An Iranian-backed
militia said on Monday it said it would treat U.S. Marines deployed in
Iraq to fight Islamic State as forces of occupation and "deal" with the
foreign troops. Washington
said on Sunday a detachment of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit was
in Iraq, bolstering efforts by the United States and a coalition of
allies against Islamic State. "If
the U.S. administration doesn't withdraw its forces immediately, we
will deal with them as forces of occupation," the Asaib Ahl al-Haq
militia said on its TV channel, al-Ahd. "The forces of
occupation are making a new suspicious attempt to restore their presence
in the country under the pretext of fighting their own creation,
Daesh," the Shi'ite Muslim militia added, referring to an acronym for
Islamic State, a ultra-hardline Sunni Muslim movement.
Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia demands withdrawal of U.S. force deployed in Iraq
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