By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-28 11:57:04 | Updated at 2024-09-30 13:26:41
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Wrapping up mission, US troops will leave some longstanding bases in Iraq under new deal
AP ^ | 27 Sept 2024 | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and TARA COPP
Posted on 09/28/2024 1:25:46 AM PDT by blueplum
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. announced an agreement with the Iraqi government Friday to wrap up the military mission in Iraq of an American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group by next year, with U.S. troops departing some bases that they have long occupied during a two-decade-long military presence in the country.
But the Biden administration refused to provide details on how many of the approximately 2,500 U.S. troops still serving in Iraq will remain there or acknowledge it will mark a full withdrawal from the country....
Following the November election, American forces will start departing from Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq and from Baghdad International Airport, ...
The continued presence of U.S. troops has been a political vulnerability for Sudani, whose government is under increased influence from Iran...“We thank the government for its position to expel the international coalition forces,” Qais Khazali, founder of Asaib Ahl al-Haq — an Iran-backed Iraqi Shia militia that has conducted attacks against U.S. forces in Iraq — said last week....
(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Iraq; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ainalasad; hareer; iran; iraq; isis; kurdistan; middleeast; military; sudani
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1 posted on 09/28/2024 1:25:46 AM PDT by blueplum
To: blueplum
Foolishly giving away hard-won territory.
2 posted on 09/28/2024 1:30:31 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
To: blueplum
Here we go again...
3 posted on 09/28/2024 1:49:51 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala's New Way Forward = Chairman Mao's Great Leap Forward)
To: blueplum
But wait....Kamala just said we had “0” troops in war zones.
4 posted on 09/28/2024 2:59:27 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (mY)
To: blueplum
5 posted on 09/28/2024 3:06:10 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (mY)
To: blueplum
See what we can do right before an election……FJB !
6 posted on 09/28/2024 3:33:34 AM PDT by wardamneagle
To: blueplum
Im sure we are leaving behind the best equipment to these animals, a well planned deliberate move by these treasonous pr##S in government
To: Fresh Wind
good information on the taliban supply depot transfer.
did the announce how much cash they toss in to sweeten the deal?
8 posted on 09/28/2024 4:47:13 AM PDT by thinden (Buckle up …..)
To: Fresh Wind
This graphic is much more impactful than just saying $84 billion worth of equipment. Trump should flash graphics like this on the screen every time he mentions how much we left in Afghanistan.
9 posted on 09/28/2024 4:50:00 AM PDT by Freee-dame ( )
To: blueplum
“The Iraqi officials said some American troops may stay at Hareer base after 2026 because the Kurdistan regional government would like them to stay.”
Never ending war.
10 posted on 09/28/2024 4:51:12 AM PDT by McGruff (Ask everyone, Are you better off than you were four years ago?)
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