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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIraq says U.S. forces withdrawing from Syria have no approval to stay
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-iraq/iraq-says-u-s-forces-withdrawing-from-syria-have-no-approval-to-stay-idUSKBN1X10RE
OCTOBER 22, 2019 / 4:16 AM / UPDATED 42 MINUTES AGO
Ahmed Rasheed, Idrees Ali
BAGHDAD/PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - U.S. forces that crossed into Iraq as part of a pull-out from Syria do not have permission to stay and can only be there in transit, the Iraqi military said on Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, however, that Washington aimed eventually to bring the troops withdrawing from Syria back to the United States.
The Iraqi military statement contradicted the Pentagons announcement that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Islamic State militants and to help defend Iraq.
All U.S. forces that withdrew from Syria received approval to enter the Kurdistan Region so that they may be transported outside Iraq. There is no permission granted for these forces to stay inside Iraq, the Iraqi military said.
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OCTOBER 22, 2019 / 4:16 AM / UPDATED 42 MINUTES AGO
Ahmed Rasheed, Idrees Ali
BAGHDAD/PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - U.S. forces that crossed into Iraq as part of a pull-out from Syria do not have permission to stay and can only be there in transit, the Iraqi military said on Tuesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, however, that Washington aimed eventually to bring the troops withdrawing from Syria back to the United States.
The Iraqi military statement contradicted the Pentagons announcement that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from northern Syria are expected to move to western Iraq to continue the campaign against Islamic State militants and to help defend Iraq.
All U.S. forces that withdrew from Syria received approval to enter the Kurdistan Region so that they may be transported outside Iraq. There is no permission granted for these forces to stay inside Iraq, the Iraqi military said.
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Iraq says U.S. forces withdrawing from Syria have no approval to stay (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Oct 2019
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. WTF!
These mother****ers had no gawd damn plan. Bring our troops home now.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)2. Nobody thought to call ahead?
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Where are they going to transit TO?
It occurs to me that this is how the Czech army ended up in Vladivostok in 1920...
calimary
(81,304 posts)3. Make America Grate Again.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,023 posts)4. Trumpy fucks up again