The United States has denied involvement in the explosion at a base of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a pro-Iranian militia group in Iraq. The PMF has claimed the explosion on Saturday (April 20) as an attack. The US military’s Central Command has denied involvement in the attack. The US news agency AP reported the news.
A large explosion was heard at the Kalso military base late Friday night local time in Iraq. The base is located about 50 kilometers (30 mi) south of Baghdad. The explosion was caused by an airstrike. The group blamed the United States for the attack. However, no one claimed responsibility for the blast.
In a statement, the US military’s Central Command said it had not carried out any airstrikes in Iraq.
The United States did not conduct any airstrikes in Iraq today, the Central Command said on social media, stating that reports that US forces carried out the attack were incorrect.
Earlier, a US official said, there was no US military activity in Iraq.
Iraq’s security media cell said the country’s air defenses did not detect any drones or warplanes in the skies over the region at the time of the explosion. One PMF member was killed and eight others were injured in the attack.
Members of the PMF group have attacked US military positions in Iraq and Syria in the past few months. This group is mainly Shia. The pro-Iranian group recognizes the Iraqi Armed Forces as an independent military structure.
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