American report: Iraq balances the demand to remove forces and preserve its economic interests

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[size=52]American report: Iraq balances the demand to remove forces and preserve its economic interests[/size]

[size=45]Translated by: Hamed Ahmed[/size]
[size=45]Political analysts and observers believe that Iraq, despite the call by its Prime Minister to form a joint committee that includes members of the coalition forces to look into removing foreign forces from the country, it is unlikely that this will lead to their removal as much as it calls for limiting the powers of their work in the country in order to avoid any kind of Economic sanctions that the United States may impose on Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]A report by the Washington Examiner and the American [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] website stated that Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani had announced in his statements on Friday that the government would soon begin working on a request to withdraw the international coalition forces led by the United States against ISIS in Iraq, indicating that the justifications for its presence due to ISIS threats have ended and that the government is in the process of setting a date to begin work on forming a joint committee to make arrangements to permanently end the presence of international coalition forces in Iraq.[/size]
[size=45]Analysts and observers state that it is not clear whether Al-Sudani and the political blocs supporting the idea of ​​removing the forces will actually be able to remove the coalition forces to the extent that they may succeed in limiting their capabilities and powers to carry out operations in the country and the region more broadly, noting that Al-Sudani, who is being exposed Under pressure to remove foreign forces, he realizes in his heart the amount of assistance provided by American forces and other coalition forces in confronting the threats of ISIS and preventing its re-emergence.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani's statements came amid a series of attacks by armed factions targeting American forces in Iraq and Syria, which reached their peak last week when the United States responded by launching a strike via a drone during which one of the faction leaders was killed along with his aides in central Baghdad. The attack once again sparked internal political pressures demanding the removal of foreign forces. from Iraq. Sharhang Hama Saeed, director of the Middle East Program at the United States Institute of Peace, told [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] that until recently, late last year, Al-Sudani was publicly defending the presence of American forces in Iraq, indicating that they were in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government, noting that recently During August of last year, the United States and Iraq were in the process of deepening their military cooperation further. There are about 2,500 American soldiers in Iraq as part of the international coalition forces to fight ISIS. These American forces supported the Iraqi forces in November 2023 by carrying out 24 operations inside the country, which resulted in the arrest of 3 ISIS militants and the arrest of 14 others.[/size]
[size=45]Jennifer Kavanagh, a fellow at the US Carnegie Institute for World Peace, told [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] that the attack carried out by the United States on Thursday in Baghdad, during which it killed the leader of the PMF, nicknamed Abu Taqwa, had changed the balance for Prime Minister Shia al-Sudani and generated additional local pressure to take action against the presence of... American forces in the country.[/size]
[size=45]Researcher Kavanagh went on to say, “I think that the American attack will, at the very least, generate disapproval against the American forces and a broader debate about whether they will be removed or not.” It may not lead to the removal of American forces as much as it may lead to restricting their freedom of movement inside the country and forcing the United States to reduce its influence.”[/size]
[size=45]Analysts point out that the Prime Minister's cautious tone reflects a series of other pressures that call on Iraqi and even Iranian leaders to hesitate or hesitate to take a hostile stance represented by a complete withdrawal of forces from the country.[/size]
[size=45]Hussein Abdel Hussein, a researcher at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the Washington Examiner, “I do not think that Iran, Iraq’s neighbor, wants to move forward in its conflict with the United States, and the reason for that is that it does not want Iraq to be exposed to economic pressures and sanctions if American forces are expelled from the country because This will also harm it in return because it has economic interests in the country.” He goes on to say, “The tensions between Iraq and the United States are rising to a certain rate. But this will have a negative impact on Iraq and Iran, which is why Iran does not want to escalate to this extent.[/size]
[size=45]From the Washington Examiner and Foxcom[/size]
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