Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Monday condemned U.S. airstrikes on bases of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, a move that could plunge Iraq further into the heart of a proxy conflict between the United States and Iran. The U.S. military carried out airstrikes on Sunday against the Kataib Hezbollah militia in response to the killing of a U.S. civilian contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base, officials said. At least 25 militia fighters were killed and 55 wounded. “The prime minister described the American attack on the Iraqi armed forces as an unacceptable vicious assault that will have dangerous consequences,” his office said. The air strikes will force Iraq to reconsider working with the U.S.-led international coalition against Islamic State, the National Security Council said in a statement. Iraq’s foreign ministry said it would summon the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad to […]