Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi at the Pentagon

[william]

To deepen our partnership, Iraq must assert its sovereignty and disarm the Iran-aligned militias responsible for 600+ attacks on U.S. personnel this spring. The U.S. is also looking to the Iraqi Security Forces, including the Peshmerga and other Iraqi Kurdistan Region security forces, to lead in D-ISIS efforts as the OIR military missions winds down.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2077182768602132823

 

[william]

US oil giant Chevron is signing a deal with Iraq to *CIRCUMVENT* the Strait of Hormuz as they move into Iraqi oil fields "Chevron will sign a Memorandum of Understanding today with Iraq to enter into 2 Iraqi oil fields and doing study to move oil from Iraq north AROUND the Strait, possibly through the Mediterranean Sea. This is all meant to add that global oil supply AVOIDING the issues."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2078112868906496178