Saturday, February 3, 2024

White House: Iraqi government informed before strikes began, 3 FEB

 White House: Iraqi government informed before strikes began

Shafaq News/ A spokesman for the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, confirmed on Saturday that the Iraqi government has already been informed before launching airstrikes.

“The American response has started tonight, and it won’t end tonight,” Kirby said.

“We believe the strikes were successful, and we don’t know how many militants may have been killed or injured,” the U.S. official noted.

The White House confirmed the success of all airstrikes in hitting their targets in Iraq and Syria.

“Facilities that have been targeted are being used by IRGC groups to target U.S. forces in the Middle East,” Kirby said.

“There have been no contacts with Iran since 3 U.S. soldiers were killed in northeastern Jordan,” he noted.

Following the announcement of the strikes, US President Joe Biden said that US military forces, at his direction, “hit targets in Iraq and Syria used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and their affiliated militias to attack US forces,” stressing that although the United States does not seek an escalation in the Middle East, it will inevitably respond to those who harm the Americans.

In a statement published by the White House on Friday, he confirmed that the U.S. response “began today and will continue at the times and places we choose.”

He added that “the United States is not seeking conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world, but for everyone who may seek to harm. The following: If you hurt an American, we will respond.” This came according to Reuters 

https://www.shafaq.com/ar/سیاسة/البيت-ال-بيض-تم-بلاغ-الحكومة-العراقية-قبل-بد-الضربات


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