Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced trip to Iraq on Tuesday after abruptly canceling a planned trip to Berlin amid escalating tensions with Iran
The top US diplomat met with Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi and President Barham Salih while on the ground in the Iraqi capital in a roughly four-hour visit, according to the pool traveling with Pompeo.US officials have told CNN the US had"specific and credible" intelligence that suggested Iranian forces and proxies were planning to target US forces in locations including Iraq. That intelligence led the Pentagon to recommend a carrier strike group be moved to the region.
Read MoreHowever, questioned whether the threat could impact Iraq, Pompeo said"certainly it's the case that if American interests in Iraq are threatened, it would impact Iraq as well.""This would be an effort to take American forces out that continue our campaign against ISIS. It's incredibly important to the Iraqi government.
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