Delayed Reaction: Iraq Threatens to Sue Israel for Bombing its Nuclear Reactor in 1981

The Jerusalem Post reports: In a surprising move, First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Humam Hamoudi (pictured) announced that his country is determined to sue Israel for bombing the Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hamoudi said: “Iraq is determined to sue Israel for bombing the nuclear reactor and force it to pay reparations for this attack,” without specifying when it will take such a measure.

“The Foreign Ministry and the Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Relations should promote this issue internationally and draw special attention to it, in light of the 35th anniversary of the Israeli attack on the nuclear reactor,” Hamoudi added.

The senior Iraqi official also called on the United Nations to implement Resolution 487 (1981) that allows Iraq to demand reparations for the Israeli military strike on the nuclear reactor and heavily denounces the attack.

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