The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has warned that Iranian-backed terrorist groups in Iraq are plotting attacks against U.S. citizens in Iraq.
“Iraqi terrorist militias aligned with Iran continue to plot additional attacks against U.S. citizens and targets associated with the United States throughout Iraq, including in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region,” the U.S. Embassy wrote in an April 20 post on X.
“Some elements associated with the Iraqi government continue to actively provide political, financial, and operational cover for these terrorist militias.”
Embassy staff have warned Americans living in Iraq not to come to the embassy or the consulate in Erbil, in the Kurdish region, but to contact them by email instead….