Iraq: Daesh kills three soldiers in Kirkuk

US-backed Daesh terrorists killed three Iraqi soldiers and injured four others in an attack near the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk after Iraqi forces recently inflicted heavy blows to the group in the area.

Terrorists ambushed an Iraqi army barracks in Wadi al-Naft, about 25 kilometers west of Kirkuk, on Sunday, a local military official said in an AFP report."Three soldiers, including two officers, were killed and four other soldiers were injured," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Although no group has yet claimed responsibility for the deadly assault, the Iraqi military described it in a statement as an apparent response to the "painful blows and qualitative operations carried out by our heroic armed forces" which inflicted heavy losses to Daesh gangs and killed many of their leaders.

Notorious Daesh terrorists – originally trained by US-led military officers before breaking away from a massive militant force that launched a campaign of terror in 2011 to overthrow the Syrian government – have also launched a campaign. major terror campaign across Iraq in 2014, overrunning large areas with lightning strikes and massacring large numbers of Iraqi civilians and cadets.

The massive intrusion of Daesh terrorists across Iraq came as the US military retained full control of Iraqi airspace and maintained numerous military bases and significant numbers of soldiers and officers in the country. who allegedly served as advisers and coaches.Iraq declared victory over the terror group in December 2017 after waging a three-year counterterrorism military campaign, in which Hachd al-Shaabi played a major role.

Iranian military advisers - led by the late commander-in-chief, General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by US military forces in a terrorist drone attack - also played a key role in training Iraqi mobilization forces and in the planning of operations against Daesh terrorists.

Anti-American feelings have risen sharply across Iraq in the wake of this latest and greatest terrorist act. Iraqi lawmakers passed a bill - only two days after the assassination of General Soleimani and his companions - a law that required the government in Baghdad to end the presence of all foreign military forces led by Washington.

The United States was eventually forced to end its official "combat mission" in Iraq at the end of 2020. Yet Iraqi resistance groups still insist that the so-called advisory role of the American army must also end and as soon as possible.

The US military has also long stationed its forces and equipment in northeastern Syria, with the Pentagon saying the deployment is aimed at preventing oil fields in the region from falling into the hands of Daesh terrorists.It is worth recalling that a number of US officials and lawmakers, including former President Donald Trump, have said that the terrorist group Daesh was founded by the US establishment at the time.

Damascus maintains that the illegal intrusion of US forces into Syria is for the sole purpose of plundering natural resources. Trump has, in any case, repeatedly admitted that US forces are in Syria for its oil wealth.The US military presence in Syria is also seen as an attempt to prevent the Syrian government from regaining sovereignty over territories previously held by foreign-backed terrorists.