Iraq ‘should not’ have let Iran ‘stage attacks’ from its territory against the US

ASPI Senior Analyst Dr Malcolm Davis says if the Iraqi government is “talking about its sovereignty”, it shouldn’t have allowed Iran to use its territory to “stage attacks” on the United States. The US has launched retaliatory airstrikes against Iran-backed targets in Iraq and Syria in response to the drone attack in Jordan, which killed three American soldiers. An Iraqi military spokesperson, in response to the attacks, has said, ‘These airstrikes constitute a violation of Iraqi sovereignty, undermine the efforts of the Iraqi government, and pose a threat that could lead Iraq and the region into dire consequences.’ “If the Iraqi government is talking about its sovereignty, maybe it shouldn’t have allowed its territory to be used by Iran to stage attacks on US forces,” Dr Davis told Sky News Australia. “The Iranians have basically infiltrated every aspect of Iraqi society and Iraqi government to the point whereby I think the question of Iraqi sovereignty needs to be looked at hard.”