US ‘ups the ante,’ designates Iran-backed groups in Iraq terrorist organizations

The United States aims again on Wednesday Iran and targeted the axis of resistance by designating four Iraqi militias as foreign terrorist organizations.

according to State Councilthe identified groups are Harakat al-Nujaba, Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Harakat Ansar Allah Allah al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Al-Imam Ali – All of these were previously designated by the U.S. Treasury Department as a specially designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) for 2023.

“The militia groups consistent with Iran attacked the Baghdad embassy, ​​presided over the bases of our and coalition forces, often using former names or proxy groups to confuse their involvement,” the Secretary of State said. Marco Rubio said in a statement.

Members of Harakat al Nujaba held the Palestinian flag and other flags during the solidarity protests of Palestinians in Baghdad, Iraq on October 8, 2023. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)

The bomber commander revealed that Trump’s Iran final communication began a 60-day clock on the decisive June strike.

All four groups have Iranian support and form the core of an umbrella group known as the Iraqi Islamic Resistance Movement (IRI), which attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 after hosting Hamas on October 7, 2023.

IRI is believed to be responsible for hundreds of attacks in Iraq, Syria and Jordan and killed three U.S. service personnel in a drone attack in Jordan in January 2024.

As members of Harakat al Nujaba, the U.S. and Israeli flags burned together while protesting in Canada in Baghdad, Iraq on October 8, 2023, gathered beside them to open fire. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)

Experts warn that al-Qaeda remains the most dangerous terrorist group in 24 years after 9/11.

“The Trump administration broke the taboo during the first semester when it proved that it could be named, shamed and punished Iraqi-backed militias in Iraq without the country pushing toward a civil war,” Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iranian expert and senior director of the Iranian program, told Fox News Numbers. “Now, in the second semester, the government is stepping up its designated campaign against Iraq’s influence and terrorist agents.”

Four Terrorist organizations It also operates in the popular mobilization force, a joint force composed of Shiite groups, which was fought back by the Iraqi government but was also strongly influenced by Iran.

On April 5, 2015, the Iran-backed Shia militia-led paramilitary force held the Islamic flag in Tikrit, Iraq. (Mohammed Sawaf/AFP via Getty Images)

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“Tehran relies on these militias to own a country in one state in Iraq,” Ben Taleblu said. “Sand these and other Iran-backed terrorist groups are sandwiched between the Ministry of Finance and Economics. [Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons] SDN List and State Council [Foreign Terrorist Organizations] The FTO is listed, as the Trump administration has previously done with its patron IRGC, is the right way to go in the first semester. ”