Iraq is at the centre of US-Iran tug of war, and Trump's re-election campaign

Iraq is at the centre of US-Iran tug of war, and Trump's re-election campaign

France 24

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One of US President Donald Trump’s central campaign promises was to extricate the US from extended military entanglements. Now, in light of rising tensions with Iran and Iraq, the US is sending over 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East. FRANCE 24 looks at what happened to that campaign promise when Trump ordered the January 3 assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

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