Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

(700) US trainers will stay in Iraq , Maliki

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi Premier Nouri al- Maliki said that 700 US trainers will work to train Iraqi forces, adding that the number of  US embassy in Baghdad will not exceed 2000.     In a press conference, held today, he added that they will be in their barracks, with possibilities to decrease this figure.   Parliament foreign relations MP Sami al-Askari said, earlier, that the number of diplomats will reach to 1500, while other employees do not have US citizenship and have no immunity.   Governmental responsible sources stated that 15.000 employees will remain in the US embassy after US forces withdrawal 2474