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Iraqi PM quietly working to keep US troops in country

Iraq’s caretaker prime minister privately does not want US troops to withdraw, several American and Iraqi sources familiar with the situation told Al-Monitor.

Jack Detsch
Jack Detsch
Jan 10, 2020
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi attends the funeral of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, and the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani - RC209E9U6CIS
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi attends the funeral of the Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard, and the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an airstrike at Baghdad airport, in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 4, 2020. — REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

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