{"id":777773,"date":"2020-01-07T14:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/07\/no-us-troops-are-being-withdrawn-from-iraq-says-pentagon\/"},"modified":"2020-01-07T14:01:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:01:02","slug":"no-us-troops-are-being-withdrawn-from-iraq-says-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/07\/no-us-troops-are-being-withdrawn-from-iraq-says-pentagon\/","title":{"rendered":"No US troops are being withdrawn from Iraq, says Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/media-reference:69a6d72c6f82465f9f542bdbe6f039da.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".1rei9yrqddy.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>Washington &#8211; There has been &#8220;no change&#8221; in US\u00a0policy towards the troop presence in Iraq, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Monday, amid swirling reports of a troop pullout following the US\u00a0killing of a top Iranian general. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been no change in US policy with regard to our force presence in Iraq,&#8221;\u00a0Pentagon spokeswoman Alyssa Farah said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We continue to consult with the Iraqi government regarding the defeat-ISIS mission and efforts to support the Iraqi Security Forces,&#8221;\u00a0she added.<\/p>\n<p>The statement came shortly after multiple US\u00a0media outlets reported that a US\u00a0general in Iraq sent a letter to Iraqi military officials stating that US\u00a0troops will be relocating troops &#8220;to prepare for onward movement.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We respect your sovereign decision to order our departure,&#8221;\u00a0the letter reportedly said. <\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".1rei9yrqddy.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".1rei9yrqddy.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".1rei9yrqddy.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington &#8211; There has been &#8220;no change&#8221; in US\u00a0policy towards the troop presence in Iraq, a Pentagon spokeswoman said Monday, amid swirling reports of a troop pullout following the US\u00a0killing of a top Iranian general. &#8220;There has been no change in US policy with regard to our force presence in Iraq,&#8221;\u00a0Pentagon spokeswoman Alyssa Farah said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":777774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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