Sunday, January 5, 2020

"Iraqi parliament passes resolution calling on government to end foreign troop presence"

Well, that's one way to end the forever wars.
From CNBC:
  • Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi is pushing for parliament to end foreign troop presence as soon as possible.
  • The parliament is holding an extraordinary session where lawmakers said they would push for a vote on a resolution to end the foreign troop presence.
Iraq’s parliament passed a resolution Sunday calling for the government to end the presence of foreign troops in the country in the wake of a U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general.

The resolution asks Iraq’s government to cancel the request for assistance from the U.S.-led coalition operating in the country.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi urged parliament earlier on Sunday to take urgent measures and end the foreign troop presence as soon as possible.
“Despite the internal and external difficulties that we might face, it remains best for Iraq on principle and practically,” Abdul Mahdi told parliament in a speech....
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