US Attacks PMF Base In Baghdad, 4 Militia Armed Killed

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Troops (PMF)/PHOTO DOCUMENTATION Via Wikimedia Commons/Hosseini

JAKARTA - The United States (US) launched an attack on Iraq to defend itself, as regional tensions escalated after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut that Israel says killed Hezbollah's most senior commander.

Reported by Reuters on Wednesday, July 31, Iraqi police and medical sources said an attack on the base south of Baghdad used by the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) killed four members of a group consisting of several armed militias allied with Iran, and injured four others.

In a statement following the attack, PMF did not make any allegations about who was responsible.

US officials, who did not wish to be named, said the US launched an airstrike in Musayib, which is located in Babil province.

Officials said the attack targeted militants deemed Americans to launch drones and pose a threat to American troops and the coalition.

The attack was aimed at militants deemed Americans wanted to launch drones and pose a threat to American troops and conspire.

PMF, which consists of 150,000 people, is a state-backed Iraqi paramilitary group, dominated by fully armed and resilient groups in a battle that is loyal to Iran and has close ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

Iraq, a rare US and Iranian ally that hosts 2,500 US troops and has Iranian-backed militias linked to its security forces, witnessed an increase in retaliatory attacks since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October.

Iraq wants troops from the US-led military coalition to withdraw in September and officially end the coalition's work by September 2025.

The issue is highly politicized, with most of Iran's sided Iraqi political factions looking to show they are re-employing the country that once occupied the country.

Meanwhile US officials want to avoid victory for Iran and its allies.

US-led forces invaded Iraq in 2003, toppled former leader Saddam Hussein and then withdrew in 2011, then returned in 2014 to fight ISIS as coalition leader.