NNA – The First Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Mohsen Al-Mandalawi, stated that the parliamentary decision to boot the US-led international coalition from Iraq is quot;principled and resolute,quot; urging Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani to implement it.
Al-Mandalawi#39;s remarks were made at the beginning of a parliamentary session on Saturday evening, as per a press release released by the media department of the Iraqi Parliament on Sunday.
This comes shortly after Al-Sudani called for an agreement on anbsp;specific timeframefor the withdrawal of the US-led international coalition in Iraq which quot;honestlyquot; needs to be quot;quickquot;.
In an interview withnbsp;Reutersnbsp;on January 10, al-Sudani said quot;Let#39;s agree on a timeframe that is, honestly, quick, so that they don#39;t remain long and the attacks keep happening.quot;
Moreover, the Prime Minister explained that to avoid quot;more expansion of the arena of conflict in a sensitive region,quot; the quot;devastating killing machine [in Gaza]quot; must be brought to an end and humanitarian aid must be delivered quot;as soon as possible.quot;
Al-Sudani stressed that this quot;is the only solutionquot;.
Iraq#39;s Islamic Resistance targeting US occupation bases in Syria
It is worth noting that the US-led coalitionrsquo;s exit from Iraq gained steam most notably after the assistant commander of the Baghdad Ring operations in the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Hajj Moshtaq Taleb Al-Saidi (Abou Taqwa)nbsp;martyred in a US airstrikenbsp;that targeted the headquarters of the PMF in eastern Baghdad on January 4.
This comes in the context of thenbsp;persistent attacksnbsp;by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq against US occupation bases in Iraq and Syria as part of their commitment to stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza who face anbsp;genocidal warnbsp;sponsored by the US.nbsp;
Iraqi position on US presence
Earlier in January, al-Sudani emphasized the importance of remaining true to the promise of ending the presence of thenbsp;US-led international coalitionnbsp;in Iraq.
In a speech commemorating the lives of quot;the leaders of victory,quot; in reference to martyrs Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the Iraqi Premier affirmed Baghdad#39;s quot;steadfast and principled position,quot; which quot;is to end the presence of the (US-led) coalition, as it has overstayed its purported mission.quot;
The United States redeployed a large force in Iraq following an agreement with the Iraqi government which mandated the US military to support the country in its fight against ISIS. Under a Combined Joint Task Force, dubbed quot;Operation Inherent Resolve,quot; thenbsp;US has maintainednbsp;a large presence, including two airbases, through which it claims to fight terrorism in the region. — Al-Mayadeen English News
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