Iran-backed Iraqi militia vows revenge to US airstrikes

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AP Baghdad
Last Updated : Dec 30 2019 | 10:35 PM IST

An Iranian-backed militia said Monday that the death toll from US military strikes in Iraq and Syria against its fighters has risen to 25, vowing to exact revenge for the "aggression of evil American ravens."
"We have no alternative today other than confrontation and there is nothing that will prevent us from responding to this crime."
"These forces must leave," he said of US troops in Iraq, calling the latest attack a "crime" and a "massacre."
Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah also blasted the "brutal American aggression," saying those who took the decision to carry out the attack "will soon discover how stupid this criminal decision was."


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First Published: Dec 30 2019 | 10:35 PM IST

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