{"id":34111,"date":"2020-01-10T16:24:52","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T16:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/10\/iran-backed-militia-calls-for-lone-wolf-attacks-against-us-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:02:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:02:02","slug":"iran-backed-militia-calls-for-lone-wolf-attacks-against-us-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/10\/iran-backed-militia-calls-for-lone-wolf-attacks-against-us-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-backed militia calls for lone wolf attacks against US troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/08\/iraqi-shia-cleric-whose-militia-killed-american-troops-says-crisis-is-over-following-iran-strike-and-trump-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iran<\/a>-backed militia in Iraq \u2014 believed responsible for a series of rocket attacks against coalition troops that nearly started a war between Iran and the U.S. \u2014 is calling for lone wolf attacks against U.S. forces, according to a message posted by the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The message said the \u201cdoor of jihad\u201d against American troops in Iraq was open and called for \u201call jihadists\u201d in or outside of Iraq to carry out attacks against U.S. forces, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.siteintelgroup.com\/Statements\/hezbollah-brigades-official-maintains-door-of-jihad-against-u-s-troops-is-open-calls-shi-a-jihadists-to-act.html?auid=28454\" target=_blank>Site Intelligence Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rita Katz, the director of SITE Intelligence Group, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rita_Katz\/status\/1215437831251877889?s=20\" target=_blank>tweeted<\/a> that the statement from Kata-ib Hezbollah, or the Hezbollah Brigades, echoed ISIS calls for lone wolf attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are concerns that lone wolf attacks and continued rocket strikes could push the U.S. and Iran into a broader conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/09\/this-is-what-its-like-to-survive-a-deadly-rocket-attack-in-iraq\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/rocketattack2.jfif_.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What it\u2019s like to survive a deadly rocket attack and the Iranian missile barrage in Iraq<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cSecond rocket, third rocket came I thought: \u201cThis is it, we are getting rocketed.\u201d Lights went out and darkness set in as rockets continued to hail on us.&quot;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials have claimed that Iran-backed and Quds Force supported Kata-ib Hezbollah is responsible for a number of rocket attacks in Iraq against coalition forces, including the Dec. 27 rocket barrage on Kirkuk that killed an American contractor and wounded four U.S. troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American F-15 Strike Eagles struck five Kata-ib Hezbollah positions across Iraq and Syria on Dec. 29 killing a number of militants. The U.S. strikes led to demonstrators nearly storming the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, a U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, and a retaliatory Iranian ballistic missile strike against U.S. troops in Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No U.S. troops were wounded or killed in Iran\u2019s ballistic missile attack, which slammed two Iraqi air bases at al-Asad and Irbil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the rocket attacks by Iran-backed groups have analysts and national security experts worried that rag-tag militias could push Washington and Tehran to war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The degree of control Tehran holds over these organizations is unknown, but likely reduced after the killing of Soleimani, who had tremendous influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Gen. Mark Milley, the Joint Chiefs chairman says the Iran-backed groups are directly financed and trained by the Quds Force \u2014 an Iranian paramilitary group that has sown instability across the Middle East by propping up Shia proxies aligned to Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of Defense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/08\/rockets-slam-baghdads-green-zone\/\" target=_blank>Mark Esper <\/a>told reporters at the Pentagon Wednesday that the Iraqi militias will \u201cremain a challenge,\u201d and that he expects the Iran-backed groups to continue attacks against coalition forces in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The message said the \u201cdoor of jihad\u201d against American troops in Iraq was open and called for \u201call jihadists\u201d in or outside of Iraq to carry out attacks against U.S. 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