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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq denounced on Saturday as "unacceptable" a U.S. decision to blacklist the leader of a state umbrella group for mainly Iran-bac.
Iraq Condemns Aden Airpot Attack Iraq
ERBIL â The Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a statement to condemn the attack on Aden Airport in Yemen which has so far claimed 25 lives with over 100 injured, many of whom are said to be in critical condition.
âWe offer our condolences to Yemen and affirm the position of Iraq in rejecting terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,â reads the statement by Ahmed al-Sahaf, the spokesperson of the ministry.
âIraqâs position is with the international community in confronting terrorism, and supporting all efforts aimed at eliminating extremism and violence,â al-Sahaf added.
The attack took place on Wednesday when the members of a newly established government of Yemen were disembarking a plane in the southern port city.
President Trump has eroded the United States’ commitment to the agreed-upon laws of war.
It is nearly impossible to get every country in the world to agree on anything at all. But in 1949, the world decided to regulate the very act most fundamental to the birth of the nation-state: war. After witnessing the atrocities of World War II, all of the countries in the world came together to sign four Geneva Conventions, the core documents of the modern law of war. In doing so, they unanimously decided that the worst atrocities of World War II could never happen again. And yet seventy-two years later, a U.S. president would laugh in the face of those laws. President Donald Trump’s contempt for the law of war has damaged U.S. national security by harming our relationships with our allies and partners and also by undermining the honor of our military. President-elect Joe Biden must take an immediate stand to ensure U.S. adherence to the law of war and rebuild the trust of our allies