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Top Iraqi cleric rejects Trump's statements on US troops

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AP Baghdad
Last Updated : Feb 06 2019 | 5:35 PM IST

Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric has expressed his criticism of President Donald Trump's recent statement that US troops should stay in Iraq to keep an eye on neighboring Iran.

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani is the latest Iraqi official to criticize Trump's remarks made to US media in which he said US troops are needed in Iraq so that America can "watch Iran.'

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First Published: Feb 06 2019 | 5:35 PM IST

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