Iraqi resistance group vows to avenge US assassination of anti-terror commander
*Jihad fatwa issued in Iraq as resistance groups strike US, Israeli targets
The statement stressed that al-Furaiji’s killing will “undoubtedly not go unanswered or unpunished.”
Iraq’s Nujaba resistance group has vowed to avenge the assassination of a resistance commander in what it calls a terrorist US strike.
In a statement on Friday March 6, 2026, Nujaba offered its deepest condolences over the assassination of Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah Commander Abu Hassan al-Furaiji in a “treacherous and cowardly” American attack in Babylon.
The movement stressed that the killing of al-Furaiji, who played an important role in purging the country of terrorists, constitutes “a clear violation of Iraq’s sovereignty” and “a deliberate insult to the country’s official military institution, namely the Popular Mobilization Forces (al-Hashd al-Sha’abi)”, which operates under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
The statement stressed that al-Furaiji’s killing will “undoubtedly not go unanswered or unpunished.”
“The fragile language of diplomacy is no longer effective against an enemy that understands nothing but the language of force and gunpowder,” the movement said, warning that violating Iraq’s airspace to assassinate Iraqi leaders “will open the gates of hell” upon the US.
The statement noted that this “foolish” act will only double the resistance movements’ determination to purge the Iraqi territories of the occupiers.
The hands of the fighters “are on the trigger,” awaiting the decisive moment for a corresponding revenge and for forcing the occupier to leave the Iraqi land, the statement said.
This comes as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it had carried out 27 drone and missile operations against enemy positions in Iraq and the region over the past 24 hours.
The resistance also reported drone strikes against a significant target in Jordan and said it had previously struck several bases belonging to American forces inside Iraq.
In a strongly worded statement, the Islamic Resistance warned that any participation in the American-Israeli aggression against the region would make participants legitimate targets for its forces.
“The criminal Zionist-American enemy continues to mobilize its allies against the free people of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the region, and in doing so, begs some European countries to participate in this unjust war,” the statement said.
“Anyone from these countries who participates in this battle will be considered an enemy of the people and our sanctities, and their forces and interests in Iraq and the region will be targeted as punishment for participating in this aggression.”
A prominent Iraqi cleric has called for jihadist operations against Americans and Israelis in Iraq and around the world.
Since the criminal US-Zionist regimes launched their unprovoked coordinated assaults on February 28, bombing Iranian cities, schools, hospitals, and civilian sites, more than 1,300 martyrs have been claimed across the nation.
In a firm and legitimate act of self-defense, Iran responded decisively by launching precise missiles and drones at military targets inside the occupied territories and at American bases throughout West Asia and the Persian Gulf region.
