Rasool: Peace and war options are an exclusive right of state

INA – Baghdad
 
Commander in Chief spokesman, Major General Yahya Rasool, confirmed on Wednesday, that targeting Erbil airport and Ain al-Assad camp represents a flagrant violation of all laws, while indicating that the government will pursue violators and impose security.
 
"Once again, Iraq enemies are intrusive and targeting the country's security and sovereignty, as well as the safety of citizens through a new terrorist attack on Erbil Airport and Ain al-Assad camp of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, and before that a return to targeting headquarters of diplomatic missions under the protection of the state, which represents a flagrant violation of all laws, and an assault on the prestige of the state and its international obligations,” said Rasool in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

He added that "while the Iraqi government condemns and denounces this sinful attack, it affirms the prosecution of violators to the law, and the imposition of security in preparation for organizing fair elections," noting that "changing the reality of our country towards reform and prosperity at various levels (security, political, economic and social) is the result of the solidarity of our people and the cohesion of our national forces,”
 
“The options for peace and war are the exclusive right of the state, because it is a responsibility before God, people and history, and not the jurisprudence of groups, individuals, or specific trends," Rasool explained.
 
He expressed that the government asserts refusal to use Iraqi lands and the security of its citizens as an arena for reactions, which requires restraint and respect for the outcomes of the strategic dialogue.