Iraq prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi asked U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo Friday to create a process for withdrawing American troops from the country—U.S. said no by lisettevoytko
U.S. Army paratroopers deploy from Pope Army Airfield in North Carolina to the Middle East on NewIraq prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi asked U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo Friday to create a process forfrom the country, after Iraq’s parliament voted for their removal following the killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani on their soil.
Although the parliamentary vote is part of a nonbinding resolution, Mahdi’s statement requests the U.S. send a delegation to Iraq to work on the withdrawal process.to the Middle East—including Iraq—as tensions escalated due to Soleimani’s killing. Mahdi also said Iraq objects to U.S. military aircraft entering the country’s airspace without approval from its government.reported that the parliamentary vote is an indication that Iraq appears to be aligning itself more closely with Iran, and that Iraq-U.S. relations are becoming more strained.
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