Iraq wants US troops out

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudanni said he would begin the process of withdrawing international coalition forces, four years after a US airstrike in Baghdad killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and killed a top military commander.

On Thursday, US airstrikes hit the headquarters of the Iraqi government-backed Popular Mobilization Forces, an organization made up of dozens of armed groups. The attack killed at least two people, including Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (HHN) leader Mushtaq Taleb al-Saidi. Washington considers the group a terrorist group backed by Iran.

"The popular mobilization forces are an integral part of our armed forces, which are the official representatives linked to the state and subordinate to the state," the Iraqi prime minister said. "We condemn attacks on our security forces outside the spirit and letter of the mission established by the United Nations."

The Pentagon said Baghdad itself had asked US troops to help fight the Islamic State (IS) group and that the 2,500 troops still stationed in Iraq after a decade would be free to move for "self-defense". Spokesman Major. General. Pat Ryder defended the strike as a "proportional act", which was a wave of attacks on the American military units in the region.

Baghdad Sudani has assured that it is time to reconsider the situation of this invitation, which promises to start a dialogue through a bilateral committee, created to determine the rules of this participation.

"When we confirm that we have an international coalition, we confirm our basic position," he said that Iraq is trying to restore national sovereignty, air and water from all over the country.

The US military bases in Iraq, as well as the illegal names of neighboring Syria, as well as the illegal young people, have been completed, and the missiles have hit more than 110 times from the middle of the Israeli War in Gaza. Unknown parties have often carried out the attacks, but Washington has accused Tehran of reserving the right to retaliate if deemed necessary.

"We have repeatedly emphasized that in cases where there have been violations or violations by Iraq, or where a violation of Iraqi law has occurred, the Iraqi government is the only party with the right to investigate the nature of such violations." the statement said. Iraqi Prime Minister. said the prime minister. He accused the United States of systematically violating Iraq's sovereignty. He recalled another "evil act" committed by the United States four years ago.

Iranian celebrity Soleimani was killed in a drone strike approved by former US President Donald Trump in Baghdad on January 3, 2020. At the time, Washington said Soleimani was planning attacks on US forces "shortly". On the fourth anniversary of his death, two explosions hit a monument in Iran, killing nearly 100 people and injuring hundreds more.

IS terrorists claimed responsibility for this attack in a Telegram post, and the United States claimed that the United States was not involved in this attack.