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US President Donald Trump and his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, took great care in holding Iran responsible for the missile attack on the Taji camp, north of Baghdad, last week, which killed 3 coalition soldiers in Iraq, including two American soldiers. . Trump, during yesterday's press conference, responded to reporters' questions about the American response and Iran's responsibility for the attack, saying: "Maybe we should not say this now." According to a report by Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper.
Pompeo, in turn, said: "Let me come back to you later to answer that," adding: "We have made clear that" the armed factions in Iraq have received funding, training, and equipment from the Iranians, and we urge the Iranians not to do so, and we have informed the Iranians that they will be held accountable for these. Attacks, when it threatens the lives of Americans. "
The American administration had indicated that armed factions had carried out the attack, but it has not yet said whether the Iranian regime was involved in planning, planning or giving orders to carry out this attack. There is a tense debate in the White House between President Trump and his senior advisers on how to deal with the recent attack in Iraq and the killing of the two American soldiers. A team led by Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien insists on a strict and decisive response to these missile attacks, especially since the time is right to take decisive action, given Iran's leaders are busy fighting the rapidly expanding Corona virus, and the situation can finally lead to an Iranian move in The direction of negotiations.
But the other team, led by Defense Secretary Mark Asper, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Millie, maintains that the "Pentagon" and intelligence agencies have no clear evidence that attacks by Shiite militias carried out the attack on the orders of Iran, and they warned that a widespread response had The United States is dragging into a broader war with Iran, which could tear apart already strained ties with Iraq.
For its part, the US State Department blamed the caretaker government for protecting US and coalition forces in Iraq. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs David Schenker told reporters, via a conference call yesterday evening, that his country was disappointed with the performance of the caretaker government, warning that "if the Iraqi government does not do a better job to protect the coalition forces, the United States will be forced to Take measures to protect its members. ”
"If the Iraqi government does not take steps to hold accountable those responsible for the attacks on coalition forces, who are at the request of the Iraqi government, the United States will have to continue to proactively protect our forces," Schenker added. He continued: "It is no secret that we are very disappointed with the performance of the Iraqi government in fulfilling its obligations to protect the coalition forces, especially the American forces present in Iraq, at the invitation of the government."
He said: «The Iraqi government has informed us that it will achieve a comprehensive, and will provide justice to the people responsible for those attacks, and they have made some arrests, but the truth will appear successively, and we have heard this many times from the government of Iraq, and we look forward to fulfilling their responsibilities.»
Schenker explained the way to protect US forces proactively, explaining that it means taking measures similar to the process of killing Qasim Soleimani that was carried out in a proactive way to prevent him from carrying out terrorist plans. Or in defense of our people and installations, be they military or diplomatic. ”
The American official cast doubt on the ability of Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zorfi to form a government, noting that the predecessor of Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi was striving to form a government, and he was not able to do so, and stressed that the Iraqi government is required to hold the killers who killed more than 600 protesters They demanded their basic rights, fighting corruption and providing services, regardless of individuals.
Schenker rejected the description of the new Iraqi prime minister, as backed by the United States, just because the US-led coalition authorities appointed him as governor in Najaf in 2005, after the US invasion of Iraq. He stressed that the United States focuses on principles, not individuals.
Schenker added that, “Before his death, Qasim Soleimani was sitting in Baghdad, and determining who will be the next prime minister, and we are not Iran, we want the best for Iraq, and we do not interfere in Iraqi internal politics, and I believe that we are dealing with the situation on the basis of principles.” End 29 / A 43
US President Donald Trump and his Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, took great care in holding Iran responsible for the missile attack on the Taji camp, north of Baghdad, last week, which killed 3 coalition soldiers in Iraq, including two American soldiers. . Trump, during yesterday's press conference, responded to reporters' questions about the American response and Iran's responsibility for the attack, saying: "Maybe we should not say this now." According to a report by Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper.
Pompeo, in turn, said: "Let me come back to you later to answer that," adding: "We have made clear that" the armed factions in Iraq have received funding, training, and equipment from the Iranians, and we urge the Iranians not to do so, and we have informed the Iranians that they will be held accountable for these. Attacks, when it threatens the lives of Americans. "
The American administration had indicated that armed factions had carried out the attack, but it has not yet said whether the Iranian regime was involved in planning, planning or giving orders to carry out this attack. There is a tense debate in the White House between President Trump and his senior advisers on how to deal with the recent attack in Iraq and the killing of the two American soldiers. A team led by Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien insists on a strict and decisive response to these missile attacks, especially since the time is right to take decisive action, given Iran's leaders are busy fighting the rapidly expanding Corona virus, and the situation can finally lead to an Iranian move in The direction of negotiations.
But the other team, led by Defense Secretary Mark Asper, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Millie, maintains that the "Pentagon" and intelligence agencies have no clear evidence that attacks by Shiite militias carried out the attack on the orders of Iran, and they warned that a widespread response had The United States is dragging into a broader war with Iran, which could tear apart already strained ties with Iraq.
For its part, the US State Department blamed the caretaker government for protecting US and coalition forces in Iraq. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs David Schenker told reporters, via a conference call yesterday evening, that his country was disappointed with the performance of the caretaker government, warning that "if the Iraqi government does not do a better job to protect the coalition forces, the United States will be forced to Take measures to protect its members. ”
"If the Iraqi government does not take steps to hold accountable those responsible for the attacks on coalition forces, who are at the request of the Iraqi government, the United States will have to continue to proactively protect our forces," Schenker added. He continued: "It is no secret that we are very disappointed with the performance of the Iraqi government in fulfilling its obligations to protect the coalition forces, especially the American forces present in Iraq, at the invitation of the government."
He said: «The Iraqi government has informed us that it will achieve a comprehensive, and will provide justice to the people responsible for those attacks, and they have made some arrests, but the truth will appear successively, and we have heard this many times from the government of Iraq, and we look forward to fulfilling their responsibilities.»
Schenker explained the way to protect US forces proactively, explaining that it means taking measures similar to the process of killing Qasim Soleimani that was carried out in a proactive way to prevent him from carrying out terrorist plans. Or in defense of our people and installations, be they military or diplomatic. ”
The American official cast doubt on the ability of Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zorfi to form a government, noting that the predecessor of Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi was striving to form a government, and he was not able to do so, and stressed that the Iraqi government is required to hold the killers who killed more than 600 protesters They demanded their basic rights, fighting corruption and providing services, regardless of individuals.
Schenker rejected the description of the new Iraqi prime minister, as backed by the United States, just because the US-led coalition authorities appointed him as governor in Najaf in 2005, after the US invasion of Iraq. He stressed that the United States focuses on principles, not individuals.
Schenker added that, “Before his death, Qasim Soleimani was sitting in Baghdad, and determining who will be the next prime minister, and we are not Iran, we want the best for Iraq, and we do not interfere in Iraqi internal politics, and I believe that we are dealing with the situation on the basis of principles.” End 29 / A 43
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