The Iraqi people have been demonstrating against
Iranian influence in their country, including a protest seen here in Tahrir
Square in October. (© Hadi Mizban/AP Images)
By ShareAmerica
The attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was
conducted by Iran-backed terrorist groups and orchestrated by the Iranian
regime. These groups are not the same as the peaceful protesters decrying the
corruption exported to Iraq by the Iranian regime. In fact, the same terrorist
groups that stormed the embassy are responsible for targeting and killing
ordinary Iraqis.
U.S. Secretary of
State Michael R. Pompeo said the December 31 attack against the U.S.
Embassy “should not be confused with the legitimate efforts of the Iraqi
protesters who have been in the streets since October working for the people of
Iraq to end the corruption exported there by the Iranian regime.”
For months, the Iraqi people have been demanding an
end to Iran’s meddling. Since early October, thousands of Iraqi demonstrators
have repeatedly taken to the streets to protest Iran’s destabilizing influence
in Iraq and government corruption.
The secretary called them “real protesters, not Iranian-backed
militiamen who’d been directed to go to the embassy by Qasem Soleimani.”
“This was an Iranian-backed rogue militia acting to
deny the Iraqi people their basic sovereignty,” Pompeo said. He said the group
cooperates with Iran’s regime to spread terrorism in the Middle East.
The raid follows the Iranian-backed terrorist
group’s repeated
attacks against an Iraqi base supporting the Global Coalition to
Defeat ISIS. The group on December 27 launched as many as 30 rockets at the
base, killing a U.S. civilian contractor and injuring U.S. soldiers and Iraqi
personnel.
The U.S. responded with defensive air strikes against
Iran-backed terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria, including Kataeb Hezbollah. The
Trump administration has emphasized it will not tolerate attacks on U.S.
citizens, its military or its allies.
“We will continue to hold the Islamic Republic of Iran
accountable wherever we find their malign activity,” Pompeo said.
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