Senior State Department officials attended the same forum in Iraq as Qais al-Khazali, a U.S. designated terrorist responsible for the deaths of hundreds of U.S. troops.
Institute for the Study of War Chairman Gen. Jack Keane argues Biden fundamentally changed the mission of border patrol on The Story.appeared at a forum in Iraq that featured a known terrorist as its keynote speaker.
"What message does this send to U.S. soldiers who fought against these groups, who have had their friends killed or wounded?" Bill Roggio, managing editor of Long War Journal, told Fox News Digital."This is a complete kick in the gut to anyone who served in Iraq and who had to deal with these Shia militia groups."
Roggio believes the event should have been boycotted by U.S. officials because of Khazali's appearance, both because of safety concerns and because of the message it could potentially send to the world."The State Department should not appear at an event with him and the fact that state officials did tells me there is a major breakdown somewhere," Roggio said.
Reached for comment by Fox News Digital, a State Department spokesperson confirmed that Leaf attended and spoke at the forum on the invite of Dlawer Ala’Aldeen, the founding president of the Middle East Research Institute. However, the spokesperson noted that Leaf's appearance was on May 2, while Khazali's appearance was on May 3.and that Leaf was at no time in the same room as him.
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