The Iraqi Foreign Ministry reveals the content of a memorandum of protest it delivered to the Charge

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[size=52]The Iraqi Foreign Ministry reveals the content of a memorandum of protest it delivered to the Charge d'Affairs of the American Embassy[/size]

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02-03-2024
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed today, Saturday, the summoning of the interim Chargé d'Affaires at the United States Embassy in Baghdad, David Berker.[/size]
[size=45]She said in a statement, “The head of the American Department, Diyari Ahmed Majeed, handed over an official memorandum of protest to the interim Chargé d’Affaires, which included Iraq’s rejection and denunciation of the American aggression that targeted Iraqi security forces as well as civilian sites in the Akashat and Al-Qaim regions, which led to the deaths and injuries, including civilians, in addition to... Causing damage to residential buildings and citizens’ property.[/size]
[size=45]Majeed also stressed, according to the statement, Iraq’s once again refusal to let its lands be an arena for settling scores between warring countries. Explaining that “our country is not the appropriate place to send messages and show force between opponents.”[/size]
[size=45]He also stressed, “The government will make every effort required by moral, national, and constitutional responsibility to protect our land, our cities, and the lives of our civilians and security forces of all kinds.”[/size]
[size=45]The Iraqi Foreign Ministry confirmed in a statement issued this morning that it would summon the Charge d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in Baghdad, David Berker, due to the absence of the American Ambassador, Alina Romanowski.[/size]
[size=45]At dawn today, the US Army's Central Command reported that its forces launched 85 air strikes in Iraq and Syria, targeting sites of the Quds Force of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated militia groups.[/size]
[size=45]US President Joe Biden had directed the military forces to strike targets in Iraq and Syria that were used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and its militias to attack American forces, he said, stressing that although the United States was not seeking escalation in the Middle East, it would inevitably respond to those who Hurts Americans.[/size]
[size=45]White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed on Saturday that the Iraqi government had already been informed before the air attacks were launched.[/size]
[size=45]In turn, Iraqi government spokesman Bassem Al-Awadi denied the existence of prior coordination between Baghdad and Washington regarding the strikes directed by American forces targeting security forces’ positions in Anbar Governorate, west of the country, confirming that there were 16 casualties and 25 wounded as a result of that “aggression.”[/size]
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