The US Army attacked this Wednesday Objectives of the pro-Iranian Shiite militia Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, where at least four people have been killed and three injured.
“Tonight, US forces in Iraq carried out a defensive airstrike on (the city of) Musayib, in the governorate of Babylontargeting fighters attempting to launch single-direction attack unmanned aerial systems,” a US Department of Defense official told Europa Press.
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM), “based on the recent attacks in Iraq and Syria”, has considered that the drones “represented a threat to US and coalition forces”. Washington, which has stressed that “this action underlines” its “commitment to the security and protection” of its personnel, has stated that it maintains the “inherent right to legitimate defence and will not hesitate to take appropriate measures”.
Security sources have reported that four members of the PMF have died and several have been wounded in this bombing, while the militia, which has not made any reference to who was responsible, has limited itself to pointing out that the attack has “caused numerous martyrs and wounded”, according to information collected by the news portal IraqiNews.
The FMP has indicated that two patrols belonging to the 47 Brigade “were exposed to an explosion” at 9:30 p.m. (local time). At first, it indicated that it was of “unknown nature”, although it later stated that “it was carried out by means of missiles launched from drones“, as reported by the General Information Directorate of the militia through its profile on the social network X.
Following the explosions, the governor of Babylon, Adnan Faihan, has declared a state of alert, ordering all medical personnel and hospitals to be on standby to receive the wounded and bodies of the dead, according to the Iraqi television channel. To Sumaria.
This bombing, which occurs at a time of maximum tension in the region due to the recent Israel’s attack on a senior commander of the Lebanese Shiite militia party Hezbollah in Beirutis the first US strike in Iraq since February, when it attacked dozens of targets linked to the Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria.The Islamic Resistance in Iraq militia, which killed three US soldiers in Jordan, then announced that it was ceasing its actions against US forces, and the Iraqi government called for the expulsion of US troops.
The Iraqi government on Wednesday accused the US-led international coalition of committing “an atrocious crime” by bombing positions of a militia integrated into the Armed Forces south of Baghdad, while recalling that Iraq and the United States are negotiating the end of the military alliance in the Arab country.
“The international coalition forces committed a heinous crime and a flagrant attack by attacking, with fighter jets coming from across the borders, Iraqi positions belonging to the security services,” the military spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Yahya Rasul said in a statement.
Iraq also called on the UN Security Council on Wednesday to “fulfill its responsibilities to maintain international peace and security” following the assassination of the political leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran and attributed to Israel.
With information from EFE.
