Pentagon: The attacks on Iraq were in response to the attack on Ain al-Assad

According to the Fars News Agency International Group, after the publication of reports about the attack of American fighters on the positions of resistance groups in western Iraq, the Washington government officially accepted the responsibility for this military aggression.

An American military official told Al Jazeera early on Wednesday morning that the country’s forces are currently carrying out attacks on military bases in western Iraq.

Al Jazeera quoted the American official as reporting said that the attacks on Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah were carried out in response to the recent operations against the country’s bases.

American officials say that these attacks were carried out in response to the wounding of a number of the country’s forces as a result of the attacks. fired a ballistic missile at the Ain al-Assad base.

The American Central Command known as “CENTCOM” announced in a statement: “Unilateral attacks on 3 bases of Hezbollah battalions in Iraq which are supported by Iran” “

“Lloyd Austin” the American Defense Minister also claimed in a statement: “The United States carried out new attacks in Iraq in response to the targeting of American soldiers”.

According to reports, Austin threatened in this statement: “We will not hesitate to take further measures to defend our interests, but we do not seek to escalate the conflict in the region.”

The American government is simply justifying the military and illegal invasion of Iraqi territory, as it had recently claimed that Iran’s recent missile operation against the positions of terrorist groups – which had carried out criminal attacks inside Iran – violated sovereignty. and the territorial integrity of Iraq.

However, the Islamic resistance of Iraq has targeted US bases in the east and northeast of Syria and in the west and north of Iraq dozens of times with drone and rocket attacks. Is. The Iraqi resistance considers the United States to be the main responsible for the attacks of the Zionist regime on the Gaza Strip and has emphasized that it will continue its attacks until the aggression against Gaza stops.

Previously, the resistance group The Islamic State of Iraq said on Tuesday morning that it had carried out attacks on the American base in Syria and the Zionist positions in the occupied port of Ashdod. (more details)

end of message/