International conflict on influence results attacks on Erbil and Baghdad, politician
ERBIL, Iraq (North Press) – On Tuesday, the Kurdish politician, Muhammad Dershoy, said that the common data of the missile attacks targeting separate regions of Iraq as well as the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRG) indicate Iran’s involvement in them, attributing this to the international conflict to impose influence and control over energy.
Dershoy added that what is broader than the internal conflict in Iraq is that “there is a great conflict over the Middle East region as the source of energy lies, and the international industry does not continue without this energy.”
“This conflict is latent between several countries and international alliances, and in the midst of them there is a conflict between the US and Iran, whose main arena is Iraq,” he stated to North Press.
Pro-Iranian groups seek to get the US forces out of Iraq, and this policy applies to the KRG as it is part of Iraq, not to mention that the decision to confront American forces is not an Iraqi decision, according to Dershoy.
Today, the US State Department spokesman, Ned Price announced that the missiles used in recent attacks were manufactured in Iran and transferred to Iraq.
“As for the attack in Erbil, we are still working to determine who did that, but we previously confirmed that we will hold Iran responsible for the actions of the organizations associated with it, which launch attacks against the Americans,” Price said.
Hassan Shaker Odeh, member of the Iraqi parliament, believes that the presence of foreign forces in Iraq is the main reason for these attacks.
“Iraq, through its parliament, rejected the presence of foreign forces on its territories, as it no longer needed them, and gave the government an opportunity to get them out,” Odeh said in an interview with North Press.
He indicated that the attacks are related to the presence of foreign bases.
Regarding the party behind the attacks, he said, “We did not obtain any information explaining the nature of the attackers at a time when there has been much talk about ISIS remnants and their increased movements in the recent period.”
“Other sources indicated the involvement of Iran, which rejected the accusation, and others fingered at Turkey,” he noted.
However, the common denominator between those attacks remains, “making Iraq an insecure and unstable country,” Odeh concluded.
On Monday, Katyusha-type missiles targeted the vicinity of the US embassy in the Green Zone in Baghdad.
The Security Media Team announced that three missiles were launched from al-Salam neighborhood (al-Tobeji), two of which fell inside the Green Zone and the third in al-Harithiya area.
Last week several missiles fell in Erbil, and then in Balad Air Base in Salah al-Din.
On February 16, the Global Coalition to Fight ISIS said that the attack that targeted Erbil was carried out with 14 missiles.
Investigations were not completed to reveal the parties behind these attacks and their motives. At the same time, Iran is fingered, but it strongly denied.