Bombed planes may target oil, and the American reward will increase the isolation of armed groups

[size=52]Bombed planes may target oil, and the American reward will increase the isolation of armed groups[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Tamim Al-Hassan[/size]
[size=45]Parties in Iraq warn against targeting sensitive facilities such as oil in the war of booby-trapped drones, which armed factions have recently started resorting to, with Tehran and the international community not reaching an agreement on the latter's nuclear program.[/size]
[size=45]Those planes that use Iraq as a battleground for the conflict between Iran and Western countries may reach important government departments, or they may assassinate personalities or even polling stations in the elections that are supposed to take place after 4 months.[/size]
[size=45]According to officials, Iraq's skies are open, and there is no precise control over the planes that pass through the airspace, while the places from which these marches are launched, whether from inside or outside the country, are not yet known.[/size]
[size=45]Some of the armed factions that are affiliated with the Popular Mobilization have announced that they possess drones, and have revealed more than once that they have photographed sensitive sites such as the Green Zone via “drones.”[/size]
[size=45]And at the end of last week, 3 drones fell on an American base near Baghdad airport, and missiles targeted Balad Air Base, with the resumption of supplying the F-16s with ammunition by the American company responsible for supervising them.[/size]
[size=45]confrontational decision[/size]
[size=45]A well-informed political source told Al-Mada that "the intelligence services know the identity of the parties that target US forces and embassies through drones and missiles, but there is no confrontational decision."[/size]
[size=45]Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi has tried more than once to arrest figures accused of these attacks, but each time it ends with the release of the accused, as happened with Qassem Mosleh and the “Dora cell” last year.[/size]
[size=45]The government, according to Al-Kazemi's advisors, is committed to the political dialogue to end the crisis, which the latter launched several months ago, and has not met with any resonance so far.[/size]
[size=45]The source added: “The decision to deal with these factions is related to Tehran, as it is escalating attacks to push the international community to return to the nuclear agreement that Trump canceled several years ago.”[/size]
[size=45]The source warned that the freedom of movement of these drones and “Katyusha” may “up to targeting oil companies, which hinders the country’s economy, or targeting candidates for elections or even election centers.” The security authorities confirmed that three drones had been targeted at Baghdad International Airport, announcing the downing of one of them.[/size]
[size=45]The government's Security Media Cell said in a statement, "After an outlaw group targeted Balad Air Base on Wednesday evening with three missiles without causing human or material losses, it returned again late on Wednesday night and targeted Baghdad International Airport with three drones." A plane was shot down."[/size]
[size=45]The attack came about an hour after a missile bombardment targeted the air base north of Baghdad (Balad), which includes American contractors, in conjunction with the announcement by the military leadership of the return of the activity of the foreign company responsible for repairing and equipping F-16 aircraft after a hiatus of about a month.[/size]
[size=45]The joint operations said, in a statement on Wednesday, that "the international coalition has begun providing backup tools for the F-16 and C-130 aircraft, within the framework of the coalition's support to the Iraqi security forces and their commitment to being advanced and working to possess the capabilities and capabilities capable of protecting the country."[/size]
[size=45]Last month, the international coalition announced the withdrawal of the American company, "Lockheed Martin", which maintains F-16 aircraft, after the Balad base where these planes are located was exposed to a number of "Katyusha" missiles.[/size]
[size=45]In the past few weeks, the armed factions in Iraq began to combine the "Katyusha" method with the Yemeni method by sending drones to target military installations.[/size]
[size=45]international punishment[/size]
[size=45]Ali Al-Baydar, a researcher in security and political affairs, told Al-Mada that "the tactic of using drones to target the coalition forces embarrasses the government and harms the country's sovereignty," expecting "international sanctions to be imposed on Iraq as it lacks or incomplete sovereignty."[/size]
[size=45]Last week, the Ain al-Assad base, west of Anbar, was subjected to two consecutive attacks by drones.[/size]
[size=45]Newspapers had reported that "the militias loyal to Iran in Iraq have obtained advanced weapons, including drones." Earlier, US military leaders described the drones in Iraq as representing the greatest source of concern against US soldiers there.[/size]
[size=45]The commander of the US Central Command, Kenneth McKenzie, said that the drones pose a serious threat, pointing out that his country's army is rushing to devise technological ways to combat it.[/size]
[size=45]Last Thursday, the US State Department announced a reward of up to $3 million for information on attacks against US diplomatic facilities in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]Ali Al-Baydar said that these rewards mean that "Washington treats these groups in the same way as ISIS and Al-Qaeda, which will prevent political and clan parties from dealing with them and put the militants in isolation."[/size]
[size=45]Western reward[/size]
[size=45]The researcher in the security affairs also considered the reward offer “may lead to the greed of some parties within these groups for the amount and reveal some information.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Baydar pointed out that some of those belonging to these factions “are not ideological and work for different interests, which facilitates their penetration,” based on warnings issued by the leaders of some factions calling on his supporters to be firm in the presence of the reward.[/size]
[size=45]The Secretary-General of the Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigades, Abu Ala’ al-Wali, which is affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces, commented on the reward by saying: “They despaired of their customers and wanted to buy the honorable.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Wali added in his tweet on Twitter: "For the first time in history, the embassy of a foreign country awards a prize to those who guide them to citizens of the country that hosts them." And he continued, "The 3 million are only evidence that they despaired of their customers, and they wanted to buy the honorable," adding, "No way, those who are dying do not support an occupier or slander a mujahid Iraqi against a hateful occupier." In a tweet, the US State Department's "Rewards for Justice" account called on Iraqis to provide information about "terrorists" who carry out their attacks and hide among civilians. The account said that Washington is offering a reward of up to $3 million for information on planned or past attacks against US diplomatic facilities.[/size]
[size=45]To that, Al-Wahaili, a member of the Parliament’s Security Committee, confirmed that “the skies of Iraq are open to any party and any aviation, whether from inside or outside.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Wahaili added, in connection with (Al-Mada), that "there is no evidence that the drones targeting the camps are flying from inside or from outside the borders," noting that "the air defense system is still in the process of being formed and needs expertise and money."[/size]
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