Referring to the rocket attack near the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on 19 May, National Security Advisor John Bolton posited: “We’re very concerned by the Quds force and Qasem Soleimani using Shiite militia groups and others in Iraq as an indirect way to attack our embassy in Baghdad, consulate in Erbil, and various bases around the country… we know who sends these rockets into Iraq, we know who trains the Shiite militias, we know who finances the Shiite militia groups and we know who, to a large extent, directs their activities”.
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