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2020-01-01 Iraq

State Department faults Iraq for failing to protect U.S. troops

[THEBAGHDADPOST] The State Department is faulting the Iraqi government for allowing an Iranian-backed militia to attack U.S. outposts in Iraq, including one that prompted the Pentagon to respond with ~~Arclight~~ airstrike
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"It’s moments like this when you see people’s true colors," a senior State Department official told news hounds Monday, referring to Iraqi officials who condemned the U.S. airstrikes, yet have not similarly denounced the Kataib Hezbollah militia for the Friday rocket barrage that killed an American contractor and maimed several U.S. soldiers.

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