Iraqi MP Vows to ‘Kill Americans,’ Cites Bloodshed as Call to Jihad

Iraqi parliamentarian Habib Al-Halawi, leader of the Al-Sadiqoon parliamentary bloc in Iraq, declared in a recent interview that his forces would kill Americans “like we killed this fly,” while invoking the deaths of key figures as a rallying cry for jihad and martyrdom.

In a fiery interview on Iraq’s Al-Ahd TV last month, Habib Al-Halawi, who also serves as the political leader of the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl Al-Haq militia, issued a chilling threat against the United States. Inshallah [God willing], we will kill the Americans like we killed this fly,” Al-Halawi proclaimed. The representative accused the U.S., Israel, and Turkey of orchestrating recent anti-regime advances, describing them as part of a broader plan to weaken the Axis of Resistance.  “There is an American-Israeli-Turkish arrangement, an agreement between them,” he alleged. “The armed groups cannot act [on their own].”   (Read More)