Shia group threatens to attack US forces in Iraq

Qais al-Khazali, leader of the Iraqi paramilitary group Asaib Ahl al-Haq

A pro-Iran militia group, the Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, yesterday threatened to hit US forces in Iraq if the government and parliament does not stop their deployment in the country.

Group spokesman, Jawad Talibawi, said in a statement that the group had monitored deployments by US forces in the country.

Earlier on Saturday, images of US Marine Corps Brigadier General Austin Renforth, commander of the Joint Operations Command in Iraq, touring the famous Mutanabi Street in central Baghdad accompanied by the city’s Commander of Operations Jalil Al-Rubaie went viral.

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