BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has denounced a US strike that killed a militia commander in Baghdad, calling the strike a violation of Iraqi sovereignty and reiterating calls for US troops to leave the country.
“Assaults targeting our security forces go beyond the spirit and letter of the mandate that created the global coalition,” Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said, noting that the America had bypassed the government of Iraq to carry out the attack.
The US authorities said that the target, a senior commander with the PMF named Hajj Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi, was involved in planning assaults on US forces.
Iraqi PM Slams US Attack in Baghdad
Security and police sources told Reuters on Thursday that at least four fighters were killed and six others injured in a drone attack on a militia headquarters in eastern Baghdad. Eyewitnesses and police said two rockets struck inside a compound used by Iraqi militia group Al-Nujaba’a.
A spokesman for the group stated the death toll had increased to four following one fighter died of his injuries. Health sources also confirmed the toll.
Security sources said that Iraqi security forces were deployed in the site and a security team has reached the area for initial probe.
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In December, the US carried out retaliatory attack in Iraq after a drone attack by militants that left one US personnel in critical condition and injured two others.
The US army has already come under attack around 100 times in Iraq and Syria since the Hamas-Israel war started in October.
The US has around 900 troops in Syria and about 2,500 in Iraq on a mission it says aims to advise and assist local troops trying to stop militancy in the region.
