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Iraq president ‘denounces’ Iran missile strikes
BAGHDAD, Jan 8, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Iraq’s President Barham Saleh on
Wednesday condemned Iran’s missile strikes on Iraqi bases where US and other
foreign troops are based, saying he feared “dangerous developments” in the
region.
“We denounce the Iranian missile bombing that hit military installations
on Iraqi territory and renew our rejection of the repeated violation of state
sovereignty and the transformation of Iraq into a battlefield for warring
sides,” his office said in a statement.
Iran launched the missiles early Wednesday in response to the killing of
senior Revolution Guards commander Qasem Soleimani in a US drone strike in
Iraq last week.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1917 hrs