US airstrikes against targets in Iraq this Friday (2) killed at least 16 people, including civilians, and injured 25 others, according to a statement from the Iraqi government spokesman.
The strikes hit the Akashat area and the town of Al-Qaim, near the Syrian border, including places “where our security forces are stationed, alongside nearby civilian sites,” the government statement said.
Iraq classified the action as an “aggression against Iraq’s sovereignty.”
Local authorities in Anbar province said the airstrikes targeted sites used by Iran-linked militias known as Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) or Hashad al Shaabi, including a PMU military base in Akashat and houses used as weapons warehouses in Al-Qaim.
According to Rutba Mayor Emad Al-Dulaimi, the majority of those killed and injured in the Akashat area are PMU fighters.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US briefed the Iraqi government on its plans before carrying out the strikes.
But the Iraqi government denied that claim, saying the United States is “misleading international public opinion.”
The U.S. “intentionally engaged in deception and distortion of facts by coordinating with Iraqi authorities in the perpetration of this aggression – a baseless allegation designed to mislead international public opinion and evade legal responsibility for this act that violates international law ”. the statement said.
The government statement said such attacks “will push the security situation in Iraq and the region to the brink, compromising ongoing efforts to establish necessary stability.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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