Iraq accused Israel of seeking “pretexts” to “justify” future “aggression” against its territory, after a letter from Israeli diplomacy demanding “immediate action” from the UN to stop attacks carried out by groups Iraqi armed forces.
In its press release late Tuesday evening, the Iraqi government also assured that it was working “to prevent its territory from being used to launch any attack.” Even if daily drone strikes against Israel are claimed by the pro-Iranian armed groups of the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq”.
Moreover, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs recently called for “immediate action” from the UN Security Council so that Iraq stops attacks by “pro-Iranian militias”.
On Tuesday evening, Iraq “categorically rejected the complaint made by the authorities of the Zionist entity against Iraq”, according to a statement issued after an “urgent meeting” of the government’s National Security Council.
The Israeli “accusations” “are only pretexts aimed at justifying a planned aggression against Iraq, a new step to broaden the scope of the regional conflict”, accuses the press release.
Brought to power by pro-Iranian parties, the Baghdad government is continuing a delicate balancing act to distance Iraq from the regional tensions that have been tearing the Middle East apart for more than a year, against a backdrop of war in the Strip. Gaza and now Lebanon.
The “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” assures that its drone attacks against Israel are carried out in solidarity with Gaza and Lebanon. At the beginning of October, a drone killed two Israeli soldiers in the Syrian Golan sector occupied and annexed by Israel.
The Iraqi government assures that its efforts to “prevent its territory from being used” for attacks “have already resulted in the seizure of weapons”. Just as the authorities “will prosecute anyone who participates in such activities threatening the security of Iraq and its territorial integrity.”
The Israeli “allegations” constitute an “attempt to manipulate international public opinion to justify aggression”, insists the Iraqi government.
In Iraq itself, dozens of rocket attacks and drone strikes claimed by the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” also targeted American soldiers deployed as part of an international anti-jihadist coalition.
With AFP
