The spokesman for the European External Action Service called on 12 March for restraint to defuse tensions in Iraq.
A message ignored by the Americans, who on the night of 12-13 bombed pro-Iranian militia positions in Iraq in retaliation for an attack on a coalition base in Iraq that left three people dead: two American soldiers and a British reservist.
Condemning the attack on the Taji military base on 11 March, the spokesman called on the Iraqi government, in a statement, to "exercise...