‘They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesn’t work that way.’
has said cultural sites in Iran are fair targets for the US military, despite concerns within his own administration that such actions could amount to war crimes.
Mr Trump’s latest comments come amid ever escalating tensions across the Middle East following the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force.The strike in Baghdad prompted Iraq’s parliament to vote in favour of a non-binding resolution to expel foreign troops from the country.But Mr Trump insisted the US would not leave without being paid for its military investments there, adding that any expulsion would be met with ‘very big’ economic penalties.
‘If there’s any hostility, they do anything we think is inappropriate, we are going to put sanctions on Iraq, very big sanctions on Iraq.’An unnamed US national security official said the president’s comments had caught many within the administration off guard.
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