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Comment on Iraq Says No Evidence Drone Attack on Saudi Oil Infrastructure Was Launched from Its Territory by Brian Bixby
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A spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi told Rudaw on Thursday that there’s no evidence a drone attack against Saudi oil infrastructure was launched from Iraqi territory, a claim that was used to justify major US-Saudi strikes on Iraq.
Sabah al-Numan said that despite the lack of evidence, Iraq was still looking into the claims.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who recently visited Trump in Washington, canceled a planned trip to Saudi Arabia over the attacks.
A report from Reuters on Thursday said that Saudi Arabia assessed that Yemen’s Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, attacked Saudi territory from Iraq, but there’s been no verification of the claim.
Ansar Allah did take credit for the attacks, but the group gave no indication that the strikes were launched from Iraq, as its missiles and drones fired from Yemen can reach deep inside Saudi Arabia.