Trump issues chilling threat saying he’ll ‘hold Iran responsible’ for any deaths after Baghdad embassy rocket attack
DONALD Trump has issued a threat against Iran, saying he would “hold Iran responsible” for any deaths after the US Embassy in Baghdad was attacked.
Trump tweeted on Wednesday: “Our embassy in got hit Sunday by several rockets. Three rockets failed to launch.”
“Some friendly health advice to Iran: , I will hold Iran responsible. Think it over.”
Officials said that on Sunday, the embassy in Baghdad was targeted by eight Katyusha rockets and that some buildings inside the fortified diplomatic Green Zone were damaged.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , and the US Central Command said the attack "was almost certainly conducted by an Iranian-backed rogue militia group."
“The people of Iraq deserve to have these attackers prosecuted. These violent and corrupt criminals must cease their destabilizing actions,” Pompeo on Sunday.
US officials said the reduction in embassy staff stemmed from concerns about a possible retaliatory strike from Iran.
and led Iraq’s parliament to pass a non-binding resolution days later calling for the expulsion of all foreign troops from Iraq.