TEHRAN, Jan 9 - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Iraq on Wednesday, where he met with American troops and some Iraqi leaders to reassure them about a U.S. military withdrawal from Syria and warn that Iran remains a regional security threat.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The visit came on the second day of a tour also taking in Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman.
Earlier and after the US announcing withdrawal from Syria, US President Donald Trump also had a stealthy trip to Iraq.
Trump made an unannounced three-hour visit to the al-Asad Air Base near Baghdad, sparking a wave of condemnation from Iraqi political and military leaders, with some of them demanding the expulsion of US forces.
In his remarks, Trump acknowledged his security concerns about visiting Iraq, saying it was “pretty sad” that he needed such secrecy to see US troops.
“Pretty sad when you spend $7 trillion in the Middle East, and going in has to be under this massive cover with planes all over and all of the greatest equipment in the world, and you do everything to get in safely,” he said.
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