Trump gives Pentagon 30 days to devise plan to crush ISIS
The president is putting it on paper to send a message, said the official.
Iraqi and Afghan refugees who helped USA war efforts were among the first to be detained Friday night after Trump signed his executive order. The Wall Street Journal reports the memo reveals the diplomats in Baghdad were “blindsided” by Trump’s executive order and are anxious that the fallout could irreparably damage relations between the two countries, which are nominally “close allies”.
The Iraqi government declined to comment on the US decision, but Trump’s order has caused fury in Iraq, where more than 5,000 USA troops are deployed to help Iraqi forces in battles against IS militants in Mosul in northern Iraq.
Earlier Monday, CNN reported the Pentagon was considering sending the White House a list of Iraqis that supported the U.S. military in Iraq.
“After the decision of the American president to prohibit the entry of Iraqi citizens to the United States of America, we demand Americans be prevented from entering Iraq, and the removal of those of them who are present”, the Hashed said in a statement.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari plans to meet the USA ambassador on Monday or Tuesday to express dismay at President Donald Trump’s decision to bar Iraqis from entering the United States, a government official said.
The daily further added that Trump also signed an executive order restructuring the National Security Council “and streamlining procedures in a way that the White House believes would be more adaptive to modern threats”.
“The OIC calls upon the United States government to reconsider this blanket decision and maintain its moral obligation to provide leadership and hope at a time of great uncertainty and unrest in the world”, the organization said. But he also had a very strong point of saying that we would not going to tip our hand to our enemies and let them know exactly how we are going to deal them a very harsh blow. The post about Trump’s recent immigration ban was similar to the reaction Islamic militant leaders had with the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, which they also characterized as “a blessed invasion” that would provoke anti-Western sentiments throughout the Islamic world. Those countries are Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya.
Abu Musab was finishing his night shift at an ISIS checkpoint in Raqqa early on November 9 when the friend who came to replace him told him the result of the United States election with a hysterical laugh. And it has led to a growing back-lash inside Iraq that could undermine relations between Baghdad and the USA amid the battle for Mosul, the largest military operation yet in the war against Daesh.
Trump’s vows to destroy ISIS – and his denunciations of the Obama administration for failing to get the job done – were a centerpiece of his campaign.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he would bring legislation to the chamber Monday evening seeking to end the ban.
He issued three executive orders. Many in the military do not want to return to the days when American troops were standing toe to toe with the enemy. But it could also put more American troops in danger and increase the risk to civilians.