigations.
The spokesperson and two leaders of Iraqi parties accused
the United States of carrying out the attack and threatened revenge. Abu Aqeel
Al-Musawi, the local commander of Al-Nujaba Movement, said, “We will take
revenge on the Americans and make them regret committing this attack.”
Last month, the
US carried out airstrikes in Iraq in
response to a drone attack carried out by militants allies with Iran that
caused serious injuries to an American soldier and left two others injured.
The US military has already been attacked at least 100 times
in Iraq and Syria since Israel began its
war on Gaza in October last year. The
attacks are usually carried out with a mix of rockets and drones.
The United States has 900 soldiers in Syria and 2,500
soldiers in Iraq, aiming to provide advice and assistance to local forces
trying to prevent the return of Daesh.
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