US Airstrike Kills Iraqi Militia Leader Pentagon Says Was Plotting Attacks on US Troops

Published on January 4, 2024

The U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Iraq on Thursday, killing a leader within an Iraqi militia faction the U.S. military assessed was plotting to attack U.S. forces in the country. On Thursday, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder announced a U.S. airstrike killed Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari, also known as Abu Taqwa, a leader within Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (HAN). HAN has been affiliated in the past with Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization overseeing several different militia factions. The PMF was initially formed in 2014 to oversee the various Iraqi factions battling the internationally designated terrorist group known as ISIS, though some PMF factions have clashed with U.S. forces in Iraq over the years....

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