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Ahmed al-Kenani, the representative of al-Fatah coalition in the Iraqi parliament, was quoted by al-Itijah news channel as saying that the legal quorum has been achieved for the approval of the bill in the parliament.
He added that 165 lawmakers have signed the bill to expel the American forces, adding that Sunni MPs are among the signatories too.
Al-Kenani also criticized the government for its soft position on the recent Israeli drone attacks against Hashed al-Sha’abi (Iraqi popular) forces.
In relevant remarks in February, a senior Iraqi legislator underlined that his country had not signed any agreement with Washington which included contents to justify the US military presence in Iraq.
“A security agreement was inked between Baghdad and Washington in 2008 and it requires the US forces to leave Iraq and only render logistical support to the Iraqi security forces like equipping them with weapons and training them,” Mozar Khaz’al, a representative of Islah coalition in the Iraqi parliament, told al-Ma’aloumeh news website.
He underlined that the contents of the agreement did not include the US military presence in Iraq, saying that if Iraq’s security was seriously endangered, then the American forces should defend it but they showed no reaction when the ISIS terrorist group raided a number of Iraqi provinces.
Khaz’al said that the Iraqi parliament would try to approve a bill which requires the evacuation of all foreign forces who are deployed in Iraq illegally.
