Thread by @jseldin

No update from @DeptofDefense on investigation into rockets attacks vs #Baghdad, #Irbil

"Right now we're not ale to give you certain attribution as to who was behind these attacks, what group" per @PentagonPresSec

"We have seen in these attacks, historically, by Shia-backed militias that they do use #Iran|ian rockets, Iranian weapons" adds @PentagonPresSec

"Nobody's backing away from the significant security challenges that #Iran still posses...We've not been bashful about that at all" per @PentagonPresSec "Nobody also is in a rush to judgment here on these particular attacks"

Rocket attacks in #Baghdad #Irbil - #Iraq "taking it seriously & want the chance to investigate it for themselves" adds @PentagonPresSec "We're going to let them do that"

More on #Iraq rocket attacks investigation - "This has nothing to do w/any diplomatic efforts that may or may not be happening" per @PentagonPresSec "It has to do w/trying to make sure we judge accountability the right way"

US-#Turkey / #F35 program

"Turkey remains suspended from that program" per @PentagonPresSec "Again, we urge Turkey not to move ahead with the delivery of the S-400...we urge them not to retain it"

#Turkey "had multiple opportunities over the last decade to purchase the Patriot defense system from the #UnitedStates & instead chose the S-400, which provides #Russia revenue, access & influence" per @PentagonPresSec

#China coast guard vessels near the #Senkaku Islands

"We would urge the Chinese to avoid actions using their coast guard vessels that that could lead to miscalculation & potential physical & material harm" per @PentagonPresSec

#Iran-linked #KataibHezbollah tells @Reuters it's not behind recent rocket attacks in #Baghdad #Irbil

“We absolutely did not target Erbil or the Green Zone and have no knowledge of the group that did,” per spox
reuters.com/article/us-ira…