U.S. Military Resumes Joint Operations With Iraq
BAGHDAD — The United States military resumed joint operations with Iraq on Wednesday, military officials said, ending a two-week pause that began when the American Embassy in Baghdad was attacked on New Year’s Day.
The decision to restart military operations came a little more than two weeks after Iraq’s Parliament voted to expel all American forces from the country. The government accused the United States of violating Iraqi sovereignty by carrying out airstrikes in Iraq, including one on Jan. 3 that killed Iran’s top military commander, a leader of Iraqi militia forces and eight other people.
Two American military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the missions to reporters, confirmed that the joint operations had restarted.
They said the military wanted to resume operations against the Islamic State as soon as possible to blunt any momentum the group might have and to stifle any propaganda victory it might claim because the United States had suspended the operation.
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