Quoted in: Iraq Playing ‘Balancing’ Act Between US and Iran by Passing Resolution to Expel Foreign Troops, Say Analysts

"Iraq Playing ‘Balancing’ Act Between US and Iran by Passing Resolution to Expel Foreign Troops, Say Analysts"
By: Venus Upadhayaya
The Epoch Times
 January 7,2020
Originally published: https://www.theepochtimes.com/iraq-playing-balancing-act-between-us-and-iran-by-passing-resolution-to-expel-foreign-troops-say-analysts_3194950.html


A resolution passed by the Iraqi Members of Parliament on Jan. 5 calling for the expulsion of the foreign troops from the country is a “balancing” act between the United States and Iran, according to expert sources who said the expulsion will most likely not take place.


It was then that the Iraqi parliament voted to invite international forces back into the country, to turn the tide in the war against ISIS. The presence of the same U.S. military forces are now a threat to Iraq, according to Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, a defense and geopolitics analyst based in Washington.

“I think this move made sense for Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and the Iraqi government,” Sanchez told The Epoch Times.

“If U.S. troops do depart Iraq, any retaliatory operations from Iran against U.S. assets will, at least, not occur in Iraqi soil,” said Sanchez.



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