On Tuesday, US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby apologized for incorrectly telling the press that the US had notified Iraq in advance of its recent strikes on Iraqi territory.
The US military carried out a unilateral strike in Baghdad that killed the Kataib Hezbollah commander who reportedly was behind the militant attacks on US forces across the Middle East, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press release.
Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter appeared on Sputnik’s Fault Lines program Monday to respond to the United States’ violent retaliatory blitz in Iraq and Syria over the weekend, which has killed some 40 people.