Deputi jurubicara kenegaraan Tom Casey mengatakan kantor di Arbil sudah menjadi sasaran karena ada informasi bahwa individu di sana terkait serangan melawan angkatan perang multinasional, serta serta melawan angkatan perang Irak, katanya.
State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said the Arbil office was targeted because there was information that we had that the individuals there were associated with attacks against multinational forces, against Iraqi forces, he said.