Iraqi Emergency parliament session after the US airstrike in Baghdad killed Qassem
Friday 03/January/2020 - 02:10 PM
Iraq will hold an emergency parliament session on
Saturday to discuss the US airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iran’s top military
commander and Iraqi officials, Reuters reports.
Iraq’s deputy parliament speaker, Hassan al-Kaabi,
said it was time to put an end to US recklessness and arrogance, adding that
Saturday’s session would be dedicated to taking “decisive decisions that put an
end to US presence inside Iraq”.
The outgoing prime minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi had
called for an emergency session, saying the US presence in Iraq is limited to
training forces to fight terrorism. He described the attack that killed Qassem
Suleimani and the Iraqi officials as a “violation” of conditions for the US
troop presence.
