Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

US Embassy denies the presence of US military trainers in Iraq

Urgent .... US Embassy denies deployment of any US military trainer in IraqBaghdad (IraqiNews.com) The US Embassy denied the existence of any military trainers in Iraq.

The Assistant Directorate of the Joint Security Cooperation of the US Embassy, William Bell Binder, issued a statement received by IraqiNews.com ”Iraq subjected a request to train the security forces in the field of combating terrorism and we are waiting to conclude an agreement between Iraq and Jordan where the training will be on Jordanian territories since there is not any convention that grants US troops legal immunity in Baghdad.”