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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Pompeo warns Iraq US will ‘defend its people’ after embassy attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns Iraq that Washington will “defend its people” after supporters of pro-Iran factions breached the wall of the US embassy compound in Baghdad.
In phone calls with both Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi and President Barham Saleh, Pompeo “made clear the United States will protect and defend its people, who are there to support a sovereign and independent Iraq,” the State Department says in a statement.
Both Abdel Mahdi and Saleh assure Pompeo “that they took seriously their responsibility for and would guarantee the safety and security of US personnel and property,” the statement says.
— AFP
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