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CURRENT AFFAIRS

• The Iraqi parliamentarians recently voted in favour of a resolution seeking to expel American troops from Iraq.

BACKGROUND STORY

• This was the first blowback the US faced after it assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani inside Iraq.
• The U.S. troops are in Iraq on an invitation from the Iraqi government to fight the Islamic State.

KILLING OF GENERAL QASSEM SOLEIMANI OF IRAN

• Iran’s top security and intelligence commander, Major General Qassem Soleimani, was killed in a US drone attack in Baghdad.
• General Soleimani was killed in an airstrike, for which the US later claimed responsibility.
• The strike was carried out by a drone on a road near Baghdad’s international airport.

IRAQI REACTION

• This triggered public protests and led to the siege of the American Embassy.
• The anger among Iraqi lawmakers towards U.S. actions was on full display inside the Parliament hall before the voting.
• Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, who condemned the killing of Soleimani, has stated clearly that it is time for the Americans to go home.
• Government officials have already started working on a memorandum on the legal and procedural formalities to expel U.S. troops.

US’s REACTION

• S. has threatened Iraq with sanctions and a bill for billions of dollars if the US troops are forced to pull back.

TRIGGER

• S. decision to pull the U.S. out of a functioning Iran nuclear deal was the trigger.
• When the U.S. re-imposed sanctions on Iran, it was up to the other signatories of the deal – European countries, Russia and China – to save the agreement.

WAY AHEAD

• Europe, which has good ties with both the U.S. and Iran, should wake up at least now.

IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

• The deal is officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) which aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear programme.
• It was signed between Iran and the P5 + Germany and the EU in 2015.

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