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A US military commander on Wednesday blamed Mahdi Army for some of the latest assassinations in Baghdad.
Iraq should establish good relations with the neighbouring countries that are uninvolved in providing armed groups with weapons and missiles, the US Commander stressed.
“Certain extremist parties or special groups carrying out operations against the US Military do not trust the political system or regime of the Iraqi government”, Commander of the US Army 25th Infantry Division Major General Bernard Champoux said in a press conference on Wednesday attended by Alsumarianews.
“Some of these groups look to sap the prosperous future of Iraq”, the US Commander said.
Major General Bernard Champoux accused Mahdi Army of implication in some of the latest assassinations in Baghdad.
“Some groups are working against the independence of the Iraqi regime. They believe in assassinations that put innocent lives at risk”, he cautioned.
Violence has mounted since March killing tens of people including officers and governmental officials in Baghdad and a number of Iraqi provinces.
Iraq is gripped meanwhile by a political crisis that manifests through an incomplete government formation in light of a failure to agree on security ministers.
“Iraq should establish good relations with neighbouring countries. As an independent State, Iraq should make sure that neighbouring countries are not involved in providing armed groups with weapons and missiles. Countries implicated in arming terrorists groups will not be Iraq’s friend or ally”, Major General Bernard Champoux said in regards to Iraq’s relation with neighbouring countries.
“Iraq is capable of imposing security in the country. Iraq’s sovereignty is not affected by other countries. Even if the United States leaves Iraq, it will remain attentive to the country’s security”, he concluded.
In October 2010, Deputy Commanding General for Operations, Lieutenant General Robert Cone, had blamed the Iranian Revolutionary Guard led by Qassem Suleiman for most of the violent attacks in Iraq.
Lieutenant General Robert Cone affirmed that some weapons prove the involvement of the Revolutionary Guard in these attacks.
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