An attack on EE UU forces in Iraq puts Biden to the test | International

An attack by cohorts against the leading forces of the United States in the north of Iraq led last night to a civilian counterattack and killed other new people, including a state soldier. The operation, of which this March was responsible for a pro-military militia, is the most serious of its kind in recent years and has been a challenge to incumbent President Joe Biden. The aggressor may try to repay the tensions with Iran, which he refused to do.

“The American occupier will not be free from our attacks in any centimeter of the country, including in Kurdistan, where we will carry out more quality operations”, assured the defiled message by the Awliya al Dam Brigades. The observers pointed to this new militia, which had engaged in the last months in actions against the interests of the United States, with the pro-Iranian group Kataeb Hezbolá, which Washington had designated a terrorist organization and hosted on various occasions.

The target of the attack was the military base operated by the International Coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Erbil Airport, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The spokesman for the coalition, Wayne Maroto, said the death toll was not due to nationality, even though it was five of the hereditary ones, among them the only soldier affected. Of the 14 discharged projects, three cayeron inside the base, following the same source.

Both Iraqi leaders like Kurdistan have denounced the aggression against their sovereignty without trying to identify the source of the attack. Local analysts say it is clear. “There is a clear Iranian message in the Government of Kurdistan and the United States. The type of missile, the launcher, the number of the group that is responsible and the language of the communication proclaimed a made in Iran”, Señala a EL PAÍS the media consultant Hiwa Osman.

Although the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman resumed any relationship with the attack, Osman dismissed the denial. “As this Ministry finds the idea of ​​what the Guardian Revolution or the Fuerza Qods have done,” he added, referring to the Iranian Ejército Expeditionary Corps.

The Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has declared himself “indignant” at the attack. The message is unconstitutional at a time when the Biden Administration is suspending its nuclear deal with Iran, and the plant will end its relationship with a regime that supports diplomacy while its Guardian Revolution intervenes in the past. Hecho, in the last few weeks militarized by this Iraqi and Yemeni government intensified its actions against the United States and its allies, especially Saudi Arabia.