Iraq will investigate the attacks of suicidal drones against radar systems in two military bases, Sabah al-Numan, the military spokesman of the Iraqi Prime Minister, said Tuesday, adding that the Iraqi forces intercepted several other incursions attempted.
“Several small suicidal drones attacked multiple Iraqi military sites and bases,” according to the spokesman. No victims were reported.
No one has assumed the responsibility of the attacks, and the government has not yet identified any author.
Numan described the attacks as “cowardly and betrayal.”
“The assault severely damaged the radar systems in Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, and the base of the IMAM Ali in the province of Dhi Qar” in southern Iraq, he added.
Iraqi forces also frustrated other attacks against “four additional sites in several places,” said Numan, added that the drones were demolished “before they could achieve their planned objectives.”
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani ordered the formation of a “a high level” committee to investigate attacks and identify perpetrators.
Previously, he said a security source, requesting anonymity. AFP That the first attack hit a radar system at the Taji base, and a few hours later, another drone hit the radars in the Imam Ali air base in DHI QAR.
A drone fell in the Radwaniya district, 10 kilometers west of the Baghdad International Airport, said the Fuente, where the United States troops deploy on a base as part of an anti-yihadist coalition.
No claim
The unidentified drones attacks occurred hours after they will launch missiles in an American military installation in Qatar in retaliation for the US bombing of Tehran’s nuclear facilities.
After Qatar attack, Israel said he had agreed to the proposal of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, high the fire, and Baghdad announced the reopening of his airspace, 12 days after closing it in the middle of the Iran-Israel War.
Security sources confirmed by drone attacks AFP He could not name any author.
A source close to the Iraqis factions backed by Iran, which in the previous years had bases that welcomed US troops, he said AFP that “of course” groups have nothing to do with drone attacks. Another source of the factions suggested that Israel and the United States could be behind them.
A senior security official said: “We still don’t know if drones were launched from inside or outside Iraq.”
Iraq, who for years has browsed a delicate act of balance between his allies, Tehran and Washington, has long been a fertile terrain for power battles.
From the beginning of the Iran-Israel War, Baghdad has worked to prevent violence from extending to its grass, especially due to the growing fears of the possible intervention of armed features backed by Iran, which have threatened the interests of Washington if it joins the Israel campaign.
Iraq has only recently recovered an appearance of stability after decades of devastating conflicts and agitation.
