{"id":94780,"date":"2024-01-31T02:27:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T02:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/militant-group-suspected-of-attack-that-killed-three-us-troops-pauses-operations-world-news\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T02:27:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T02:27:58","slug":"militant-group-suspected-of-attack-that-killed-three-us-troops-pauses-operations-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/militant-group-suspected-of-attack-that-killed-three-us-troops-pauses-operations-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Militant group suspected of attack that killed three US troops pauses operations | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A militant group that’s among those suspected of an attack that killed three US soldiers is pausing operations to “prevent embarrassment” to the Iraqi government.<\/p>\n

Kata’ib Hezbollah is one of several factions American officials believe may have carried out the drone attack in Jordan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Three army reservists died and more than 40 were injured in Sunday’s attack on the US base, with President Joe Biden<\/strong> promising to respond.<\/p>\n

Middle East latest: Iraqi militant group vows to suspend attacks on US forces<\/strong><\/p>\n

The group announced in a statement “the suspension of military and security operations against the occupation forces in order to prevent embarrassment to the Iraqi government”.<\/p>\n

US forces in the Middle East have faced dozens of attacks blamed on Iran-backed militia since the start of the Israel-Hamas war<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Kata’ib Hezbollah is an elite armed faction that’s close to Iran, and was founded in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.<\/p>\n

It views American troops as foreign occupiers and while it technically answers to Iraq’s prime minister, it has until now defied government statements urging an end to attacks on US forces.<\/p>\n

The US designated it a terrorist organisation in 2009, and an American drone strike killed its leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in 2020 at Baghdad airport.<\/p>\n

An Iraqi government spokesman said on Monday it was “monitoring with a great concern the alarming security developments in the region” and called for “an end to the cycle of violence”.<\/p>\n

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However, US officials are believed to be still determining exactly who attacked the Tower 22 base in northeastern Jordan.<\/p>\n

The base includes engineering, aviation, logistics and security troops, with about 350 US army and air force personnel deployed.<\/p>\n

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The West is now embroiled in widening Middle East conflict
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President Biden said on Tuesday he’d made up his mind on how to respond to the deaths of soldiers<\/strong> William Jerome Rivers, 46, Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, and Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23.<\/p>\n

Experts have said he faces one of the most important decisions of his presidency – how to respond robustly without triggering a wider conflict in an already extremely tense region.<\/p>\n

Mr Biden did not give any details of his response, but added: “I don’t think we need a wider war in the Middle East. That’s not what I’m looking for.”<\/p>\n

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National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the retaliation could come in phases.<\/p>\n

“It’s very possible that what you’ll see is a tiered approach here, not just a single action, but potentially multiple actions over a period of time,” he told reporters on Air Force One.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said commanders were still looking into reports that failure to shoot down the drone as it approached the base may have been a human error.<\/p>\n

US officials, speaking anonymously, have said it could have been mistaken for a returning drone of their own.<\/p>\n

There have been 166 attacks on US military installations since 18 October, shortly after the Hamas terror attack on Israel on 7 October, according to a US military official.<\/p>\n

It’s said to comprise 67 in Iraq, 98 in Syria and one in Jordan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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