Iraq Condemns US Retaliatory Strike as "Sovereignty Violation"... US Claims "Prior Warning"

On the 2nd (local time), as the United States launched a sudden retaliatory attack in Iraq and Syria over the death of a key U.S. military commander in the Middle East, Iraq protested, calling it a violation of its sovereignty.

According to major foreign media, Yahya Rasul, spokesperson for Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, criticized the U.S. attack near the Iraq-Syria border in western Iraq on the same day as an "infringement on Iraq's sovereignty." He warned that this attack would "bring devastating consequences to the security and stability of Iraq and the region."

In response to Iraq's protest, the U.S. denied that it was a violation of sovereignty, stating that it had informed the Iraqi government in advance of the retaliatory strike. John Kirby, White House National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications, told reporters immediately after Iraq's statement, "We notified the Iraqi government prior to the strike."

Earlier, the U.S. military announced that it had conducted airstrikes against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militias in Iraq and Syria that afternoon. This was a retaliatory action for the drone attack by pro-Iranian forces on a U.S. military base in Jordan on the 27th of last month, which resulted in the deaths of three U.S. soldiers.

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