Secretary-General of the Iran-aligned Nujaba movement in Iraq Akram al-Kaabi said on Sunday that the halt of military operations against American bases in the country was the “calm before the storm”.
In a message on the advent of the middle of the hijri month of Shaban, he stressed that the current calm “was only a temporary tactic aimed at redeployment and mobilization.”
“It is the calm before the storm,” he warned.
Moreover, he alleged that certain sides, which he did not name, “have provided the American forces with information about the resistance and their positions.”
“This demanded a redeployment of our forces and a change in battles tactics,” he went on to say.
He pledged that “more surprises” are in store.
“We are keen on protecting the Popular Mobilization Forces from American attacks,” stated Kaabi.
Commenting on the Baghdad government’s negotiations with American forces over their withdrawal from Iraq, he said the “Islamic Resistance” did not reject the talks, but “we assert that the American occupier is a liar, treacherous and arrogant.”
He added that it would be “delusional” to believe that the US would “yield and withdraw from Iraq through negotiations.”
In January, a US strike in Baghdad killed Mushtaq Taleb al-Saidi, a leading member of the Nujaba who was involved in planning and carrying out attacks against American personnel in Iraq and Syria.
