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US Defense Secretary: There has been no decision to leave Iraq
Arutz Sheva ^ | 6/1/20 | Elad Benari

Posted on 01/06/2020 1:18:36 PM PST by Eleutheria5

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper responded on Monday to reports that the US-led coalition to combat the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization has decided to withdraw from Iraq.

"There has been no decision to leave Iraq. Period," he said.

Earlier it was reported that the commander of Task Force Iraq had written a letter to the Iraqis informing them of the decision to withdraw.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: deepstatewars; defense; eladbenari; esper; falseflag; iran; iraq; isis; neoconsrejoice; paleolibssuck; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; warmachineturns; withdraw
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To: Magnum44

Walter Cronkite is the godfather


41 posted on 01/06/2020 1:49:59 PM PST by corlorde
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To: SeekAndFind

To block: sLTG thelower S

Why is there Department of Defense in the letter Head.


42 posted on 01/06/2020 1:50:53 PM PST by DEPcom
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To: Magnum44

BINGO!


43 posted on 01/06/2020 1:52:11 PM PST by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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To: Eleutheria5
Here's what Reuters said in their story:
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.

U.S.-led coalition says it will withdraw from Iraq -letter

That source didn't happen to be Baghdad Bob, was it?

44 posted on 01/06/2020 1:53:06 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: Eleutheria5

Once again the right hand of this administration has no idea what the left hand is thinking.


45 posted on 01/06/2020 1:55:30 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

good one Baghdad Bob lives


46 posted on 01/06/2020 1:55:37 PM PST by DEPcom
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To: Eleutheria5
Thought so. Just didn't sound right.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3806016/posts?page=24#24

47 posted on 01/06/2020 1:58:09 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: proust

I’ll bet that the first letter of each sentence, or something like that, will spell out a joke.


48 posted on 01/06/2020 1:59:40 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: 1Old Pro
Arutz Sheva News more accurate than Reuters?

That's Al Reuters to you. :)

49 posted on 01/06/2020 2:00:39 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: VanDeKoik

D.R.I.N.K. Y.O.U.R. O.V.A.L.T.I.N.E.


50 posted on 01/06/2020 2:01:18 PM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: frogjerk

51 posted on 01/06/2020 2:09:40 PM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: COUNTrecount
That letter looks fake.
52 posted on 01/06/2020 2:09:44 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: SeekAndFind
Dan Rather may have an answer for you on that one. He produced a really great Bush TANG document back in 2000. One problem though. It was fake. One eagle eyed Freeper spotted the forgery.
53 posted on 01/06/2020 2:10:48 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Eleutheria5

It’s a trap for Iran


54 posted on 01/06/2020 2:27:42 PM PST by buffaloguy
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To: SmokingJoe

The letter was a DRAFT that was pre-written JUST IN CASE the resolution to expel US troops becomes law.

As it stands now, the resolution IS NON-BINDING.

1) It was voted on by a half-empty parliament with no participation from Sunnis and Kurds.

2) The Prime Minister had not signed it.


55 posted on 01/06/2020 2:32:35 PM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Widget Jr; COUNTrecount

The letter was a DRAFT that was pre-written JUST IN CASE the resolution to expel US troops becomes law.

As it stands now, the resolution IS NON-BINDING.

1) It was voted on by a half-empty parliament with no participation from Sunnis and Kurds.

2) The Prime Minister had not signed it.


56 posted on 01/06/2020 2:32:59 PM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Repeal The 17th

It was either Washington or Lincoln who said that everything on the internet is true...no???


57 posted on 01/06/2020 2:45:51 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Eleutheria5

Our troops should, at a minimum, move to Kurdistan.


58 posted on 01/06/2020 2:53:37 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: SeekAndFind
I stand corrected.

If its release was not intentional, someone needs to get a ear-burning chewing out for it. If was intentional to goad the Iraqi government into action, then it makes sense. Soleimani's upcoming terror campaign would have gotten several times as many more Iraqis killed than Americans.

59 posted on 01/06/2020 3:10:58 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: DEPcom
good one Baghdad Bob lives


Calm Down
It wasn't me.

60 posted on 01/06/2020 4:49:47 PM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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