'Poorly worded, implies withdrawal. That's not what's happening,' US Army General Mark Milley said.
"Poorly worded, implies withdrawal. That's not what's happening," U.S. Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a group of reporters, stressing there was no withdrawal in the works.
Milley said the United States wanted to explain to the Iraqi military that there had been increased movement of aircraft, including transporting forces between bases in Iraq and also moving them into Iraq from Kuwait. Milley declined to say how many forces were in Iraq currently. The U.S. military has said the number is around 5,000.
Milley said the unsigned draft document was sent around to get input from Iraqi officials, the kind of thing he said he does regularly.
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