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Fri · 14 Aug 2026

Iraq Declares Readiness to Prevent Attacks Launched From Its Territory

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Iraq Declares Readiness to Prevent Attacks Launched From Its Territory

🇮🇶 BAGHDAD — Iraq says it'll stop cross-border attacks. From which side, exactly? 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Baghdad's framing is deliberately ambiguous — covering Iranian proxies moving through Iraq and US-Saudi strikes on PMF. With seven Iraqi provinces already hit by joint US-Saudi operations, this is domestic political cover as much as security posture. The National Security Council is still convened. Iraq can't enforce this — but the declaration shifts liability if it doesn't.

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