{"id":214295,"date":"2020-03-12T09:34:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T09:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/enwp\/?p=214295"},"modified":"2023-01-23T01:56:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T00:56:12","slug":"attack-in-iraq-kills-u-s-and-uk-troops-iran-backed-militias-might-be-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/attack-in-iraq-kills-u-s-and-uk-troops-iran-backed-militias-might-be-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack in Iraq Kills U.S. and UK Troops, Iran-Backed Militias Might Be Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iraq, Taji base<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two American\u00a0<\/span>military personnel and\u00a0<\/span>one from\u00a0<\/span>United Kingdom<\/span>\u00a0were killed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>a rocket attack on<\/span>\u00a0a military camp<\/span>\u00a0in Iraq,<\/span>\u00a0where\u00a0<\/span>coalition troops are stationed,<\/span>\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two United States officials told Reuters<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>15 small rockets hit Iraq’s\u00a0Taji\u00a0military camp<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0north of Baghdad<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0killing three\u00a0<\/span>military personnel from<\/span>\u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0U.S. and UK<\/span>\u00a0and<\/span>\u00a0wounding about a dozen.<\/span>\u00a0Although the U.S. officials told Reuters that\u00a0<\/span>it was too soon to assign\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>blame<\/span>, there are indications\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>this was an attack by Iran-backed mi<\/span>litias.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, Mike Pompeo<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0the U.S. Secretary of State<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0wrote on Twitter:\u00a0<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Today\u2019s deadly attack on Iraq\u2019s Camp\u00a0Taji\u00a0military base will not be tolerated. Dominic Raab [UK Minister of Foreign affairs] and I agree those responsible must be held accountable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s deadly attack on Iraq\u2019s Camp Taji military base will not be tolerated. @DominicRaab<\/a> and I agree \u2013 those responsible must be held accountable.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) March 12, 2020<\/a>\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Morgan Ortagus, the spokesperson of the U.S. State Department<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0also wrote on\u00a0<\/span>T<\/span>witter:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cSecretary Pompeo and Dominic Raab spoke today about the attack on Camp\u00a0Taji\u00a0military base, which resulted in several casualties. The United States condemns the deadly attacks against Coalition personnel.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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.@SecPompeo<\/a> and @DominicRaab<\/a> spoke today about the attack on Camp Taji military base, which resulted in several casualties. The United States condemns the deadly attacks against Coalition personnel. pic.twitter.com\/GvPfxsRQRC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Morgan Ortagus (@statedeptspox) March 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although the U.S. elimination of the Iranian regime\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>terror mastermind, Qassem Soleimani<\/a><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0the commander of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC<\/a>) Quds Force<\/a><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0in January, was a major blow to the Iranian regime, it has not ended the regime\u2019s institutionalized terrorism.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran-backed paramilitary groups have regularly<\/span>\u00a0launch<\/span>ed<\/span>\u00a0rocket\u00a0<\/span>attacks on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>military<\/span>\u00a0bases in Iraq that host U.S. forces and the area around the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

S<\/span>e<\/span>veral<\/span>\u00a0days\u00a0<\/span>before\u00a0<\/span>the recent attack<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of the\u00a0<\/span>regime\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Supreme National Security Council,\u00a0<\/span>went to<\/span>\u00a0Iraq in order to try to control Iraq\u2019s political future,<\/span>\u00a0as the\u00a0<\/span>nationwide protests in Iraq continue against the regime\u2019s meddling in\u00a0<\/span>Iraq.\u00a0<\/span>In a similar development,\u00a0<\/span>Esmail\u00a0<\/span>Ghaani<\/span>, Soleimani\u2019s successor<\/span>, w<\/span>as in Syria<\/span>, according to\u00a0<\/span>state-run media. A picture of\u00a0<\/span>Ghaani\u00a0<\/span>alongside\u00a0<\/span>a cleric in Syria was published\u00a0<\/span>by an<\/span>\u00a0account\u00a0<\/span>on social media, known as the \u201cCommander\u00a0<\/span>Ghaani<\/span>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After the elimination of Qassem Soleimani, the regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, appointed Esmail\u00a0Ghaani <\/a>Akbarnejad to replace Soleimani. Ghaani was for years Soleimani’s deputy in the terrorist Qods Force.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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“#Soleimani<\/a> was immediately replaced by another criminal #IRGCTerrorists<\/a>, Esmail Ghaani.”
\u201cLike his ruthless predecessor,Ghaani has taken up the post of Commander in Chief of the #TerroristQudsForce<\/a>, the extra-territorial wing of the #IRGC<\/a>,\u201d wrote Mr.@STRUANSTEVENSON<\/a> #FreeIran<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) January 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He was placed on\u00a0<\/span>the U.S.\u00a0<\/span>terrorist blacklist in 2012 after 13 shipping containers destined for the Gambia, labeled as containing packages of glass wool and pallets of stone, were intercepted in Nigeria and found to hold 107\u00a0mm Katyusha rockets, rifle ammunition and other weapons,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ghaani is among the most criminal commanders of the IRGC, who for the past 40 years has played the most significant role in the suppression of the Iranian people and the massacres in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and other regional countries.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, the regime\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>tr<\/span>ying<\/span>\u00a0to rebuild its hegemony in the region following the de<\/span>ath of Qassem Soleimani. Therefore,\u00a0<\/span>giving any<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>concessions to the regime\u00a0<\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>only embolden it.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Engulfed with international and\u00a0<\/span>domestic crisis,\u00a0<\/span>such as the coronavirus outbreak<\/a> in Iran and its rising death toll due to the authorities\u2019 inaction and cover-up,\u00a0<\/span>the regime is desperate to find a breakthrough<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Two American military personnel and one from United Kingdom were killed in a rocket attack on a military camp in Iraq, where coalition troops are stationed, on Wednesday. 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