US and Iraq to ‘intensify cooperation’ against attacks

(AFP/Al Arabiya) The United States and Iraq will “intensify cooperation” to prevent attacks and ensure Iraqi territory is not used to launch assaults against US facilities, Washington’s embassy in Baghdad said in a statement. Since the war began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, Iraq has been increasingly drawn into a conflict it had sought to avoid at all costs. – US and Iraq to ‘intensify cooperation’ against attacks