The U.S. government began to prepare sanctions against Iraq, says WP
The U.S. government began developing penalties against Iraq After the parliamentary decision against the U.S. presence in the country, informs journal Washington post citing 3 sources.
The U.S. government began developing penalties against Iraq After the parliamentary decision against the U.S. presence in the country, informs journal Washington post citing 3 sources.
before Donald trump has threatened Iraq with sanctions and the multibillion-dollar costs, if Baghdad would require the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
According to the bureaucrats, if punishment is still administered, leading role in which is played by the Ministry of Finance and the White house. However, they stressed that the final decision until not accepted.
The Iraqi Parliament has asked in a persistent form from the government to achieve the withdrawal of American troops. Then trump has threatened Iraq with sanctions in the case of "hostile" actions of Baghdad concerning the U.S. capital. Trump has noticed that is ready to impose on Iraq are punishment, "which they have never seen," and added that the U.S. military does not want to leave Iraq, as long as he doesn't pay for the construction of the American airbase.
The United States first struck by object Shiite group "Kataib Hezbollah" in Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon commented that these actions were taken in response to attack traffic on the Iraqi base near Kirkuk, where he died a U.S. citizen and was injured four American military. Then a disgruntled Shiites began to storm the American Ambassador's residence in Baghdad.
on the night of January 3 the United States conducted in the area of the international airport of Baghdad the operation to destroy the commander of an elite unit of Iran army - special forces "Quds" - General Qasem Soleimani and Deputy head of the Iraqi Shiite militia, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, which in the US capital believed to be involved in the attack on the American Ambassador's residence in Baghdad on 31 December 2019. Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei promised to take revenge on US for the death of Soleimani.
Baghdad regarded these strikes as a violation of the terms of the placement of the American military in Iraq.
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