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US seeks to make up for defeat by labeling Iraq’s Nujaba terrorist group: Commentator

Saturday, 25 November 2017 5:24 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 25 November 2017 5:36 PM ]

Iraqi fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (Hashd al-Sha’abi) wave their flags as they ride on a Humvee as they advance with the Iraqi forces in the western desert in the northern Iraqi region of al-Hatra, 105 kilometers south of Mosul, on November 23, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

A political commentator believes the United States is trying to make up for its “major loss” in Iraq by labeling the Iraqi resistance movement, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, a terrorist organization and to undermine the group’s victories against the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.

“This only comes in line with the same designation of other groups and I think this is very dangerous because it really paves the way for further sanctions or designation of other groups that have worked to eradicate and eliminate the terrorist groups. I also find it very funny how can the US designate a group that was fighting terrorism as a terrorist group,” Hussain al-Mousawy told PressTV in an interview on Saturday.

Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, which has about 10,000 fighters, is a branch of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Sha’abi).

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces have been on the forefront of the fight against Daesh and played a major role in the liberation of militant-held areas to the south, northeast and north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.