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The group, which calls itself the Mukhtar Army, also claimed responsibility for a Wednesday mortar attack, which targeted an uninhabited area of Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border.
It says the attack was carried out in retaliation for decrees issued in Saudi Arabia that insult Shias and encourage people to kill them.
Wathiq al-Battat, the head of the group, said also on Thursday that the attack was “a warning strike” to Saudi Arabia to stop “interfering” in Iraqi affairs.
"We did not mean for our missile to reach a residential area because we value people's blood," said Battat. "But next time, if Saudi Arabia contin-ues the same course, we will go farther, little by little."
Saudi state news agency SPA quoted General Mohammed al-Ghamidi, the border guard media spokesman, as saying that six mortar rounds hit “in an uninhabited area near Al-Awja border crossing… in Hafr al-Batin in Eastern Province, and no damage was caused.”
The spokesman added that he had been in contact with border guards of “neighboring countries” for investigations into the source of the attacks.
Riyadh stands accused of promoting sectarian violence in Iraq. The country has also been one of the vocal supporters of Takfiri militants fighting against the Syrian government.
