BREAKING NEWS: Chaos over U.S. troops in Iraq as Pentagon insists they WON'T withdraw despite general leading anti-ISIS coalition saying they'll move 'out of Iraq' in draft letter released by mistake amid anger over attack that killed Qassem Soleimani
General in charge of U.S. coalition forces in Iraq tells military counterpart to prepare for helicopter flights as troops pull up stakes
Letter says troops will soon begin flying out in transport helicopters under cover of darkness
But defense secretary tells reporters that 'there's been no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq, period'
Chairman of the joint chief of staff confesses that the letter was a draft released by mistake
Donald Trump said Sunday that he would only withdraw troops if Iraq paid the U.S. for building and maintaining the main air base the coalition uses
He also threatened greater sanctions than those he has imposed on Iran
Iraq's parliament had passed a resolution, which is nonbinding, urging the government to evict American troops
That was in response to Trump green-lighting a drone attack on an infamous Iranian military leader while he was in Baghdad, in Iraqi soil
U.S. will send six B-52 bombers to the Diego Garcia air base on an island in the Indian Ocean, to prepare for the possibility of military action against Iran
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com and Wires
Published: 15:39 EST, 6 January 2020 | Updated: 17:15 EST, 6 January 2020
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