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US troops out of Iraq? What that would mean for both countries.

Posted on AllSides January 7th, 2020
From The Center
National Security, Iran, National Defense, US military

A vote in Iraq’s Parliament and a supposedly errant draft letter from a U.S. general suggest American forces could soon be leaving. Would that benefit either party? No, say analysts, just Iran.

With his death, Iran’s Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani may be about to achieve one goal he strove for in life: Withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq.

Saying the United States had breached Iraqi sovereignty when it assassinated Iran’s most powerful general with a drone strike in Baghdad, the Iraqi parliament voted unanimously Sunday, albeit without minority Sunni...

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https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2020/0107/US-troops-out-of-Iraq-What-that-would-mean-for-both-countries

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