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U.S.-led coalition says it will withdraw from Iraq -letter
Reuters ^ | Monday, 6 January 2020 20:10 GMT

Posted on 01/06/2020 12:25:13 PM PST by cann

The United States-led military coalition against Islamic State said on Monday that it was pulling out of Iraq and would be repositioning forces over the next few days and weeks, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

"Sir, in deference to the sovereignty of the Republic of Iraq, and as requested by the Iraqi Parliament and the Prime Minister, CJTF-OIR will be repositioning forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward movement," read a letter from United States Marine Corps Brigadier General William H. Seely III, the commanding general of Task Force Iraq.

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.

"We respect your sovereign decision to order our departure," it said. (Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4dchess; baghdad; fakenews; idiotssayneocon; iran; iraq; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; retreating; taskforceiraq; williamhseelyiii
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Can Pelosi reverse course quickly enough to change her resolution into one forcing Trump to commit military assets in Iraq/Iran? Turning Pelosi into a pretzel as she tries to react to Trump.


21 posted on 01/06/2020 12:34:18 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: DoughtyOne

Trump is just doing what he does best.
Depantsing two-faced mealy-mouthed politicians.

The Iraqi Parliament engaged in some virtue signaling by demanding that we leave.

Trump called their bluff by responding “OK, we’ll leave.”

Now hours of fun and entertainment will ensue as Iraqi politicians furiously try to flip-flop and walk this back.


22 posted on 01/06/2020 12:35:21 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Magnum44

https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-army-preparing-to-move-out-of-iraq-report-says/

Looks real to me.


23 posted on 01/06/2020 12:35:42 PM PST by hardspunned
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To: Magnum44

Real or Fake news?

Obviously fake.
Mind you, it’s not a bad idea to get the heck out of Iraq and stop all the massive amounts of cash America is wasting there.


24 posted on 01/06/2020 12:37:18 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: AU72

“And we can gut Iran with drone pilots operating out of Nevada.”

I’ve been waiting to see how the new Space Force would play out. Would it make us less dependent on military bases on foreign soil?


25 posted on 01/06/2020 12:37:29 PM PST by keats5
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To: cann

Fake news. Trump tweeted that we weren’t leaving til they paid us back for liberating them.


26 posted on 01/06/2020 12:37:37 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Now hours of fun and entertainment will ensue as Iraqi politicians furiously try to flip-flop and walk this back.

I have to believe these officials don't want Iran to come in and take all their bounty.

27 posted on 01/06/2020 12:38:13 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: corlorde

Bookmark


28 posted on 01/06/2020 12:38:55 PM PST by corlorde
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To: cann

29 posted on 01/06/2020 12:39:03 PM PST by bkopto
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Odd letter. I’ll take CIC Trump’s word over some letter.


30 posted on 01/06/2020 12:39:56 PM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: DoughtyOne
Here Iran, it's yours. You win.

Lets return to the Iran-Iraq war. Let them kill each other over and over again.

31 posted on 01/06/2020 12:40:20 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: DoughtyOne

“Here Iran, it’s yours. You win.”

But none of us, nobody wants it.

Whomever wants it can have it.


32 posted on 01/06/2020 12:40:50 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: cann

33 posted on 01/06/2020 12:40:52 PM PST by bkopto
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To: cann

I had to go see the Dem Underground reaction. It is what we expected. They do not want us to leave now.


34 posted on 01/06/2020 12:42:31 PM PST by DEPcom
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To: 1Old Pro

Reuters is reporting that Chevron is pulling people from northern Iraq...


35 posted on 01/06/2020 12:44:04 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Nothing should remain. . .tanks, weaponry, airbase, etc. It should ALL be destroyed when the troops come home. This could be another sign of the end-times battles that will ensue. Getting our troops out before it happens is wise.


36 posted on 01/06/2020 12:44:51 PM PST by Maudeen (http://ThereIsHopeinJesus.com/)
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To: DEPcom

I would never have imagined how upside-down the world has become. The Leftists are now the war-mongers and the Right (neocons are not on the right - they are trotskyites) wants to pull the troops.


37 posted on 01/06/2020 12:45:49 PM PST by bkopto
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To: All

Good, not let’s get the fk out of Afghanistan!!!


38 posted on 01/06/2020 12:45:50 PM PST by JonPreston
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To: DEPcom

If Trump cured cancer the Dems would be screaming how cancer is awesome and that heart disease kills more folks


39 posted on 01/06/2020 12:46:21 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: laplata
This doesn’t spell out any conditions or stipulations. For instance, the president said that if we withdraw they must pay us for a big air base.

We give foreign aid to Iraq, and can with hold some of it to yearly to pay for the air base. - Tom

40 posted on 01/06/2020 12:46:22 PM PST by Capt. Tom
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