U.S.-led coalition tells Iraqi military it will withdraw from Iraq
Source: MSN
The United States-led military coalition against Islamic State said on Monday that it was pulling out of Iraq and would be repositioning forces over the next few days and weeks, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
"Sir, in deference to the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, and as requested by the Iraqi Parliament and the Prime Minister, CJTF-OIR will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement," read a letter from United States Marine Corps Brigadier General William H. Seely III, the commanding general of Task Force Iraq.
The authenticity of the letter, which was addressed to the Iraqi defense ministry's Combined Joint Operations Baghdad, was confirmed to Reuters independently by an Iraqi military source.
"We respect your sovereign decision to order our departure," it said. (Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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Botany
(70,516 posts)Not that I am against getting out of Iraq ... never should have been there in the 1st place .... but
this is what Putin has wanted for a long time.
dware
(12,399 posts)Iraq couldn't handle them the first time around, hope they do better this time, though I have my doubts.
Botany
(70,516 posts)Guess having an unqualified a-hole who works for Putin in the White House
is a bad thing.
dware
(12,399 posts)but an unmitigated disaster.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Could be bogus.
ETA: I see two reports now in Google news that confirm this. One from Australia and one from Israel.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)Between them, that's 2 out of the 3 big agencies in the west.
https://www.france24.com/en/20200106-us-military-tells-iraq-it-is-preparing-to-move-out-official-letter
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,611 posts)gristy
(10,667 posts)Leave Syria, leave Iraq, leave Ukraine. Putin rolls in.
putin wins again
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)Without troops, it is a sitting duck.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Devil Child
(2,728 posts)US departure is long overdue. Iraq can (mis)manage their own security.
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)of "General Bonespurs Trump's Retreat", in similar fashion to that of "Boneparte's Retreat." I suggest short sections of goose-stepping marches to horns that devolve into unstructured swirls and twirls with shouts of ay-eee! run Trumpee! to fiddles and accordions."
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)Would love to see us out of Afghanistan as well. In fact, most countries around the world.