US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed pro-Iran militias in Iraq for a recent attack near Baghdad International Airport that wounded five Iraqi soldiers.
“To Iran’s leaders, the US will respond decisively if Iran or its proxies harm US personnel or our Iraqi partners.” Pompeo wrote in Tweeter.
There have been at least nine rocket attacks against US-Iraqi joint facilities in the last five weeks. The latest of such attack carried out on Monday.
Pentagon spokesperson Cdr. Sean Robertson has also reacted to the incident in a statement published in CNN.
“We take these incidents seriously as do our Iraqi security forces partners, who are investigating these events. We have made clear that attacks on US and Coalition personnel and facilities will not be tolerated and we retain the right to defend ourselves,” Robertson told the agency.
