Pentagon denies Baghdad's role in bombing of Al Bukamal

World 10:43 AM - 2021-02-27

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The Pentagon announced that it did not use the information provided by Iraq to identify targets for its airstrikes in the Syrian region of Al Bukamal.

 

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a tweet on Twitter, "The Iraqi government is investigating who launched rockets on its soil in recent days and weeks. but to be clear: we did not use Iraqi information to develop our targets for our attacks that night."

 

This came after the Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced that Iraq had not provided intelligence information to the international coalition before the US air strikes on Syria.

 

The United States military says it carried out attacks on facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed militia on Thursday, following recent rocket attacks on US troop locations in Iraq.

 

The United States of America has put its forces in Iraq on high alert in anticipation of any retaliatory attacks in response to the US bombing of Al Bukamal.

 

On Saturday, the US Fox News reported that two sources told it that the threat level of the American forces participating in the international coalition in Iraq has been raised.

 

The two sources added that the contractors at Balad base north of Baghdad have been placed in a state of extreme emergency.

 

This situation may last for several days, and is a routine precaution, given the conditions on the ground, according to "Fox News".

 

A source said the main priority was to protect coalition forces, so it was put on alert.

 

As for the Balad base, it hosts the "Sallyport Global" company contracted with the US government, and the company took similar action in anticipation of the attacks.

 

 

 

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