US-led coalition temporarily relocates headquarters from Iraq to Kuwait

[Aramagedon]

Tuesday, 07 January 2020 12:15 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 07 January 2020 12:37 PM ]

US Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division arrive at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, on January 2, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The the US-led coalition has reportedly relocated its headquarters in Iraq to Kuwait in the wake of recent assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and the second-in-command of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and public rage over the targeted killings.

Iraq’s Arabic-language al-Forat news agency reported that the alliance took the decision on Tuesday to move its command center from the Iraqi capital Baghdad to Kuwait City.

The Qatar-based and Arabic-language al-Jazeera news network, citing a report published by German DPA news agency, later confirmed the account.


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The report came only a day after Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said his country and the United States should work together on implementing the withdrawal of all foreign troops from the country.


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Abdul-Mahdi made the remarks while talking to US ambassador Matthew Tueller, after Iraqi lawmakers unanimously approved a bill demanding the withdrawal of all foreign military forces led by the United States from the country.


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The lawmakers, in line with their national and regulatory responsibilities, singed the four-point draft.
"The prime minister stressed the importance of mutual cooperation on implementing the withdrawal of foreign troops, in line with the Iraqi parliament's resolution, and to set relations with the United States on a proper foundation," Abdul-Mahdi’s office said in a statement on Monday.

"He stressed how dangerous the situation is right now and its potential consequences, adding that Iraq is doing everything it can to prevent the descent into open war."

Also on Monday, the deputy secretary general of Iraq’s al-Nujaba Movement slammed the US assassination of General Soleimani and Muhandis, saying a united front is going to be formed against US’s military presence in the region.


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“The leaders of Iraqi resistance groups will convene a meeting either today or tomorrow to declare the formation of a united front against the US [military] presence. It is better for us (resistance factions) to join forces and deal with Washington, which classifies us in the same category,” Nasr al-Shammari said in an exclusive interview with Lebanon-based Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network.

“The battle has now moved to the heart of Washington's allies in the region, which are pushing for attacks targeting us. The term international terrorism applies to the United States once it came to our region and occupied it,” Shammari added.

He noted that the blood of General Soleimani and Muhandis frustrated all US plots against Iraq, emphasizing that his group had always been skeptical about US actions in the Arab country.

“The American presence in Iraq is harmful to military operations against Daesh and the country itself… We will go to war against the American military presence wherever possible in the region,” Shammari said.

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The first retreat ....

 

[zartosht]

wont save them...

all American terrorists in the middle east are uninvited criminals and open targets....

there will not be a single American rat alive in the middle east when the long term smoke of this settles...

when Zariff said this is the beginning of the end of the American presence in our region... and that they consider the US military as "Terrorists". that's about as open as you can get that Iran will directly target and kill any American military/government person within arms reach...

There is no situation where Iran and the US can co-exist here. one has to leave or die.... and Iran cant physically move... the US imperial age is coming to an end .. and it only lasted a pathetic couple decades

 

[LeGenD]

wont save them...

all American terrorists in the middle east are uninvited criminals and open targets....

there will not be a single American rat alive in the middle east when the long term smoke of this settles...

when Zariff said this is the beginning of the end of the American presence in our region... and that they consider the US military as "Terrorists". that's about as open as you can get that Iran will directly target and kill any American military/government person within arms reach...

There is no situation where Iran and the US can co-exist here. one has to leave or die.... and Iran cant physically move... the US imperial age is coming to an end .. and it only lasted a pathetic couple decades

Iraq is already ravaged by decades of conflict with other countries; Iraqi people do not desire their country to turn into a war zone for US and Iran because they have experienced enough bloodshed already. You may thank Iraqi politicians for exerting pressure on Americans to move out from Iraq and prevent a US-Iran conflict in the region.

However, if you think that Americans are retreating due to fear of your proxies in the Middle East then YAWN.

Real surpises lay in store for you in the Diego Garcia actually: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone

Now try to remove US from Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia then you may talk big.

Stupidity of some Iranians continue to surprise actually. You are punching above your weight here. Try to be rational for once.

 

[Philosopher]

Iraq is already ravaged by decades of conflict with other countries; Iraqi people do not desire their country to turn into a war zone for US and Iran because they have experienced enough bloodshed already. You may thank Iraqi politicians for exerting pressure on Americans to move out from Iraq and prevent a US-Iran conflict in the region.

However, if you think that Americans are retreating due to fear of your proxies in the Middle East then YAWN.

Real surpises lay in store for you in the Diego Garcia actually: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone

Now try to remove US from Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia then you may talk big.

Stupidity of some Iranians continue to surprise actually. You are punching above your weight here. Try to be rational for once.

Stop it with these cringeworthy pro US propaganda. Are you suffering from US worship syndrome?

 

[LeGenD]

Stop it with these cringeworthy pro US propaganda. Are you suffering from US worship syndrome?

That is not propaganda, naive one.

I correctly predicted a few days ago that (only) Iraqi parliament can pressure American troops to leave Iraq, and they will do this because they do not desire US-Iranian clashes inside Iraq. Troops are trained to fight otherwise.

All I see is that more and more Muslims paying the price of irrational leaders who were too stubborn to change their ways and invest their energy in socio-economic development instead. I just think differently than your kind.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

That is not propaganda, naive one.

I correctly predicted a few days ago that (only) Iraqi parliament can pressure American troops to leave Iraq, and they will do this because they do not desire US-Iranian clashes inside Iraq. Troops are trained to fight otherwise.

All I see is that more and more Muslims paying the price of irrational leaders who were too stubborn to change their ways and invest their energy in socio-economic development instead. I just think differently than your kind.

Them leaving Iraq and Afghanistan will be great regional achievement and victory and it would give Iran "breathing space". Their entire removal from the region are secondary long term goals. First removal from Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria.

 

[LeGenD]

Them leaving Iraq and Afghanistan will be great regional achievement and victory and it would give Iran "breathing space". Their entire removal from the region are secondary long term goals. First removal from Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria.

That is unrealistic objective.

US will not abandon Iraq, let alone its allies in the Middle East. Push too hard and American allies will turn on you. US have allies in Syria and Afghanistan as well.

Time to show restraint instead of starting a war you cannot win.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

That is unrealistic objective.

US will not abandon Iraq, let alone its allies in the Middle East. Push too hard and American allies will turn on you. US have allies in Syria and Afghanistan as well.

Time to show restraint instead of starting a war you cannot win.

Their allies in Afghanistan: corrupt puppet ANA, cant defeat taliban. Goal of Taliban is total removal of US forces.
Their allies in Syria: YPG puppets.. they are landlocked
Their allies in Iraq: As for the barzani jews.. their position is very weak.. they are landlocked

The Kurdish zionist balkanization project is rejected by all the regional countries such as Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey who would be able to block this landlocked project. And other powers such as China considers separatism and terrorism as the most dangerous kind of cancers which should be fought. Russia thinks the same when it comes to these Gurdish puppets.

I agree they've allies, however it's a game which will not be decided in months. We've patient to make them leave after years, the goal is that they leave.

 

[LeGenD]

Their allies in Afghanistan: corrupt puppet ANA, cant defeat taliban. Goal of Taliban is total removal of US forces.
Their allies in Syria: YPG puppets.. they are landlocked
Their allies in Iraq: As for the barzani jews.. their position is very weak.. they are landlocked

The Kurdish zionist balkanization project is rejected by all the regional countries such as Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey who would be able to block this landlocked project. And other powers such as China considers separatism and terrorism as the most dangerous kind of cancers which should be fought. Russia thinks the same when it comes to these Gurdish puppets.

I agree they've allies, however it's a game which will not be decided in months. We've patient to make them leave after years, the goal is that they leave.

1. Kurd live in Syria and Iraq, and are not going anywhere.
2. Iraqi Sunni do not like Iraqi Shia much.
3. Iraqi Army support USA.

Therefore, US will retain its foothold in Syria and Iraq.

Kurd have relations with Russia and China as well. For example: https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/9edcde84-d80e-4d29-a61b-dd9e38cf544c

American apparent tactical withdrawal from Iraq is a temporary development, to prepare for eventualities with Iran at present. US have invested too much in Iraq to abandon it for Iran otherwise. US can easily bomb Iraqi Shia to oblivion if necessary. US have too many allies in the Middle East regardless.

Afghan Taliban are not in the position to take over entire Afghanistan; too much resistance. Last time they killed an American soldier, Trump administration suspended peace talks with Afghan Taliban and pummelled Afghan Taliban positions, killing hundreds in the process. What is very likely is a negotiated settlement between all stakeholders in Afghanistan, and Pakistan is OK with this dynamic.

Be realistic, friend.

 

[raptor22]

Iraq is already ravaged by decades of conflict with other countries; Iraqi people do not desire their country to turn into a war zone for US and Iran because they have experienced enough bloodshed already. You may thank Iraqi politicians for exerting pressure on Americans to move out from Iraq and prevent a US-Iran conflict in the region.

However, if you think that Americans are retreating due to fear of your proxies in the Middle East then YAWN.

Real surpises lay in store for you in the Diego Garcia actually: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone

Now try to remove US from Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia then you may talk big.

Stupidity of some Iranians continue to surprise actually. You are punching above your weight here. Try to be rational for once.

Well american has rejected the idea of leaving Iraq and on the contrary are bringing in logistic ... so no retreating .... Iraq has ravaged by decades of conflict started by Iraqi themselves or americans so if they or any other country in the region do not desire their country to turn into a war zone then they gotta eliminate threats posed & created by presence of foreign troops against their neighbors .. MQ4 flew from UAE, the MQ9 flew from Qatar, isis came from Iraq, our Sardar has been martyred on official visit in Iraq .. Saudis pushed american to attack us ...
& this is not stupidity, the american are not logical/rational people .. we let american oil companies invest in Iran they sanctioned our oil industry back in 90s in return , we helped them to take out Taliban then we were tagged as the "Axis of evil" ,we broke a deal with them back in 2015 they torn it apart ... you show us rational people you'll find us the most rational people on the surface of the earth ....