WSJ: Trump Admin Threatened Iraq's Access To NY Fed Account Over Proposed Troop Withdrawal
Source: TPM
January 11, 2020 2:01 p.m.
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The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that the State Department threatened to cut off Iraq’s New York Fed account in a phone call Wednesday with Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, according to unnamed Iraqi officials. The resulting cash shortage would hurt Iraq’s economy.
Many countries maintain accounts with the New York Fed in order to store government revenue in the form of U.S. dollars. In Iraq’s case, much of that comes from oil sales.
The State Department didn’t respond to TPM’s request for comment on Saturday.
Abdul-Mahdi and Iraq’s parliament have called for American troops to exit the country following the killing, ordered by President Donald Trump, of the top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani outside Baghdad International Airport a week ago.
Trump in turn threatened to sanction Iraq if U.S. troops were expelled. The State Department has refused to recognize Iraq’s call for the troops to leave...................................
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red don doesn't learn.
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and perhaps do their trading in Euros.......
I thought there must be a provable national security threat to the United States for us to withhold funds of another nation. Otherwise such a move would be nothing less than international piracy.
So, please tell me again how Iraq possibly running our troops off their territory is a threat to our national security, and why we need five bases or camps on their soil.
