[SmokingJoe]

So why did Reuters say it had been signed and delivered to the Iraqis and further, claim that an Iraqi source had confirmed it?

[monkeybrau]

Reuter's still sticking to the story at http://news.trust.org/item/20200106193750-gbx3f

The url even has news.TRUST in it.

The authenticity of the letter, which was addressed to the Iraqi defence ministry's Combined Joint Operations Baghdad, was confirmed to Reuters independently by an Iraqi military source.