Iraqi Armed Groups Deny Recent Attacks, Threaten US Interests
🗡️ BAGHDAD — They deny the strikes, then promise more. That's not contradiction — it's doctrine. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Denial severs the attribution chain Iran needs to maintain distance — if no Iraqi faction claims Jordan or Kuwait strikes, Tehran argues proxies acted autonomously. The simultaneous threat signals operational continuity, not restraint. Denial is legal cover; the threat is the real message. Trump's Thursday address loses a clean proxy link exactly when he needs one.
