Iraq’s Nujaba: PMU to continue fight against American-Zionist terrorism

The leader of an anti-terror Iraqi group says the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, thwarted the enemies’ plots against the Arab country and that the popular force will continue to fight American-Zionist terrorism in Iraq.

According to Press TV, Akram al-Ka’abi, the Secretary General of Iraq’s Harakat al-Nujaba Movement, which is part of Hashd al-Sha’abi, made the comment in a statement on Monday on the eighth anniversary of the establishment of the popular anti-terror force.

“On this auspicious day, the plot of the big powers with their extortionate spending and their various support for terrorist groups to occupy, disintegrate and commit genocide against the children of Iraq failed,” Ka’abi said.

“Their efforts failed and God returned their plot to them. The righteous sons of Iraq stood up and rolled up their sleeves and obeyed the fatwa and the call for dignity; they sacrificed their pure blood and souls for the nation’s faith and soil, and displayed the most beautiful images of bravery and manhood.”

On June 15, 2014, Iraq’s prominent Shia Cleric Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali al-Sistani issued a fatwa (religious decree) that called on all Iraqi people to join forces with the Army to confront Daesh.

The historic fatwa led to a mass mobilization of popular volunteer forces under the banner of Hashd al-Sha’abi. The force then rushed to the aid of the army and took the lead in many of the successful anti-terror operations, which ultimately led to the collapse of Daesh’s territorial rule and liberation of the entire Iraqi land in December 2017.

Commending as a “valuable achievement” the PMU’s establishment, Ka’abi said, “The world should know that the valiant Iraqi heroes will always stand against the bouts of terrorism — spawned by the United States and Zionism — and will be a shield against evil forces and the Takfiris.”

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