Iraq's al-Nujaba declares operations against US forces to continue
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The Resistance movement's chief praised the sacrifices and courage of Kataib Hezbollah and affirmed operations against the US will proceed until the Israeli war on Gaza stops and the "US occupation" withdraws from Iraq.
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An undated photo of the Chief of the Iraqi al-Nujaba Resistance movement Akram al-Kaabi wearing a military uniform in an undisclosed location. (Social media)
The Secretary-General of the Iraqi al-Nujaba Resistance movement announced on Friday that the group's operations against US forces will not stop until the Israeli war on Gaza ceases and the complete withdrawal of the "US occupation" from Iraq.
In a statement, Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi said that this decision is a sovereign one taken by the group alone.
Earlier this week, the Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah announced the suspension of their operations against the US occupation forces in Syria and targets in Iraq to not go against the wishes of the Iraqi government.
Both groups are part of the Popular Mobilization Forces PMF, a governmental security apparatus.
Kataib Hezbollah, which is at the forefront of Resistance operations against the US presence in support of Gaza, and has offered a number of martyrs in that pursuit, said that its decision was taken "without any intervention from foreign parties."
Kaabi hailed Brotherhood between Iraqi Resistance facitons
Commenting on the statement, al-Kaabi hailed the "brotherhood" between the two groups and the common Resistance and sacrifices.
Al-Kaabi noted that, after talking to the Kataib Hezbollah's leader about the reason behind their decision, the "issue has become clear to us," adding that the future will reveal that the group's decision was "brave, wise and selfless."
He added that the Al-Nujaba movement upholds and appreciates the sacrifices made by Kataib Hezbollah, expressing hope that the factors leading to them making such a decision would be soon revoked and that they would return to carrying out operations against the US.
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The United States released a series of threats in the past week following the drone attack that killed three of its soldiers allegedly in a US base in northeast Jordan.
In response, the al-Nujaba chief said, "Regarding [statements] being released by the American psychological war machine, which has been threatening and warning, they don't intimate us nor will they prevent us [from continuing operations]," vowing that any US attack will receive an "appropriate response."
"The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, including the al-Nujaba movement and its other factions, will continue with the decision [to pressure Washington through operations] until our demands are met," he concluded.
