From: Ad 

 From the same piece as the prior post;

"But Iraq will not be a country "where others may exercise
powers, regionally or internationally" and stressed "we refuse to
transfer Iraq to a base for aggression against our neighbors."

Iraq will also not be "a source of national security concerns for the
neighboring countries," said Hakim."

So no using Balad to bomb Iran then.....

Pretty clear statement wrt the uses of bases by the US within Iraq to
influence others.

Adam

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