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Iraq joins Iran, bans Americans
Speisa ^ | 1/29/17

Posted on 01/29/2017 9:23:03 AM PST by markomalley

The Iraqi parliament's foreign affairs committee called on Sunday for a reciprocal ban on Americans coming into the country, a parliament member said, after US President Donald Trump last week signed a ban on people from seven Muslim majority countries entering the US, reports I24News.

In a statement the committee said that "Iraq is in the front line of the war on terrorism (...) and it is unfair that the Iraqis are treated in this way."

"We clearly demanded that the Iraqi government deal reciprocally in all issues... with the United States of America," Hassan Shwairid, the deputy head of the committee, told AFP.

Trump on Friday signed a sweeping executive order to suspend refugee arrivals and bar visas for travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

It was not immediately clear what affect such a ban would have on US military operations in Iraq, where some 5,000 American troops have provided substantial support to the assault led by Iraqi forces on the Islamic State group, however a lawmaker who asked to remain unnamed told Reuters that it could have negative implications on cooperation.

The source said that Baghdad plans to lobby the US government over its decision and added that Baghdad will "explain that Iraq as a sovereign country will be forced to apply similar treatment, and that would affect negatively cooperation, including military cooperation."

The Iraqi announcement came a day after Iran's foreign ministry released a statement saying it would reciprocate with a ban on Americans entering the country:

READ: Iran bans Americans


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: keepowt; muslimworld
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1 posted on 01/29/2017 9:23:03 AM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

lol

okay


2 posted on 01/29/2017 9:24:37 AM PST by snarkytart
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To: markomalley

Buh bye to all our military advisors. Fight ISIS on your own.


3 posted on 01/29/2017 9:24:47 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: markomalley
Does that include our Warriors?

Fine. Bring 'em home.

Good luck, Iraq.

4 posted on 01/29/2017 9:24:51 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals w.ould have no standtairds at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: markomalley

1000-1500 folks go to Iraq each year...big whoop....


5 posted on 01/29/2017 9:24:51 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: markomalley

Time to call all Americans home from Iraq. Including all military.


6 posted on 01/29/2017 9:25:37 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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To: markomalley

“The source said that Baghdad plans to lobby the US government over its decision and added that Baghdad will “explain that Iraq as a sovereign country will be forced to apply similar treatment, and that would affect negatively cooperation, including military cooperation.””

Tell ISIS we said hi.

Never again should Americans die for these people.


7 posted on 01/29/2017 9:25:42 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: markomalley

Two of our top 5 dream vacation spots.. can someone get me a safety pin for my diaper, I have my own pacifier , thanks. /sarc


8 posted on 01/29/2017 9:26:07 AM PST by momincombatboots (Pray for Sky, 20, two gunshots to abdomen, college student, hostess, easy prey n transformed US)
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To: markomalley

And I was so looking forward to being the next star of an ISIS head chopping video.


9 posted on 01/29/2017 9:26:38 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: markomalley

“We will no longer capture and imprison any of you filthy Americans. Take that.”


10 posted on 01/29/2017 9:27:18 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: markomalley

Over 5,000 American troops there. Iraq can make a choice.


11 posted on 01/29/2017 9:27:24 AM PST by kabar
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To: markomalley

They hate America. What else is new?


12 posted on 01/29/2017 9:27:32 AM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: markomalley

Darn the luck.


13 posted on 01/29/2017 9:27:42 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: markomalley

F’em


14 posted on 01/29/2017 9:28:50 AM PST by DOC44 (Have gun will travel.)
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To: markomalley

Winning! Winning! Winning!


15 posted on 01/29/2017 9:29:30 AM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: VanDeKoik

The Iraqis don’t even have total control over their own country. ISIS has occupied its second largest city, Mosul, for over two years. They have seized Iraqi passports (blank and otherwise). How can we trust any documentation from Iraq?


16 posted on 01/29/2017 9:29:41 AM PST by kabar
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To: markomalley

They didn’t ban Americans. Some whiner CALLED for a ban on Americans.

The headline writer is full of crap.


17 posted on 01/29/2017 9:30:37 AM PST by SoFloFreeper (Isaiah 25:8)
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Yep. Caught that too.

L


18 posted on 01/29/2017 9:35:29 AM PST by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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To: markomalley
Wow...that's gonna hurt (do I really need a sarcasm tag?).

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

19 posted on 01/29/2017 9:36:58 AM PST by wku man (Just One Gun, the latest from 10 Pound Test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6uFqQenIU4)
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To: markomalley

...just like when Obama banned them.


20 posted on 01/29/2017 9:39:57 AM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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