An American general: the Iraqi authorities welcome our presence and have installed a defense system in the Green Zone

07/14/2020 13:43

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The commander of the US Central Command, Gen. Kenneth McKinsey, said today, Tuesday, that the Iraqi authorities welcome the American presence and that there are consultations with the Iraqi government about our presence, noting that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi “is doing everything right.”

McKinsey explained in a press conference, on the phone, carried by international media, about the presence of American forces in Iraq, saying that the Iraqi authorities welcome the American presence, saying that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi “does everything right” and that the United States agrees with the government's directions Iraqi in relation to the militias, he said.

He stressed that the Iraqi government is committed to securing American forces, while also praising engaging in a "strategic dialogue" between the United States and the Iraqi government.

On Iraqi calls for the departure of American forces in particular and foreigners in general, McKinsey said, "There are consultations with the Iraqi government on the American presence."

With the repeated attacks on the Green Zone, which includes the American embassy in Baghdad, the Commander in Chief of the US Central Command in the Middle East said that there are "new protection systems in the Green Zone, if necessary."

On efforts to confront ISIS, General McKinsey said, "Our main goal on the ground is to defeat ISIS, and we exert great pressure on ISIS," considering that "ISIS is more an ideology than forces on the ground, so we cannot completely get rid of it. Therefore there are activities and guerrilla warfare." On the ground".

And General McKenzie pointed out that "Al Qaeda and ISIS have a desire to attack countries in the region as well as in Europe and the United States, our forces in the region are working to keep pressure on these organizations to not allow more attacks," as he put it.

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