Yahya Rasul Abdullah, a spokesman for Iraq's military, has warned about attempts to destabilize the country, in a comment to Sputnik on Monday, after last weekend's rocket strike on Baghdad
CAIRO (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th May, 2019) Yahya Rasul Abdullah, a spokesman for Iraq's military, has warned about attempts to destabilize the country, in a comment to Sputnik on Monday, after last weekend's rocket strike on Baghdad.A rocket reportedly hit the capital's Green Zone last Sunday where government buildings and foreign diplomatic missions are located. The projectile fell near the US Embassy.
"It was an attempt to shuffle the cards and stoke tension amid an escalation between the US and Iran. Someone is trying to ratchet up tensions. The position of the military and security forces is clear: we will protect Iraq's territory and citizens, diplomatic missions and everything else on its soil," the spokesman said.
Rasul added he hoped that diplomats would succeed in "putting an end to the ongoing crisis." It sparked after the United States sent warships and bombers to the Persian Gulf in response to an unspecified threat from Iran. US non-essential diplomatic staff were pulled from Iraq last week.
