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    Iraq's parliament votes to expel U.S. military from the country

    by Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times Jan 05, 2020 3 minutes

    BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament voted on Sunday to expel U.S. troops from the country, in an extraordinarily rapid and decisive response to the Trump administration's targeted killing of a top Iranian general at the Baghdad airport on Friday.

    The preliminary vote could result in the removal of more than 5,000 U.S. soldiers and unspecified number of contractors stationed in the country. After invading Iraq in 2003 and ousting Saddam Hussein, the United States maintained a troop presence in the country as it was

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