A US representative accuses Rafidain Bank of dealing with the Houthis and threatens to cut off funding to Iraq.
A US representative accuses Rafidain Bank of dealing with the Houthis and threatens to cut off funding to Iraq.
2025-08-15
Shafaq News – Washington
US Representative Joe Wilson on Friday accused the state-owned Rafidain Bank of conducting financial transactions with the Houthi group in Yemen, threatening to cut off US financial support to Iraq as a result.
Wilson wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that “the Iraqi state-owned Rafidain Bank is conducting financial transactions for the Houthis, a terrorist organization,” adding, “We have a name for these countries: state sponsors of terrorism.”
“I will work to cut off funding to Iraq during the next appropriations legislation” in the US budget, he added.
Wilson also urged the US Treasury to “punish” Rafidain Bank.
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