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Blinken calls on Iraqi PM to protect US personnel in Iraq

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to protect installations hosting American personnel, the State Department said on Friday.

Blinken spoke with al-Sudani after a series of attacks on US forces in Iraq that US officials have blamed on Iran-aligned groups.