The Secretary of defense mark Esper said that the US has no plans to leave Iraq. "There was no decision to leave Iraq," said Esper, who was quoted by the associated Press. first in mass media appeared the letter of the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq Brigadier General William Seeley, which reported on the launch of "withdrawal" of U.S. troops from Iraq at the request of local authorities. for his part, head of the joint Committee of chiefs of staff U.S. army General mark Millie called the Letter a mistake. "This Letter is a draft, It has Not been signed, it ought Not to divulge," he said. "The letter was composed in bad terms. It podrazumevaet withdrawal (of troops), this is Not happening, " added Millie. the head of the United States Donald trump threatened Iraq with sanctions and the multibillion-dollar costs, if Baghdad would require the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The requirement of resignation of the US was made in the government and Parliament of Iraq after the fact, how the United States conducted within Iraq operation to eliminate the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. <span style="color:darkgray