US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has asked Iraq to help prevent attacks on US personnel that both countries have attributed to groups backed by Iran
Esper spoke with Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Sunday, asking for the Iraqi leader's assistance in preventing the attacks ."On the call, Secretary Esper reiterated United States support for a secure and sovereign Iraq and the people of Iraq. He also called on our Iraqi partners to continue to assist in preventing attacks on US and coalition personnel and facilities in the country," Pentagon spokesperson Cmdr. Sean Robertson told CNN in a statement.
The Popular Mobilization Units were formed in 2014, after Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric called on people to join the fight to repel ISIS as the terror group captured swaths of Iraqi territory. Many responded by joining new and long-standing paramilitary organizations that came under the Popular Mobilization Units banner.
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