US strongly condemns attacks across Iraq

The US strongly condemned Monday the attacks against Kurdish security forces in Arbil and Babel, describing such attacks as "detestable." State Department Spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki told reporters "the United States condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks against Kurdish security forces in Arbil and inside a mosque in Babel province yesterday," during which several people were killed and many others were wounded. "In addition, we have seen a horrific wave of car bombings across Baghdad today that have taken numerous innocent lives," she added. She stressed "these attacks, especially an attack inside a place of worship, are detestable and disgraceful and expose the nature of those perpetuating these attacks." Psaki affirmed that "the terrorists who committed those attacks are a shared enemy of the United States, Iraq and the international community. "We stand with the Iraqi people against this violence and in our commitment to support efforts to bring those responsible for these attacks to justice," she remarked.