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Iraq's Ruling Pro-Iran Bloc Races To Choose PM, While US Rejects Main Candidates
Iraq's Ruling Pro-Iran Bloc Races To Choose PM, While US Rejects Main Candidates
Via The Cradle
The US has suspended all funding and security coordination with Iraq, and shipments of dollars the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), until a new Baghdad government acceptable to Washington is formed, Saudi state-owned Al-Hadath reported Monday.
The US is also conditioning continued security cooperation on the disclosure of those involved in the bombing of its embassy, the news channel added.
President Trump previously with the current Prime Minister of Iraq Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani
Nevertheless, on Monday, the CBI released a statement rejecting the Al-Hadath report....
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