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Iraq's New PM Meets Trump on Stability and Oil | Seattle News
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi lands at the White House this Tuesday for a high-stakes meeting with President Trump, who’s painting this as the dawn of a new era of prosperity and stability between the two nations. Trump’s past hostility toward former PM Nouri al-Maliki — whom he accused of being too close to Iran and even threatened to cut U.S. aid over — sets the stage for a fresh start. But Iran remains the elephant in the room: Iraq’s government has demanded Iran-backed militias disarm by September, and some are refusing. With al-Zaidi bringing business leaders and government…
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