Iraqi Al-Nujaba Reserves Right to Target US Interests In Iraq – Spokesman

By Staff, Agencies

Iraq’s al-Nujaba Resistance Movement warned that it reserves the right to attack the US interests on Iraqi soil, following the US terrorist airstrikes on resistance positions on the borders with Syria.

"All previous agreements [with the government] have been annulled and the resistance now reserves the right to set its own goals," al-Nujaba Spokesman Nasr al-Shammari told Beirut-based al-Mayadeen TV on Sunday.

"The resistance, despite considering the US embassy in Baghdad as a den of spies, had agreed not to target it," he said but stressed, “From now on, it holds the right to attack US targets in this country.”

Criticizing the Iraqi government for not providing any explanation for the recent attack, the al-Nujaba spokesman warned, “If the government refuses to reveal [the identity of] the mercenary elements, the Islamic Resistance will be obliged to deal with those who passed the Hashd al-Shaabi’s information to the United States.”

Early on Friday, two American F-15E Strike Eagles dropped seven precision-guided munitions on facilities used by the anti-terror groups in the city of Albukamal near the Iraqi border.

The Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby claimed that Iraqi investigative and intelligence work “helped lead to these successful strikes," but he later retracted his claims.