{"id":602261,"date":"2021-07-25T16:22:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T20:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602261"},"modified":"2021-07-25T16:22:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T20:22:27","slug":"iraq-prime-minister-we-dont-need-u-s-combat-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraq-prime-minister-we-dont-need-u-s-combat-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq Prime Minister: We don\u2019t need U.S. combat troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firaq-prime-minister-we-dont-need-u-s-combat-troops%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=602261&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2468281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2468281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Christian Marquardt \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:17 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, July 25, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Iraq\u2019s Prime Minister announced his country no longer needed a U.S. military presence. Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said in an interview on Friday, the Islamic State group would continue to ask for U.S. training and military intelligence gathering without a U.S. presence.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister has requested a timeline for withdrawal of troops as he said there was no longer a need for foreign forces on Iraq soil. The White House estimated to have a timeline by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we want from the American presence in Iraq is to support our forces in training, developing their efficiency and capabilities and in security cooperation,\u201d Al-Kadhimi expressed. \u201cThe Iraqi army and security forces today are ready and capable of defending themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2468282\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2468282\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2468282 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-119376694-scaled.jpg\" alt=\" U.S. soldiers with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment patrol a new ditch they have dug to protect the base from attack on July 19, 2011 in Iskandariya, Babil Province Iraq. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2468282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. soldiers with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment patrol a new ditch they have dug to protect the base from attack on July 19, 2011 in Iskandariya, Babil Province Iraq. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S. troop presence stands at 2,500 since President Trump ordered a reduction from 3,000 last year.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/lawmakers-aim-for-infrastructure-bill-vote-early-this-week\/\">Lawmakers Aim For Infrastructure Bill Vote Early This Week<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Christian Marquardt \u2013 Pool\/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 1:17 PM PT \u2013 Sunday, July 25, 2021 Iraq\u2019s Prime Minister announced his &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-602261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}