Biden hosts Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kahdhimi to discuss U.S. troops’ role – By Clyde Hughes (UPI) / July 26 2021
July 26 (UPI) — Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kahdhimi will visit President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday to talk about the continued presence of U.S. troops in the country, and possibly changing their role.
The U.S. military presence in Iraq, which dates back to President George W. Bush, had hit a crossroads in January 2020 when a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, leader of that country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, while he was in Iraq.
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of an Iranian-supported militia group and an Iraqi military official, also died in the attack.
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