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Iraqi MPs back plan to expel US troops | Iraqi MPs back plan to expel US troops |
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Iraqi MPs have passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country after the US killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad airport last week. | |
Parliament in Baghdad also called for a ban on foreign forces using Iraqi land, airspace or water for any reason. | |
The US has some 5,000 military personnel in Iraq, mainly as advisers. | |
Thousands of Iraqis attended a funeral procession for Qasem Soleimani before his body was flown to Iran. | |
The non-binding resolution was passed on Sunday after Iraq's caretaker Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, called for an end to the foreign military presence in a speech to MPs. |