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Shafaq News- Baghdad
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) on Sunday rejected
allegations that its chairman, Faleh al-Fayyadh, had prior knowledge of the
recent attacks on PMF positions but failed to alert military units, as baseless
and unfounded.
The PMF maintained that its forces had been on heightened
alert for months amid escalating regional tensions and that all units had been
instructed to take maximum security precautions two days before the joint
US-Saudi attacks. “The measures helped prevent further casualties,” the PMF
argued, stressing that its 4th Battalion of the 30th Brigade had failed to take
all required precautionary measures, contributing to the deaths of most of its
personnel during the recent attacks.
The PMF leadership has since ordered an investigation into
the circumstances surrounding the lapse, warning that it reserves the right to
take legal action against anyone found to have deliberately spread false
information, made unfounded allegations against its leadership or damaged its
reputation.
“We are more concerned about our members in the Popular
Mobilization Forces than anyone else.”
The PMF, a state security organization that includes several
Iran-aligned armed factions, reported earlier that at least 20 of its personnel
were killed and 32 others wounded following joint Saudi-US strikes targeting
weapons depots and logistics sites belonging to the group in eastern Iraq.
Saudi Arabia has previously accused Iran-backed Iraqi groups
of launching drone attacks targeting energy facilities inside the Kingdom. The
factions denied the allegations, while Yemen’s Houthi Movement (Ansarallah)
claimed responsibility for the drone strikes on Saudi oil facilities.