Iraq's caretaker prime minister called a special session of parliament to discuss the recent U.S. strike that left a prominent Iraqi military commander dead.
Beatrice Maneshi, the founder of the Netherlands-based Catalystas Consulting, had a similar perspective.
"Leaders in Iraq and President Trump have called for this. However, at the moment the region is as unstable as it might be, with Iran having serious domestic political problems," George Friedman, the founder and president of Geopolitical Futures told"The Iraqi people just want their country back. They don't want foreigners in their country whether that be Iran or the United States," Holly Dagres, nonresident fellow at Atlantic Council and editor of IranSource, said.
"I was supposed to meet Soleimani in the morning the day he was killed, he came to deliver me a message from Iran responding to the message we delivered from Saudi to Iran," the Iraqi leader said.has reached out to the U.S. Central Command , which oversees military operations in Iraq, for comment.
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