Trump suggests Soleimani was looking to blow up a US embassy
A top Shiite leader with the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) claimed they did not «have anything to do with the firing of rockets on the Green Zone last night.»
Qais al-Khazali, secretary general of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a key group under the umbrella of the PMU, said in a statement that the groups were not involved in the rocket attacks.
The statement said the group has not yet launched its response to the deaths of Iraqi PMU deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Qasem Soleimani, who were killed in a US airstrike last week.
The statement went on to say the PMU does not target diplomatic missions, and added that «the primary focus” is on American military presence and «the American occupation forces in Iraq.»
A «thunderous Iraqi response» is still to come if US forces do not withdraw from Iraq, al-Khazali warned in the statement.
Some background: Col. Myles B. Caggins, a spokesperson for the US-led coalition fighting ISIS, said in a tweet that small «rockets impacted near Baghdad’s International Zone, Jan. 8 at 11:45 p.m (local time).» Caggins added that there were «no coalition casualties or damage to facilities.»
