mo4ch:>Kick American ‘occupational forces’ out ASAP, Iran’s Khamenei urges Iraq | Mo4ch News

The Supreme Leader of Iran has urged the Iraqi PM to expel US “occupational forces,” as Washington keeps seeking excuses to hold ground there after a presence of 16 devastating years and hundreds of thousands of lives lost.“America’s objective in Iraq is beyond sheer military presence... they are after long-term presence and interests and establishing a government like the military governments that were formed following the occupation of Iraq,” Ayatollah Khamenei told Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi in Tehran. “The Iraqi government should do something [to ensure] that American military troops will leave Iraq as soon as possible.”Also on rt.comHUNDREDS of US troops died in Iraq… because of Iran, US special envoy claimsWhile Iraqi lawmakers are reportedly discussing a bill that would call for the full withdrawal of American soldiers, Washington refuses to leave the country, claiming that without its presence the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group would inevitab…