News - Middle East - Iraq: Iraq’s anti-terror group Kata’ib Hezbollah has warned that its forces will take American troops stationed in the Arab country by surprise, if they refuse to leave despite the parliament’s decision to expel them from Iraq.

“If the American forces do not leave the country, we will take them by surprise,” al-Mayadeen television news network quoted Muhammad Mohi, a spokesman for Kata’ib Hezbollah, as saying on Sunday.

Any possible future attack on the US forces in Iraq will be carried out by the Islamic resistance forces, not the country's Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), the spokesman said, alluding to the fact that the PMU has been integrated into the Iraqi army and is now part of the country's armed forces.

In another part of his statements, the spokesman warned about infiltration of Iraq’s intelligence services by foreign elements, noting that the infiltration is aimed at reviving the Daesh Takfiri terrorist groups in the country.

He emphasized that the repetition of Daesh in Iraq should be prevented at any cost, noting that the main goal of this conspiracy is to bring down the political system in Iraq.

Kata’ib Hezbollah had already warned that a “tougher and stronger” confrontation awaits US forces should they defy a timetable set for their withdrawal from the Arab country.

Speaking in early November 2020, Mohi referred to a statement by the Iraqi Resistance Coordination Commission, which warned that the next stage of the resistance will soon happen, saying, “This stage may be tougher and stronger featuring new types of weapons.”

Source: Press TV