Al-Qurayshi: Political and economic interests are behind the American forces remaining in Iraq, 9 AUGUST

 State of Law coalition member Saad al-Quraishi confirmed that political and economic interests are behind the continued presence of American forces inside Iraq.

Al-Quraishi told Al-Maalouma, “Political and economic interests may be an excuse used by some parties to keep American forces inside Iraq and not take a decisive decision to leave the country.”

He added, "Iraq cannot currently remove American forces from its territory due to the lack of political will."
He stated that "Iraq will not benefit at all from the presence of American forces on its territory, as Washington is the first party to benefit from the presence of its forces inside Iraq to ensure its dominance over the region."

He pointed out that “the American presence in Iraq was imposed by Washington and not at an Iraqi request.”  link