[size=30]For this reason (Pompeo) cried out threatening Abdul Mahdi[/size]
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[size=15]Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper confirmed on Sunday that the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, threatened (blatantly) the outgoing Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi to prevent the renewal of the exception on the import of electrical and gas energy from Iran, noting that relations between Washington and Baghdad had deteriorated recently after the House decision With the departure of the American forces from the country.[/size]
[size=15]A cry in the face of Abdul-Mahdi[/size]
[size=15]The Middle East quoted an Iraqi official as saying, today (February 16, 2020) that "US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (shouted) in resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi during a phone call last month, telling him to forget the issue of renewing the exception granted by the United States to Iraq on Importing electric power and gas from Iran in the event of continued attacks against American forces in Iraq.[/size]
[size=15]Relations between Baghdad and Washington fell[/size]
[size=15]The newspaper pointed out that "relations between Washington and Baghdad fell, as Pompeo did not meet Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muhammad Ali al-Hakim, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference yesterday and Friday, but in return he met the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region, Masroor Barzani, who also met with the US Energy and Defense Ministers."[/size]
[size=15]Iraqi officials depend on Iran[/size]
[size=15]And indicated that "the United States is also dissatisfied with the Iraqi slowdown in signing contracts with major American companies specialized in the energy sector, with the aim of accelerating the disengagement from Iran in this field, and weeks before the end of the last exception period, a US official stated that the Iraqis (have consistently rejected agreements with General Electric And Axon).[/size]
[size=15]And he considered that "Iraqi officials choose to rely on the Iranians, giving Tehran an influential position in their economy and infrastructure."[/size]
[size=15]On the "edge of the knife"[/size]
[size=15]And the Iraqi Central Bank monthly transfers between one billion and two billion dollars in cash from its account in the Federal Reserve in New York, where its revenues flow from oil, to pay for official and commercial transactions, but the payment that was supposed to arrive in the middle of last month, was delayed for two weeks, according to who transferred The newspaper is about an Iraqi official and source in the oil sector, pointing to (political reasons) behind the decision of the White House to delay allowing the money out, while the Iraqi official said: (We are walking on the edge of the knife).[/size]
[size=15]This was the first indication that Washington might implement a threat it issued last month about preventing Iraqis from accessing their money if Baghdad expelled US forces stationed in Iraq, which numbered about 5,200 soldiers.[/size]
[size=15]A split in American politics[/size]
[size=15]Sources in Baghdad and Washington assured the newspaper, "There is a division in American policy, as the White House appears to support the strategy of increasing pressure on Iraq, while others prefer to adopt flexibility."[/size]
[size=15]The sources said that "the hawks in the American administration have become dominant positions, while an Iraqi official said that these people are now using financial transactions (for bullying) in their relationship with the Iraqis.[/size]
[size=15]Booby-trapping exception[/size]
[size=15]For his part, Minister of Electricity Loay Al-Khatib said in a statement to Agence France-Presse that "Washington should not squeeze Iraq in the corner," while expressing "his confidence that the United States will not (booby-trapping) the exemption from sanctions with the aim of undermining public services."[/size]
[size=15]Al-Khatib mentioned that there is progress in the search for other sources, noting the signing of agreements with Jordan and Gulf countries to support the electricity network, and the possibility of buying gas from companies operating in the autonomous Kurdistan region .[/size]
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