{"id":603318,"date":"2021-07-26T21:21:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T01:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=603318"},"modified":"2021-07-26T21:21:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T01:21:35","slug":"biden-u-s-to-end-combat-mission-in-iraq-by-end-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-u-s-to-end-combat-mission-in-iraq-by-end-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden: U.S. to end combat mission in Iraq by end of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-u-s-to-end-combat-mission-in-iraq-by-end-of-2021%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=603318&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_2470025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2470025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Biden shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., July 26, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 6:17 PM PT \u2013 Monday, July 26, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Biden administration moved to further limit America\u2019s military presence in the Middle East. On Monday, Joe Biden met with Iraq\u2019s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and vowed to end America\u2019s combat mission in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think things are going well. Our role in Iraq will be as a, dealing with, not, it\u2019s just to be available to continue to train, to assist, to help and to deal with ISIS as it arrives,\u201d Biden stated. \u201cWe are not going to be by the end of the year in a combat mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Trump began to pullback troops late last year when he reduced the troop numbers from 3,000 to 2,500. There has been a combat presence in the country since 2014 when former President Barack Obama ordered the military to fight ISIS after bringing troops home just three years prior.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A\/ASD Karlin hosted National Security Advisor al-Araji and sGEN al-Shimary on July 22 for a U.S.-Iraq Military Technical Talk. Both reaffirmed their commitment to the D-ISIS mission and discussed long-term security cooperation. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KjMrWdnCoq\">pic.twitter.com\/KjMrWdnCoq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of Defense \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@DeptofDefense) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense\/status\/1418336546529464321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Al-Kadhimi said it was the right time to wind down a U.S. presence in the country and claimed his military was capable of defending itself from terrorists. However, U.S. troops would still be expected to assist Iraqi forces in the fight against ISIS militants, but only in a training and intelligence capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTogether, we fight and defeat ISIS and I\u2019d like to thank the American people on behalf of all Iraqi people,\u201d he expressed. \u201cI thank you for all the blood and treasure that America has given for a free and democratic Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Al-Kadhimi stressed the deadline of withdrawal to be dictated by the needs and demands of the Iraqi army. Biden predicted the pullout to come by year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>This pullout comes on the heels of Biden\u2019s withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is expected to be completed by August 31. Critics warn the move is empowering the Taliban, who claim to have taken back more than 85 percent of the country.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/3rd-suspect-in-the-fatal-shooting-of-clark-county-wash-sheriff-in-custody-after-days-long-manhunt\/\">3rd Suspect In The Fatal Shooting Of Clark County, Wash. Sheriff In Custody After Days-Long Manhunt<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden shakes hands with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., July 26, 2021. 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