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Iraq PM's office rejects Tillerson's call for Iran-backed militias to ‘go home'
[RT] In a tight-lipped statement, Baghdad rejected a call by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iran-backed Shia militias to "go home" after the demise of Islamic State in Iraq.Earlier on Sunday, Rex Tillerson said at a rare meeting with top Iraqi and Saudi Arabian officials that Iraq’s Shiite militias ‐ also known as Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) ‐ and their Iranian advisers need to leave Iraq as the struggle against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is nearing an end. But Baghdad seems reluctant to go along with Washington’s request, judging by a polite but robust remark made on Monday by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office. "No party has the right to interfere in Iraqi matters," the statement posted on Facebook reads. It added that many PMU members were native Iraqis who made "enormous sacrifices to defend their country and the Iraqi people." Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-24 |
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