The U.S. will not negotiate a withdrawal of troops from Iraq even after the country's parliament voted to expel foreign forces, Sec. Mike Pompeo says, even challenging an Iraqi readout of his call with the prime minister on the subject.
said Friday, even challenging an Iraqi readout of his call with the prime minister on the subject.
MORE: Pentagon says no plan to withdraw American troops from Iraq, as US and NATO suspend operations against ISIS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, speaks with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad on Jan. 9, 2019.Mahdi had backed the resolution after last week's U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani also killed the deputy chief of the Popular Mobilization Forces, the Iraqi Shiite militias that are supposed to be under state control. Mahdi issued a statement of mourning for that deputy, similar to one issued after U.S.
A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command 19.2, stands post during the reinforcement of the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Jan. 4, 2020.
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