The US State Department called on the Iraqi government to hold accountable those responsible for the attacks on US forces in the country, noting that US forces are in Iraq at the request of his government.
“American forces are present at the invitation of the Iraqi government, and the Iraqi government must hold accountable the perpetrators of attacks against it, whoever they are,” U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a press statement.
“The Iraqi government should take further steps to protect U.S. forces there at its invitation,” Mather Miller added.
