France 24: VIDEO: Iraqis split on parliament’s call to expel foreign troops
Following the US killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on Iraqi soil earlier this month, Iraqi lawmakers have called on the government to expel all foreign forces deployed in the country. While some Iraqis support the call, others see the continued presence of the US-led coalition in Iraq as vital to protecting the country against the Islamic State (IS) group and other militia groups. FRANCE 24 reports.
On January 5, the Iraqi parliament passed a resolution calling on the government to expel the US-led international coalition in Iraq, saying the deadly air strike near Baghdad's international airport two days earlier had been an unacceptable breach of Iraqi sovereignty. Not the least because the air strike had also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of the Iran-backed militia group the Popular Mobilization Forces.
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WNU Editor: I can understand why many Iraqis are leery over a U.S. withdrawal. When the U.S. withdrew the last time, Iraqi sectarianism reared its ugly head that deeply divided the country. This was then followed by ISIS launching their offensive from Syria that resulted in the utter collapse of Iraq's security forces and a war that took two years to defeat the Islamic State.
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And this time there is no obamma to save them from their selves.
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