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"Administrative clash" at Najaf airport between US delegation and Iraqi security
2/24/2025
A security source in Najaf Governorate reported on Monday that the security authorities prevented an American delegation that tried to enter the governorate through its international airport " by force."
The source told Shafaq News Agency that eight black, tinted vehicles stormed the airport, and a number of American special forces got out of them, carrying weapons and wearing bulletproof vests. They conducted searches inside the airport corridors using a special camera, without referring to the relevant security authorities inside or outside the airport.
The source added that two Black Hawk helicopters landed at the airport, carrying an American official at the Washington embassy in Baghdad, in addition to a number of armed soldiers. The purpose was to visit the governorate without revealing the identity of the official.
He explained that the force that arrived on board the two planes tried to enter the airport, but one of the airport security customs employees and a number of other elements blocked their way and asked them to hand over their weapons and show the visit permit to the Iraqi side. After refusing to do so, the American force was forced to return to the two planes and leave.