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01-05-2020, 10:23 PM
Trump Says "US Will Not Leave" Iraq Unless Billions For Air Base Are Repaid, Threatens Baghdad With "Very Big" Sanctions
Just hours after Iraq voted to expel US troops stationed in Iraq, Trump made it clear that he has no interest in vacating the nation that has been a stalwart US military outpost in the middle east for nearly two decades ever since it was invaded by, well, the US in search of non-existent weapons of mass destruction, and speaking to reporters on Air Force One said "we’re not leaving" unless Iraq "pays us back" for a US air base built in Iraq.
"We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. Long before my time. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for it." Trump told the AF1 reporter pool.
That, however, wasn't enough, and Trump also made it clear that that in addition to billions in reimbursements, unless the US left on a "very friendly basis", the US would hit Iraq with "very big" sanctions like "they’ve never seen before ever."
"If they do ask us to leave, if we don’t do it in a very friendly basis. We will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame."
And just to make it abundantly clear, Trump also added that "if there’s any hostility, that they do anything we think is inappropriate, we are going to put sanctions on Iraq, very big sanctions on Iraq."
Trump also addressed his Saturday threat to attack various Iranian cultural sites in retaliation to any escalation out of Tehran, threatening "major retaliation" on Iran if they "do anything" and saying that "they’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. they’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesn’t work that way."
Amusingly, if Trump is indeed serious that Iraq will have to reimburse the US for its countless military bases, camps and other installations, the US will be able to repay its $23 trillion in debt (and have money leftover), when all is said and done: here is a partial list of the US camps in iraq:
Camp Abu Naji / FOB Garry Owen (Al Amarah)
Camp Adder also known as Tallil Air Base and Ali Air Base located in Nasiriyah
Camp Al Adala / Camp Justice / Camp Bonzai (Kadhamiyah / Baghdad)
Camp Al Amal / Camp Hope (Baghdad)
Camp Al Asad (Al Asad Air Base)
Camp Al-Hurya Al-Awal / Camp Freedom I / Camp Warhorse (Baqubah Air Field)
Camp Al-Hurya Al-Thani (Green Zone)
Camp Al-Isdehar (Al Salam)
Camp Al-Istiglal (Baghdad Air Base)
Camp Al-Khalis (Rock City F.O.B.)
Camp Al-Nasr (Abu Ghurayb)
Camp Al Qa'im (Al Qa'im train station, Al Anbar)
Camp Al-Saqr (Rasheed Air Base)
Camp Al-Sharaf / Camp Honor (Green Zone)
Camp Al-Tadamum (Adhamiyah / Baghdad)
Camp Al-Tahreer (Abu Ghurayb)
Camp Al-Tawheed Al-Awal (Al Sijood)
Camp Al-Tawheef Al-Thani (Al Sijood)
Camp Al Watani (Green Zone)
Camp Anaconda (Balad Air Base)
Camp Anah / COP Anah
Camp Andaluz (Kufa)
Camp Anderson (Diwaniyah)
Camp Apache / Camp Gunner Main
Camp Arkansas (Al Salam)
Camp Arrow (Ad Dawr)
Camp Ashraf, also known as Camp New Iraq, located near Khalis
Camp Avalanche (Abu Ghurayb)
Camp Babylon
Camp Baharia (Fallujah)
Camp Balad (Bala Air Base)
Camp Basilone (Qalat Sikar Air Base)
Camp Basrah
Camp Bastard / Camp Ellis (near Haqlaniyah / Barwanah ?)
Camp Black Jack
Camp Blackjack (Abu Ghurayb)
Camp Blue Diamond (Ar Ramadi)
Camp Bonzai (Kadhamiyah / Baghdad)
Camp Boom (Baqubah)
Camp Brassfield Mora (Samarra)
Camp Bristol (BIAP)
Camp Bucca, located near Umm Qasr
Camp Buffalo (Tikrit)
Camp Bulldog (Baghdad)
Camp Bushmaster (Najaf)
Camp Bushwaker
Camp Buzz
Camp Caldwell (Kirkush)
... This is just through the letter C - clearly there are many, many more. Click here for the full list.
continued..https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-says-us-will-not-leave-iraq-unless-billions-air-base-are-repaid
Just hours after Iraq voted to expel US troops stationed in Iraq, Trump made it clear that he has no interest in vacating the nation that has been a stalwart US military outpost in the middle east for nearly two decades ever since it was invaded by, well, the US in search of non-existent weapons of mass destruction, and speaking to reporters on Air Force One said "we’re not leaving" unless Iraq "pays us back" for a US air base built in Iraq.
"We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. Long before my time. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for it." Trump told the AF1 reporter pool.
That, however, wasn't enough, and Trump also made it clear that that in addition to billions in reimbursements, unless the US left on a "very friendly basis", the US would hit Iraq with "very big" sanctions like "they’ve never seen before ever."
"If they do ask us to leave, if we don’t do it in a very friendly basis. We will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame."
And just to make it abundantly clear, Trump also added that "if there’s any hostility, that they do anything we think is inappropriate, we are going to put sanctions on Iraq, very big sanctions on Iraq."
Trump also addressed his Saturday threat to attack various Iranian cultural sites in retaliation to any escalation out of Tehran, threatening "major retaliation" on Iran if they "do anything" and saying that "they’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. they’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesn’t work that way."
Amusingly, if Trump is indeed serious that Iraq will have to reimburse the US for its countless military bases, camps and other installations, the US will be able to repay its $23 trillion in debt (and have money leftover), when all is said and done: here is a partial list of the US camps in iraq:
Camp Abu Naji / FOB Garry Owen (Al Amarah)
Camp Adder also known as Tallil Air Base and Ali Air Base located in Nasiriyah
Camp Al Adala / Camp Justice / Camp Bonzai (Kadhamiyah / Baghdad)
Camp Al Amal / Camp Hope (Baghdad)
Camp Al Asad (Al Asad Air Base)
Camp Al-Hurya Al-Awal / Camp Freedom I / Camp Warhorse (Baqubah Air Field)
Camp Al-Hurya Al-Thani (Green Zone)
Camp Al-Isdehar (Al Salam)
Camp Al-Istiglal (Baghdad Air Base)
Camp Al-Khalis (Rock City F.O.B.)
Camp Al-Nasr (Abu Ghurayb)
Camp Al Qa'im (Al Qa'im train station, Al Anbar)
Camp Al-Saqr (Rasheed Air Base)
Camp Al-Sharaf / Camp Honor (Green Zone)
Camp Al-Tadamum (Adhamiyah / Baghdad)
Camp Al-Tahreer (Abu Ghurayb)
Camp Al-Tawheed Al-Awal (Al Sijood)
Camp Al-Tawheef Al-Thani (Al Sijood)
Camp Al Watani (Green Zone)
Camp Anaconda (Balad Air Base)
Camp Anah / COP Anah
Camp Andaluz (Kufa)
Camp Anderson (Diwaniyah)
Camp Apache / Camp Gunner Main
Camp Arkansas (Al Salam)
Camp Arrow (Ad Dawr)
Camp Ashraf, also known as Camp New Iraq, located near Khalis
Camp Avalanche (Abu Ghurayb)
Camp Babylon
Camp Baharia (Fallujah)
Camp Balad (Bala Air Base)
Camp Basilone (Qalat Sikar Air Base)
Camp Basrah
Camp Bastard / Camp Ellis (near Haqlaniyah / Barwanah ?)
Camp Black Jack
Camp Blackjack (Abu Ghurayb)
Camp Blue Diamond (Ar Ramadi)
Camp Bonzai (Kadhamiyah / Baghdad)
Camp Boom (Baqubah)
Camp Brassfield Mora (Samarra)
Camp Bristol (BIAP)
Camp Bucca, located near Umm Qasr
Camp Buffalo (Tikrit)
Camp Bulldog (Baghdad)
Camp Bushmaster (Najaf)
Camp Bushwaker
Camp Buzz
Camp Caldwell (Kirkush)
... This is just through the letter C - clearly there are many, many more. Click here for the full list.
continued..https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-says-us-will-not-leave-iraq-unless-billions-air-base-are-repaid