{"id":307804,"date":"2021-07-25T16:26:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T13:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/iraq-pm-says-us-troops-dont-needed-to-fight-islamic-state\/"},"modified":"2021-07-25T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T13:26:17","slug":"iraq-pm-says-us-troops-dont-needed-to-fight-islamic-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/iraq-pm-says-us-troops-dont-needed-to-fight-islamic-state\/","title":{"rendered":"#Iraq PM says US troops don’t needed to fight Islamic State"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Iraq PM says US troops don’t needed to fight Islamic State<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\u200bIraq\u2019s prime minister said US combat troops are no longer needed to fight Islamic State terrorists in the country and said a timetable for their redeployment will be part of discussions with Biden administration officials this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u200b\u200b\u201cThere is no need for any foreign combat forces on Iraqi soil,\u201d said\u00a0\u200bMustafa \u200bal-Kadhimi\u200b told the Associated Press<\/a>, adding that Iraq\u2019s security forces and army are up to the task of defending the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said any withdrawal of US forces would be based on the needs of Iraqi troops, which in the past year have carried out independent missions against the terror group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe war against IS and the readiness of our forces requires a special timetable, and this depends on the negotiations that we will conduct in Washington,\u201d\u00a0\u200bal-Kadhimi said in the interview published Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Iraqi leader, who is scheduled to meet with President Biden on Monday, said he will ask the US for help in training and intelligence gathering.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The timeline could have most US troops out of Iraq by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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U.S. soldiers at a military base near Baghdad.<\/figcaption>
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An agreement between Iraq and the US in April called for the US military to focus on training Iraqi troops to fight ISIS and begin the process of withdrawal but no timetable was set.<\/p>\n

Roughly 2,500 US service members are in Iraq after former President Donald Trump ordered the reduction last year.\u200b<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we want from the U.S. presence in Iraq is to support our forces in training and developing their efficiency and capabilities, and in security cooperation,\u201d al-Kadhimi\u00a0\u200btold the wire service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A US official told the\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/a> that the administration could just redefine the role of American troops in Iraq rather than reduce their presence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not really a numerical adjustment but rather a functional clarification of what the force would be doing consistent with our strategic priorities,\u201d\u00a0\u200bthe official\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

I\u200bn the end, some say the duties of US troops may not change that much because they have been primarily focused on advising and supporting Iraqi forces in the fight against ISIS.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe aim is to help Kadhimi go home with an achievement but without collapsing the counterterrorism campaign,\u201d Michael Knights of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy\u200b, told the news<\/a>paper\u200b. \u201cAlmost none of the forces in Iraq engage in combat unless they are attacked.\u201d\u200b<\/p>\n

Iraq declared victory over ISIS in 2017 but the group still has a presence in the northern parts of the country and continues\u00a0to launch attacks at Baghdad.<\/p>\n

A suicide bomber killed 35 people last week in a market in the nation\u2019s capital.\u00a0\u200b<\/p>\n

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People and security forces gather at the site of a bombing in Wahailat market in Sadr City, Iraq, Monday, July 19, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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ISIS claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n

Iraqi hardliners oppose the US military remaining in the county and are still angry over the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a leading Iranian commander, in a US drone strike near the Baghdad airport in January 2020.\u00a0\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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