The U.S. stated that they had informed Iraq about the strikes in advance. The strikes were a response to drone attacks on a base in Jordan, according to John Kirby, the Coordinator of Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House. “We did inform the Iraqi government prior to the strikes,” Kirby told reporters. His comment came just minutes after Iraqi military condemned the US strikes as a violation of sovereignty. They stated that the airstrike posed a “a threat that will drag Iraq and the region into unforeseen consequences.” Spokesperson for the Iraqi Armed Fo…