Pompeo told Iraqi PM US information affirms Saudi not attacked from Iraq : Baghdad tatement

Reuters , Monday 16 Sep 2019

The US Secretary of State
File photo: The US Secretary of State reportedly confirmed the Iraqi government's statement that its territory was not used to carry out the attack. (Reuters)

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi that the United States has information confirming Baghdad's denial that Iraqi territory was used to launch an attack on Saudi oil facilities, Iraq said on Monday.

"On his part the U.S. Secretary of State said the information they have confirms the Iraqi government's statement that its territory was not used to carry out this attack," Abdul Mahdi's office said in a readout of a phone call between the two.

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