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A Shocked Iraq Reconsiders Its Relationship With the U.S.
NYT by Yahoo ^ | January 4, 2020 | Falih Hassan, Tim Arango and Alissa J. Rubin

Posted on 01/04/2020 10:34:16 PM PST by NorseViking

BAGHDAD — American oil workers were fleeing Iraq on Friday, as fears grew of war between the United States and Iran. At sermons in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, worshippers chanted, “Death to America!”

And in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, where anti-government protesters have gathered for months, a banner went up with a pointed message to both Iran and the U.S.: “Keep your conflicts away from Iraq.”

A Shocked Iraq Reconsiders Its Relationship With the U.S. Falih Hassan, Tim Arango and Alissa J. Rubin The New York TimesJanuary 4, 2020, 8:22 PM GMT+5 Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 1, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via The New York Times) Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 1, 2019. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via The New York Times) BAGHDAD — American oil workers were fleeing Iraq on Friday, as fears grew of war between the United States and Iran. At sermons in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, worshippers chanted, “Death to America!”

And in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad, where anti-government protesters have gathered for months, a banner went up with a pointed message to both Iran and the U.S.: “Keep your conflicts away from Iraq.”

Iraqis awoke to the news Friday that Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani of Iran, the architect of Iran’s dominating influence over Iraq, had been killed in a U.S. drone strike, along with several others.

Even before the shock of the brazen killing wore off, Iraqi factions were weighing their responses. Militias with ties to Iran vowed bloody revenge. Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi condemned the attack as “an outrageous breach to Iraqi sovereignty” and said parliament would meet to discuss the future of the U.S. presence in Iraq.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; US: New York
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1 posted on 01/04/2020 10:34:16 PM PST by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

Maybe but NYT from Yahoo is double time lying.


2 posted on 01/04/2020 10:35:42 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: NorseViking

NY Times ...

straight to the circular file.


3 posted on 01/04/2020 10:36:06 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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To: NorseViking

Not sure what’s going to happen, but if the desire is to get out of Iraq, killing Soleimani might have been a means to that end. Trump gets to claim Iraq made the decision, not the US leaving on weakened terms.


4 posted on 01/04/2020 10:36:50 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: CatOwner

That may very well be the goal.

I hope they vote us out of there.


5 posted on 01/04/2020 10:39:28 PM PST by datura
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To: datura

Yeah we can move our shit to Iran. For a bit before we leave.


6 posted on 01/04/2020 10:43:35 PM PST by CJ Wolf ( #wwg1wga)
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To: NorseViking

If we’re lucky they’ll kick us out.


7 posted on 01/04/2020 10:44:54 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: NorseViking

Why stay in Iraq? Why give them money?


8 posted on 01/04/2020 10:47:33 PM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: NorseViking

Iraqi Sunnis in streets celebrating the killing of Sulimani

Typical NYT


9 posted on 01/04/2020 10:47:41 PM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: NorseViking

People die over there every minute, but we kill ONE guy and they are all beside themselves.


10 posted on 01/04/2020 10:47:48 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Epstein pulled a Carradine, the bozo.)
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To: wardaddy

That might be true, but it doesn’t mean they are a majority.


11 posted on 01/04/2020 10:49:05 PM PST by NorseViking
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To: CatOwner

Not sure what’s going to happen, but if the desire is to get out of Iraq, killing Soleimani might have been a means to that end. Trump gets to claim Iraq made the decision, not the US leaving on weakened terms.


That’s what I think.

He is doing the same thing by demanding that our “allies” pay more for our troops defending them.


12 posted on 01/04/2020 10:50:39 PM PST by Farcesensitive
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To: datura
Me as well.

These goat humpers do not deserve another minute of our time or drop of our kids blood laid down.

This nation building is BS

13 posted on 01/04/2020 10:54:57 PM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: NorseViking

It’s not might be true partner it was a text from Mike Pompeo


14 posted on 01/04/2020 10:56:03 PM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: NorseViking

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/03/mike-pompeo-highlights-iraqis-celebrating-death-of-qassem-soleimani/

Iraqi demographics of Sunnis versus Shia is almost 50/50 depends on who’s counting and if you count Kurdish Sunnis


15 posted on 01/04/2020 10:58:55 PM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: NorseViking
a banner went up with a pointed message to both Iran and the U.S.: “Keep your conflicts away from Iraq.”

Great idea. Trump just helped you morons by erasing Iran's #1 source of "conflict".

You're welcome!

16 posted on 01/04/2020 10:59:06 PM PST by montag813
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Go ahead and make our day. We take your oil fields and carve out 2 more US air bases. UP YOURS IRAQ


17 posted on 01/04/2020 11:01:00 PM PST by Kahuna
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To: NorseViking

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Who do we love?

LOL! at the NYT idiots.


18 posted on 01/04/2020 11:01:28 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: NorseViking
Trump should issue a memo to all agencies regarding this article:

***IGNORE COMPLETELY. DO NOT RESPOND IN ANY FORM WHATSOEVER***

Imagine what would happen if the Administration just STOPPED engaging the leftist fake media. NO interviews. NO comments on threatened "articles" (propaganda). Just...NOTHING.

They would lose their minds...but their power would evaporate completely in a matter of weeks.


19 posted on 01/04/2020 11:03:08 PM PST by montag813
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To: NorseViking

NYT via Yahoo? This is what, when your lefty newsrag isn’t shi**y enough it can always be made shi**ier?


20 posted on 01/04/2020 11:03:25 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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