Iraq’s President And The Speaker Of The Parliament Have Denounced Iran’s Missile Attack

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Al Jazeera: Iraqis denounce Iran missiles as ‘violation of sovereignty’

Iraqis say Iran’s targeting of US bases on Iraqi soil is an ‘assault’ and call on parties to move battlefield elsewhere.

Iran’s missile attack on Iraqi military bases hosting US troops has raised questions over Iraq’s sovereignty and reflected Tehran’s deep-rooted influence over Baghdad.

Iran fired more than a dozen missiles at two Iraqi military bases early on Wednesday morning. The US Pentagon confirmed that the missiles hit the Ain al-Assad airbase in Anbar Province and a facility near Erbil’s airport in northern Iraq.

The missile attacks were in retaliation for the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s (IRGC) Quds Force.

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WNU Editor: From the Iraqi perspective, two of their bases were hit by Iran, even though the international media’s focus is on the few US and coalition troops that are there. We should also not forget that much of the unrest and anti-government protests that have been rocking Iraq for the past four months are also directed at the Iranian presence in the country. You can take this to the bank. This attack is only going to fuel the anti-Iranian resentment that already exists there.