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The USA have denied 5000 troops in Iraq

US Secretary of defense Mark Esper , U.S. troops pull out of Iraq, after you hit a letter from a U.S. general there, a retreat.

The Letter said the United States would had asked "repositioning forces in the coming days and weeks," according to Iraqi members to leave you.

Mr. Esper said that it had left "no decision whatsoever".

The confusion came in the midst of threats to The American armed forces after the United States killed a top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani .

He died in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Friday on the orders of Mr Trump.

The Killing has increased significantly and regional tensions with Iran threaten to "severe revenge".

What was in The Letter ?

It seemed to H Seely, head of the U.S. military Task Force in Iraq, Abdul Amir, The Deputy Director of Combined Joint Operations were sent Brig Gen William.

It begins: "Sir, with regard to the sovereignty of The Republic of Iraq, and the desire of the Iraqi Parliament, the Prime Minister , the CJTF-OIR (Combined Joint Task Force - operation Inherent Resolve) movement is repositioning forces to prepare in the course of the coming days and weeks up. "

The Letter says that certain measures, including an increase in the Air Traffic , to be carried out "to ensure that during the hours of darkness", "The Movement , carried out from Iraq, in a safe and efficient manner".

It would also perception of the "ease, that we might bring more coalition troops in the IZ (Green Zone in Baghdad)".

How was it explained?

Mr. Esper, told reporters in Washington: "There is no decision to leave the country. I don't know what this letter is. We are trying to figure out where that came from. "

The highest-ranking U.S. soldier, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, then appeared in a briefing, said The Letter , an error was"".

He said that it had not been signed, a draft, that was poorly worded, and should not have been released. It was brought into circulation for the input, including the Iraqis.

"[The Letter ] was sent to the boys about some of the most important Iraqi military to coordinate what type of air movements, etc. Then it went from this guy's hands to another guy's hands, And Then it went to your hands. Now there is a kerfuffle. "

Gen Milley confirmed that the US troops were not to leave.

So What happened?

Gen Milley said the Problem was that they "worked" with the Iraqis, but gave no details.

the BBC's defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said he had of a coalition, the source of which was The Letter that the Iraqis know the US troops from the Green Zone to provide protection, the elsewhere and not resign.

This was backed up by other sources, the coalition, say, separate reporters that The Move to the "thinning" of the Baghdad staff.

Why are U.S. troops in Iraq?

invaded In 2003, US-led forces in Iraq, to the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein and eliminate weapons of mass destruction that turned out not to exist.

President George W. Bush promised a "free and peaceful Iraq", but the country was engulfed in a sectarian uprising that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people.

US combat troops withdrew in 2011 after Washington and Baghdad to negotiate failed, a new agreement on their status.

In the year 2014, as the Islamic state (IS) group seized returned control over large parts of Iraq, the U.S. armed forces, at The Invitation of the Iraqi government in the framework of an international coalition with the task of training and advising the Iraqi security forces.

The government in Baghdad, said that military defeat IS, at the end of 2017, but more than 5,000 U.S. personnel remained to help to prevent local forces, a jihadist resurgence. Despite the continuing attacks, some Iraqi political groups - Many of them started in connection with the Iran - leave of appeal to the U.S. troops.

the Outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister , Adel Abdul Mahdi called, beat US, killed Qasem Soleimani a "clear violation of the provisions of The American armed forces 'Presence '.

days later, the Iraqi Parliament a non-binding bill urging the government to "break The Request for assistance, it presented The International coalition". The law was backed by the majority Shiites of the Arab deputies who hold a majority of seats. Nearly 150 Sunni Arab and Kurdish members of Parliament abstained from the vote.

It was not immediately clear whether Mr Abdul Mahdi, the interim government had a Presence , the legal authority to end the U.S. military.

iraq, qasem soleimani, iran, donald trump, iran-us relations

Source of news: bbc.com