Iraq army official condemns U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Iran-backed militia commander: "Blatant assassination"
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After a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, an Iraqi military spokesperson says the U.S.-led military coalition has "become a factor of instability" in his country.
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    Yehia Rasool, the spokesperson for the commander in chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, sharply criticized the U.S., however, accusing it of having “conducted a blatant assassination” in Baghdad with “no regard for civilian lives or international laws.”

    The militias and the Houthis all characterize their attacks as support for the Palestinian people amid Israel’s devastating war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which shows no signs of abating anytime soon.

    An Iraqi government official told CBS News on Thursday that Baghdad had yet to make a final decision on whether to call for the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

    Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein advocated for a resumption of the talks on the future of the international military forces in Iraq during a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this week.

    One member of Iraq’s Parliament told CBS News on the condition of anonymity that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard was directing the attacks against U.S. forces in a bid to spur the withdrawal of American troops from the region.

    [U.S.] attacks like the one yesterday help those proxies put more pressure on the Iraqi government to push the international coalition out of Iraq," the lawmaker told CBS News.

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