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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Iraqi Resistance Gives Baghdad Ultimatum To Stop ‘US Violations’ <br></h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">By News Desk, The Cradle - June 26, 2023<br></div>
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<img src="cid:ii_ljeftebg0" alt="image.png" width="421" height="237"><br><p>Above Photo: Members of Kataib Hezbollah at the funeral of commander
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad
airport, in Baghdad, Iraq. Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters.</p>
<h2>Iraqi resistance factions say they will resume attacks against US
forces if the government does not take action to end the occupation.</h2>
<p>Iraq’s Resistance Coordination Committee issued an ultimatum to the
government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, demanding
immediate action against “US violations” in the country, <em>Al-Sharq Al-Awsat</em> <a href="https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/4402001-armed-faction-issues-ultimatum-sudani%E2%80%99s-govt-end-us-presence-iraq">reported</a> on 26 June.</p>
<p>The committee expressed its “unwavering commitment to prioritizing
the interests of the Iraqi people, particularly in light of the
significant political, security, and economic challenges facing the
nation.”</p>
<p>It also said that a temporary halt on military operations against the
US occupation army “should not be misconstrued as acceptance of the
ongoing presence of US forces, which we consider illegal and
unconstitutional.”</p>
<p>As a result of this, the resistance factions say they are giving
Baghdad “final opportunity” to address the violations, clarifying their
patience is not “infinite” and warned that failure to heed their demands
would result in a reaction.</p>
<p>The Resistance Coordination Committee includes Asaib Ahl al-Haq
(AAH), Harakat al-Nujaba (HaN), Kataib Hezbollah (KH), Kataib Sayyid
al-Shuhada (KSS), and Kataib al-Imam Ali (KAIA).</p>
<p>Shia armed groups known as the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), formed to fight ISIS in 2014, are also part of the committee.</p>
<p>US troops remain in Iraq despite a 2020 Iraqi Parliament vote
ordering their eviction from the country after the murder of Iranian
general Qassem Soleimani and PMU deputy leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.</p>
<p>In the statement, the committee also condemned US “interference” in
Iraqi affairs, Washington’s “flagrant violations” of Iraqi sovereignty,
and the detrimental effects of the continued presence of US military
bases, combat forces, and military aviation in Iraq. Additionally, they
accused the US embassy of spreading “vice, moral deviation, and
undermining the Iraqi cultural identity.”</p>
<p>The groups also expressed concern over alleged attempts to manipulate
Iraqi rights and deprive the population of essential services, notably
electricity.</p>
<p>Nonetheless, the US ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, has
continued to praise the cooperation between her country and the Iraqi
government at all levels.</p>
<p>Sources close to the Resistance Committee earlier reported that
Romanowski informed some political parties that “Washington may target
some Iraqi leaders, mainly the leader of Harakat al-Nujaba (HAN), Akram
al-Kabi, who threatens US interests.”</p>
<p>Al-Kabi had repeatedly criticized the US. His views contradict the
positions announced by the Coordination Framework (CF) bloc that leads
the current government in Iraq and seeks to strengthen its foreign
relations with the US.</p>
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