The U.S. Central Command issued a statement saying that the U.S. carried out an air strike in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, on the night of 7 February, with the aim of killing an Iraqi armed leader. The United States confirmed that the militants were a drone attack on a US military base in Jordan, killing three American soldiers and injuring dozens more.
Iraqi officials launched an investigation into an attack on Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, on 7 February.
The U.S.** said the officer was part of Iraq's Qatabu Allah Brigades, an Iranian-funded Shiite armed group in Iraq. U.S. ** Biden and his cabinet members have vowed to retaliate against a military base in Jordan, saying that it will not be a simple war, but a series of counterattacks depending on the development of events.
CNN quoted official U.S. sources as saying that the attack was ordered by Biden and is far from over, and that there will be more retaliation in the coming days to deal with the killing of the three Americans.
A White House told CNN that the U.S. team was carefully planning and timing its attacks so as not to harm innocent lives and, if possible, to capture the commander.
According to the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, at 9:35 p.m. on February 7, an SUV occurred near Al-Mashal, a Shiite neighbourhood in eastern Baghdad, killing four people on board, including Iraqi Shiite militants from the "Allah Brigades" and two passengers, including the Nujaba Movement (NUJABA). The Iraqi army has sent a team of officials to investigate the accident to find out how the attack took place and where it came from.
In addition, according to local ** reports, the American MQ-9 Reaper drone lifted off from the al-Assad airbase in Anbar province in western Iraq and launched an air strike on eastern Baghdad, which was loaded with "Hellfire". In the aftermath of the attack, the Allah Brigade issued a statement through the society ** confirming Abu Bajir al-Saadi, who is the senior leader of the base, a missile engineer, has ***
A statement from the U.S. command said there was "no evidence" that the counterattack resulted in civilian deaths and unnecessary injuries, and stressed that "the United States will continue to do everything in its power to protect our population." Anyone who endangers the safety of our ** team, we will be ruthlessly investigated. ”
The U.S. retaliation was launched on February 2 with a retaliatory operation against 85 armed targets of Iranian-backed armed groups, including military command centers, intelligence centers, rockets, missiles, drones, logistics, and ammunition chains, all of which were armed targets by Iranian-backed militants.
The United States said Iraqi Allah was responsible for most of the 168 U.S. terrorist attacks in Iraq, Syria, Jordan. The attack killed three American soldiers and wounded 143 others.
Iraq** said that the United States carried out air strikes on Iraq on the 8th, killing 16 people, including civilians. The United States did not inform this country of the attack in advance. In a statement following the airstrikes, Iraq said that the actions of the United States were a naked provocation to Iraq's sovereignty. Last week, the Lebanese Allah brigade said it would end its attacks on the U.S. team and its activities in the area so as not to embarrass Iraq.
The United States quoted information from the Iraqi Security Service as saying that all exits from the "Green Zone" have been closed due to possible US retaliation against Iraq. The Green Zone is located in the middle of Baghdad, where the U.S. Embassy and some other key Iraqi buildings are located.