Suspicious American Missions in Baghdad

The issue of four armed Americans closing in on the home of Salah Abdul Razzaq, governor of Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad, on the 12th of this month pulled back the curtain on the actions of groups of Americans who are carrying out suspicious missions in various regions of Iraq. According to the website of the Al-Alam news network, political observers believe that this indicates that intelligence efforts are being conducted by the American embassy in Baghdad to influence Iraq after the withdrawal of U.S.’ forces. This is the reason why the governor threatened to kill every armed American travelling on the streets of Baghdad. He emphasized that the government of Iraq will not permit foreigners to travel in the areas and streets of the capital, who are armed, without a permit, the approval of local government and the accompaniment of embassy police. Abdul Razzaq noted that, “The travel of armed foreigners in residential areas is considered a violation of security laws and it will be confronted. Therefore, for the purpose of preventing the emergence of any kind of difficulty or security incident, every foreign diplomat travelling in the capital must be accompanied by a police patrol of embassy guards.”

Of course, this was not the first time that American forces took such action; prior to this, several armed Americans in civilian clothing created an unregistered inspection checkpoint in southern Baghdad and inspected the automobiles of some Iraqi citizens.

Iraqi politicians assess that these incidents are related to each other — in line with America’s suspicious actions in Baghdad, the goal of which is to neutralize the Iraqi government’s efforts to realize national sovereignty, obtain independence and prevent the influence of foreigners. This type of suspicious activity forced the Iraqi prime minister’s office to give a 10-day grace period to all security companies, especially those active in the embassies, to leave the Green Zone.

Four armed Americans were arrested this week in Baghdad wearing civilian clothes and bullet-proof vests while carrying weapons with silencers.