Iraqi PM tells US to decide mechanism for troop withdrawal

Iraqi Prime Minister el Abdul-Mahdi has told U.S. secretary of state to send a delegation to Iraq tasked with formulating mechanism for withdrawal of U.S troops from Iraq.

A statement from prime minister's office on Friday says request came in a telephone call between Abdul-Mahdi and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday night. It says Pompeo called Iraqi premier.

prime minister said Iraq rejects all violations against its sovereignty including attacks carried out by Iranian forces against U.S. bases and American violations of Iraq's air in an airstrike that killed a top Iranian general.

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