The official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said the words of the Minister of foreign Affairs of Germany Heiko Maas about threats from Donald trump to impose punishment against Iraq.

before Maas in conversation radio station Deutschlandfunk called "not very useful" the words of the President of the United States about possible sanctions against Baghdad if he would show "hostility" regarding the capital of the United States.

USA 29 Dec struck by object Shiite group "Kataib Hezbollah" in Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon commented, because it is a response to attack traffic on the Iraqi base near Kirkuk, where he died a citizen of the United States, and four American soldiers were injured.

then Shiites began to storm the American Ambassador's residence in Baghdad. The US responded with the elimination of the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, who is considered the organizer of these actions.

Baghdad regarded these strikes as a violation of the terms of the placement of the American military in Iraq.

The Iraqi Parliament has asked in a persistent form from the government to achieve the withdrawal of American troops. Then trump has threatened Iraq with sanctions in the case of "hostile" actions of Baghdad concerning the U.S. capital. The American leader has noticed that is ready to impose on Iraq are punishment, "which they have never seen," and added that the U.S. military does not want to leave Iraq as long as Baghdad does not pay for the construction of the American airbase.



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