WASHINGTON, Jan 13 — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday he was “outraged” by another missile attack on an Iraqi airbase where US forces have been stationed, as neighbouring Iran signalled a wish to de-escalate tensions. “Outraged by reports of another rocket attack on an Iraqi...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at Nato headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 18, 2019. — Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool pic via Reuters
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday he was “outraged” by another missile attack on an Iraqi airbase where US forces have been stationed, as neighbouring Iran signalled a wish to de-escalate tensions. “Outraged by reports of another rocket attack on an Iraqi airbase,” Pompeo tweeted. “These continued violations of Iraq's sovereignty by groups not loyal to the Iraqi government must end.”
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for yesterday's rocket attacks, in which the Iraqi military said eight missiles wounded two Iraqi officers and two airmen.The Al-Balad base had held a small US Air Force contingent as well as American contractors, but most were evacuated following a sharp rise in friction between the US and Iran over the past two weeks, military sources told AFP.
That death set off a series of dramatic developments, with the US carrying out deadly strikes against a pro-Iran paramilitary group in Iraq as well as a convoy carrying top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani outside the Baghdad airport.
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