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Head of US forces in Iraq informs Iraq government that US forces are leaving

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posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:29 PM
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a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Why listen to a Secretary?

All they do is get coffee and type memos and do their nails.

pfft.

Like a "secretary" will know anything.

Get real man!

GET REAL!



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:32 PM
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a reply to: DBCowboy

Yeah, good point. He can only type 40 words a minute too...



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:34 PM
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a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

I do.

All the more so now that his account has suddenly been deleted.



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:35 PM
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originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: DBCowboy

Yeah, good point. He can only type 40 words a minute too...

...and have you tasted his coffee? He must use his old underwear as a filter.



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:39 PM
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originally posted by: Shamrock6
I do.

All the more so now that his account has suddenly been deleted.


Wow, this is really bizarre, I just looked at that too. It was using his same picture from LinkedIn and seemed to have quite a few posts.



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:40 PM
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originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: bastion
It's right to be skeptical of the OP source but reuptable agencies have confirmed it's genuine with the US.


Have they since the Sec Def said we're not leaving?


Yes (see the rest of my post - the letter is misleading and OP report is false, the US is removing troops from Baghdad greenzone but not Iraq. (did edit my post but mods may be able to confirm that was prior to DefSec's update) - the 100 -150 figure is being being typed up as copy for AP/Reuters at the moment, should be published in next 5 mins - details are they're redeployed within Iraq and Kuwait, full plans were shown to the press a day or two ago but embargoed.

Us millitary confirmed it was a genuine letter just over an hour ago, content is misleading though.
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posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:43 PM
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originally posted by: Sublimecraft
hold on - whats this??



Praying Medic - twitter



aka damage control.

quick spin to show Trump's in charge of the decision...or flip to say Trump doesn't want conflict in the ME.. after bombing using drones

or maybe it'll be spun because... waiting for bombshell Thursdays!🤭😁



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:44 PM
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a reply to: bastion

The letter being circulated by RT, and allegedly verified by the now removed Twitter account of Rick Dickson, says leaving Iraq, not just the Green Zone (IZ).



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:49 PM
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a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Yep. Three year old account, plenty of posts and retweets. Very odd indeed but if he said something he wasn’t supposed to have said and it got him got, the shut down makes sense.



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:52 PM
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a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

This is the one the US millitary confirmed is genuine - it's poorly written and doesn't make it clear if full or partial withdrawal. As it's not signed and is so poorly constructed it's probably more a case of 'genuine but not ratified' - may have been one of several options on the table.

www.theguardian.com...

The truth is it's only a repositioning as Esper stated.

www.telegraph.co.uk...

Edit: Just been confirmed by US it was genuine but a draft and the release was a 'mistake' - strange how Iran was the source of the leak was an Iraqi TV station funded by Iran, perhaps cyber attacks are ramping up?

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posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 03:59 PM
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The letter that was posted was a draft, which is why it wasn't signed.



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 04:09 PM
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a reply to: bastion

Well that's it then, unsigned draft letter that shouldn't have been released.



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 04:43 PM
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Good, now let's leave the entire middle East.

Reality check: We aren't leaving that region, and probably not even leaving Iraq.



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 05:38 PM
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this hear was a sting. Eric chewning got caught and is out ., a bunch of different versions of letterS was fed to see which got leaked
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posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 05:53 PM
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www.rt.com... is dated 2009 I would not take this any more serious than gossip or opinion.



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 09:40 PM
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originally posted by: Darkblade71
They just blasted this across CNN, so it is true.

Hahahahahahaha. I love the joke.



posted on Jan, 6 2020 @ 09:48 PM
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Me thinks everybody is taking this way to seriously, ain't nothing gonna happen but some blustering on both sides
a reply to: putnam6

Any good conspiracy theorist would say the Iranians likely worked the assassination out with Trump months ago as the general was becoming a political threat.

I have no proof or scrap of evidence, but hey... conspiracy, brah.



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