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Iraq rejects US terrorist label for PMU commander

The Foreign Ministry and the commander of the Popular Mobilization Units hit back at the US State Department for labeling the force’s second-in-command a terrorist.

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Altaf Ahmad
Press TV, Baghdad

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry as well as the commander of Popular Mobilization Units Hadi al-Ameri have hit back at the US State Department over its designation of the force’s second-in-command as a terrorist. Ameri warned that blacklisting Abu Mahdi al-Mohandis or the popular forces would prompt Iraqi lawmakers to pressure Baghdad into expelling US troops from the country.