Iraq mulls law that would end foreign military presence
Muqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon Bloc, which dominated Iraqi legislative polls last year, has submitted a bill to parliament that would, if passed, require all foreign military personnel to leave the country within one year, Anadolu Agency reports.
At a Friday press conference in Baghdad, Sairoon Chairman Sabah Assadi said the proposed “Law against Foreign Military Deployments in Iraq†had already been submitted to Parliamentary Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi for review.
“The speaker’s office will now confer with the assembly’s security, legal, defense and foreign relations committees to discuss the next step,†Assadi said.
Read more at: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190125-iraq-mulls-law-that-would-end-foreign-military-presence/
That means US! Among other coalition partners I suppose.
Important developments in #Iraq: Moqtada al-Sadr's alliance formally submits a draft law to withdraw US troops from Iraq, canceling the security agreement (SOFA) with US , and canceling section 3 of Strategic Framework Agreement about defense & security cooperation (1)
https://twitter.com/Mustafa_Habib33/status/1088866861079556097
By the way, the article in the OP, Middle East Monitor (radical mainly Palestinian from what I've seen) is never to be used unless no one else is publishing this story, which as of now, is the case. It looks like the story is rather straight-forward though.
Something to keep an eye on.
