Iraq parliament urges government to oust U.S.-led coalition

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Speaker Mohammed Halbusi says the parliament calls on the Iraqi government to 'cancel its request to the international coalition for help to fight ISIS.’

REVENGE. An Iraqi woman holds a placard during the funeral of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and eight others in Baghdad's district of al-Jadriya, in Baghdad's high-security Green Zone, on January 4, 2020. Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq's parliament urged the government on Sunday, January 5, to end the presence of US-led coalition forces in the country, outraged by an American strike that killedSome 5,200 US soldiers are stationed across Iraqi bases after an invitation by the Iraqi government in 2014 to support local troops fighting the Islamic State group.

"The parliament has voted to commit the Iraqi government to cancel its request to the international coalition for help to fight ISIS," speaker Mohammed Halbusi announced.

 

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