The Secretary-General of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Qais Khazali, said that the US administration is not serious about withdrawing its forces from Iraq, indicating that the Afghan method is the only way to get the Americans out, he said.

Khazali considered - in a tweet on Twitter - the recent statements of the US Central Military Command, a clear indication of the US administration's lack of seriousness in withdrawing.

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- Qais Khazali (@Qais_alkhazali) April 24, 2021

And he called on the Iraqi government to deny the news, adding that the Americans are presenting evidence after another that the language of dialogue and logic does not work with them, as he put it.

On Friday, the Commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, said that there were no plans for Washington to withdraw its forces from Iraq, like in Afghanistan.

For his part, the spokesman for the Iraqi armed forces, Yahya Rasoul, said that the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq will be determined by technical committees during the strategic dialogue between Baghdad and Washington, adding that Iraq does not need any fighters on the ground except for the Iraqi forces.

He also stressed the continuation of the investigation committees' work to uncover the party responsible for targeting headquarters, airports and international missions with missiles, noting that the announcement of the results of the investigations is left to the high military leadership.

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- Muqtada al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr (@Mu_AlSadr) April 23, 2021

Disturb security

For his part, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, warned that there are parties that want to disturb security in Iraq, with the aim of delaying or canceling the parliamentary general elections scheduled for next October 10.

Al-Sadr said in a tweet on Twitter that these parties are doing this through "unruly militias that target the occupying forces to discourage them from withdrawing, so their survival remains for those militias," and warned "against plunging Iraq into an external conflict by linking it to the Syrian-Israeli conflict."

Al-Sadr addressed the Iraqis, saying, "Are we not enough for a war, killing, deportation and bombing, then come to a comprehensive peace without weapons or violence, so that we can live within the confines of our homeland without foreign agendas."

And since 2014, Washington has led an international coalition to combat ISIS, as there are currently about 3,000 coalition soldiers deployed in Iraq, including 2,500 Americans.

On January 5, 2020, the Iraqi parliament voted in favor of a resolution calling for the removal of foreign forces - including American forces - from the country.