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The head of the pro-Iran Asaib Ahl al-Haq group, Qais al-Khazali, tweeted that “Trump’s visit to a US military base without regard for diplomatic norms reveals the reality of the American project in Iraq”.
The Iraqi response, he said, “would be the parliament’s decision to remove your military forces” unilaterally.
“If you don’t withdraw, we have the experience and the ability to remove them in another way,” he added.
With Abdel Mahdi still struggling to fill key ministerial positions months after his appointment, analyst Hashemi said the “axis close to Iran will seek a parliamentary vote on a timeline for an American pullout from Iraq”.
These groups and their respective militias play a major role in maintaining security across much of Iraq, especially along the border with Syria.
Hashemi said Trump’s “disregard for his allies is straining the relationship between Abdel Mahdi and the Iraqi political forces”.
Trump’s ignorance of Iraq’s tenuous political scene, he said, may “open the doors for resistance against the American presence in Iraq again”.
