America is taking action on its bases in Iraq in anticipation of the threats suffered

America is taking action on its bases in Iraq in anticipation of the threats suffered



21-02-2018 12:27 PM

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The US military has cracked down on bases and camps in Iraq, officials said on Tuesday, amid threats from the popular crowd about the US presence in Iraq.

Al-Arabi newspaper quoted the officials as saying that the US military has taken strict measures around its bases and camps in Iraq, including preventing the presence of the popular crowd in its vicinity for a distance of not less than 20 kilometers, "noting that" they confined this task in the army and police already involved with the army In some bases, such as Ain al-Assad in Anbar and a country in Salah al-Din. "

This came in light of the escalation of the threats launched by the crowd against US forces, demanding that Prime Minister Haider Abadi, "set a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from the country," and considered that "its presence is no longer justified, after the liberation of the entire Iraqi territory from the control of the organization Calling. "

For his part, a source in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers in Baghdad that the US military has tightened its security measures around its bases and camps in the country, and taking threats recently launched by factions of the popular crowd seriously. He pointed out that the American side and other forces in Iraq under the title of the International Alliance In order to fight the da'eef, what is considered a no-man's land is cut off in the vicinity of its presence. "

The last of which was a statement to the adviser of the Leader of the Iranian Revolution Ali Akbar Velayati, who demanded Baghdad to remove US forces from Iraq, "and concluded by saying that" the American action means that it will use force in case it felt a danger from the popular crowd. "

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