Posted on 10/22/2017 6:34:31 PM PDT by huldah1776
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday it's time for Iranian "foreign fighters" to leave Iraq, now that Islamic State militants are nearing defeat.
"Iranian militias that are in Iraq, now that the fight against Daesh and ISIS is coming to a close, those militias need to go home," Tillerson said during a press conference in Saudi Arabia.
"The foreign fighters in Iraq need to go home and allow the Iraqi people to regain control," the former CEO of Exxon Mobile said.
Tillerson was in Saudi Arabia to attend a launch meeting of the Saudi Arabia-Iraq Coordination Committee. The Saudis are seeking to woo majority-Shiite Iraq out of Iran's orbit.
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Mr Tillerson. Stay out of other nations’ decisions. Remember your boss’ words about respecting other nations.
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