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Iraq Parliament Votes In Favour Of Travel Ban On US by peteregwu(m): 7:32pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
Iraqi lawmakers voted Monday to call on the government to
enact a reciprocal travel ban on Americans if Washington
does not withdraw its decision to bar the entry of Iraqis.
The call is a response to President Donald Trump’s executive
order barring citizens of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia,
Libya and Yemen from entering the US for at least 90 days, a
move he billed as an effort to make America safe from
“radical Islamic terrorists”.
The travel restrictions, which come on the heels of repeated
assertions by Trump that the US should have stolen Iraq’s oil
before leaving in 2011, risk alienating the citizens and
government of a country fighting against militants the
president has cast as a major threat to America.
Parliament called on the Iraqi government to “respond in
kind to the American decision in the event that the American
side does not withdraw its decision”, a parliamentary official
who was present for the vote told AFP, quoting text of the
decision that was read at the session.
“Parliament voted by majority on calling on the Iraqi
government and the foreign ministry to respond in kind,” MP
Hakim al-Zamili said.
Sadiq al-Laban, another lawmaker, confirmed that “the vote
was for a call on the government” to enact reciprocal
measures.
“We are against this stance from the new administration,”
Laban said, adding: “We hope that the American
administration will rethink… this decision.”
Trump’s decision led to the detention of incoming refugees at
US airports, sparking protests, legal challenges and
widespread condemnation from rights groups.
And it has led to a growing backlash inside Iraq that could
undermine relations between Baghdad and the US amid the
battle for Mosul, the largest military operation yet in the war
against the Islamic State group.
– Security ramifications –
The parliamentary vote came a day after its foreign affairs
committee made a similar call for Iraq to respond in kind to
the US measure.
Hassan Shwairid, the deputy head of the committee, said that
the call did not apply to the thousands of American military
personnel in the country as part of the US-led coalition
against IS.
But US Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham said
Trump’s ban would impact military cooperation and security
in other ways.
“This executive order bans Iraqi pilots from coming to
military bases in Arizona to fight our common enemies,” the
two lawmakers said in a joint statement.
“Ultimately, we fear this executive order will become a self-
inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism,” they said.
The Hashed al-Shaabi, a powerful paramilitary umbrella
organisation that includes Iran-backed Shiite militias that
fought against American forces in past years, called Sunday
for US citizens to be banned from the country.
Both units from the Hashed and American troops are
deployed in the Mosul area as part of the operation to retake
the city from IS, and heightened anti-US sentiment among
militiamen could increase the danger to Washington’s forces.
Trump’s travel restrictions also drew condemnation from
populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, America’s bete noir
for much of its 2003-2011 war in Iraq.
“Get your nationals out before removing expatriates,” said
Sadr, scion of a powerful clerical family who rose to
widespread fame due to his condemnation of and violent
resistance to the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Guardián |
Re: Iraq Parliament Votes In Favour Of Travel Ban On US by FemiEddy(m): 8:27pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
God have mercy, Trump wants to start a world war |
Re: Iraq Parliament Votes In Favour Of Travel Ban On US by Sunnymatey(m): 9:17pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
Good everybody should remain in his or her country. Let Nigerians be ban frm entering any foreign country not even Niger Republic. Let's join our hands to build or destroy Nigeria. |
Re: Iraq Parliament Votes In Favour Of Travel Ban On US by abduljabbar4(m): 11:12pm On Jan 30, 2017 |
Sunnymatey: such a pity! who did this to you? |
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